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The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, has been called off this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, church officials said Tuesday. Last year Sara Casillas, 13, of Des Plaines was among the thousands who took part in the celebration.

News | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines canceled due to pandemic

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the annual Catholic celebration that draws as many as a quarter of a million pilgrims to Des Plaines every December, has been canceled because of the ongoing pandemic, church leaders announced Tuesday.
Video attached to article Five Fox Valley mayors participated in a video urging their residents to stay home and avoid gatherings this holiday season with COVID-19 cases surging locally and around the country.

News | 'We're in a crisis': Mayors make video urging residents to avoid holiday gatherings

The mayors of five Fox Valley towns teamed up to shoot a video urging their residents to avoid gatherings during the holiday season with COVID-19 cases surging locally.
FoxFire Restaurant in Geneva with signs stating what it expects customers to do regarding COVID-19 precautions. The Geneva City Council has decided not to ticket people and businesses that don’t obey Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive orders.

News | Geneva won't issue tickets for disobeying Pritzker's COVID-19 orders

Geneva residents and businesses won't be punished by the city for disobeying Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 health orders.
Brantley Weachter, 7, rears back to throw a snowball at his twin sister Haley after she fires first Tuesday in their Elgin backyard.

News | Suburbs see first measurable snow of the season

Many suburbs saw their first measurable snow of the season Tuesday, with some getting as much as about 1.5 inches and others seeing just a trace.
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, depicts the coronavirus as viewed through a microscope.
Politics | COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Nov. 24
There have been 291,214 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 43.2% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 5,174 deaths in the suburbs, which is 44.3% of all COVID-19 deaths in Illinois.
Students and parents from Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128 rally in late September to open schools for in-person learning.
Education | High school District 128 to begin hybrid learning Jan. 19
Barring a state-ordered closure, Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 will begin hybrid learning Jan. 19.
Kevin B. Morrison
Cook County | Cook County balances $6.94 billion budget without tax hikes
Cook County commissioners unanimously passed a balanced, $6.94 billion 2021 budget Tuesday that officials say closes a $400 million projected shortfall due to the pandemic without hiking or imposing new taxes.
The sign is displayed Monday at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street on Tuesday, as traders were encouraged by news that the transition of power in the U.S. to President-elect Joe Biden will finally begin, and that Biden had selected Janet Yellen, a widely respected former Federal Reserve chair, as treasury secretary.
Business | Dow goes over 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition
The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 30,000 points for the first time Tuesday as investors were encouraged by the latest progress on developing coronavirus vaccines and news that the transition of power in the U.S. to President-elect Joe Biden will finally begin.
Little Free Library structures complemented the Trail Tales program in three Lake County forest preserves but will be removed and the program ended.
News | Trail Tales program comes to end in 3 Lake County forest preserves
With permission to use the text and images from nature-themed books expiring, the Trail Tales program at three Lake County forest preserves will end.
Cutting your own Christmas tree mig be one of the few traditions remaining relatively unchanged this holiday season. Kai MacNicol of Elmhurst leads her children, Max, 6, Maya, 8, and Lilly, 9, (obscured by tree) to the car with their freshly cut tree Saturday at Abbey Farms in Aurora.
Entertainment | Where to cut your own Christmas tree in the suburbs
At least one holiday tradition can still be safely observed despite COVIT-19: picking out the perfect Christmas tree for your home. Here's where you can cut your own in the suburbs.
This sketch shows the latest revisions to the proposed Arlington 425 development on the west side of downtown Arlington Heights. Plans call for fewer residential units and less commercial space, in light of the pandemic-stricken economy.
Business | Developer scales back plans for stalled Arlington 425 project
Developers of the massive proposed Arlington 425 development in downtown Arlington Heights -- which has stalled to this point -- are scaling down their plans to make the project more economically feasible, officials said.
The Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove recently received permission to build a 32-seat theater in an empty storefront to the west of its main entrance.
Business | Downers Grove approves plan to expand Tivoli Theatre
The Tivoli Theatre received permission from Downers Grove to build a 32-seat theater into a vacant storefront to the west of its main entrance at 5201 Highland Ave. Classic Cinemas co-CEO Chris Johnson expects construction to last eight weeks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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