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Donna M. Wattenbarger of Wheeling implores the Walk for Justice crowd to be passionate as they rally on Golf Road in Schaumburg Friday evening. She was picking up a meal at a nearby restaurant when the march got her attention.

News | With rallies and walks, suburbanites condemn George Floyd's death, cry for racial unity

A long Walk of Justice in Schaumburg and a rally at a busy intersection in Joliet reflect suburbanites frustrations with racial unrest
Demonstrators kneel before police Saturday in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.

News | Thousands ignore Minneapolis curfew as U.S. protests spread

Thousands of protesters ignored a curfew and vows of a forceful police response to take to the Minneapolis streets for a fourth straight night, as the anger stoked by the police killing of George Floyd spread to more cities across the U.S.
Members of the Illinois National Guard work with the public at the state’s new drive-through COVID-19 testing facility at Rolling Meadows High School recently.

Politics | State enters Phase 3 as COVID-19 claims 86 more lives

As restrictions on businesses and gatherings loosened Friday, state health officials announced 86 more deaths related to the COVID-19 outbreak that has claimed the lives of 5,270 in Illinois.
Unlike previous summers, Metra riders will need to wear face masks and physically distance themselves.

Transportation | Metra outlines the latest rules as COVID-19 restrictions eased

Metra tells riders what to expect as commuters gradually return to workplaces under Illinois' reopening plan.
Lattof YMCA in Des Plaines is closing permanently as of Monday.
News | YMCAs in Naperville, Des Plaines and Niles to close permanently
YMCA centers in Naperville, Des Plaines and Niles will close permanently effective Monday because of financial pressures wrought by the COVID-19 crisis.
State records show 132 COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths associated with Bria of Geneva.
Illinois | Latest nursing home stats: 2,747 coronavirus deaths
At least 2,747 residents and employees of Illinois long-term care facilities have died after contracting the coronavirus, according to new state figures.
Head coach Corey Olson leads Palatine High School football practice last August.
Prep Sports | IHSA's staged plan for return to high school sports delayed
The Illinois High School Association's attempt to roll out a staged plan for resuming high school sports has been delayed by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Two members of the Illinois National Guard confer last week at the drive-through COVID-19 testing facility at Rolling Meadows High School. The test is self-administered by the person being tested, and the test kits are passed through the partially opened car window.
News | May 29 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP code
Since the outbreak began, there have been 60,350 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, the state reports. There have been 2,654 deaths in the suburbs, almost 50% of all deaths in Illinois.
Former Wheeling Village President Sheila Schultz, left, poses with her daughter Kathy Ryg during a 2006 family trip to Ireland.
News | Wheeling mourns former Village President Sheila Schultz
Wheeling officials announced with sadness that former Village President Sheila Schultz died Friday.
Glen Campbell performs at the Stagecoach Music Festival in 2008.
Music | A song to make you smile: 'Rhinestone Cowboy' by Glen Campbell
Here's a song chosen to lift you out of your coronavirus funk.
Participants in Friday’s parade hold up a picture frame with a mural of some of the highlights of Mike Stokes’ coaching career at Prospect High School. Stokes, an Arlington Heights resident, is retiring after 34 years as an educator.
Prep Sports | Famed Prospect cross country coach retires after 29 years
Alumni along with current and retired teachers were part of a parade of nearly 100 cars that drove past the house of longtime Prospect High School coach and educator Mike "Stogie" Stokes to celebate his retirement after 34 years.
Shannon Nevins, wellness leader at the Beacon Hill senior living facility in Lombard, has filmed several workout classes that now are broadcast on the center’s internal TV network and available on an app for residents to watch and participate in their apartments at any time.
News | Lombard senior community stays moving with in-house exercise videos
The COVID-19 pandemic actually has helped wellness leader Shannon Nevins as she has expanded fitness opportunities at the Beacon Hill senior living community in Lombard.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Sidewalks were crowded with shoppers on Geneva’s Third Street Friday afternoon. Most were not wearing masks.
Illinois moves to Phase 3, businesses open
World War II Army Air Corps veteran Ed Mampre, 96 of Elk Grove Village, waves as a Memorial Day drive-by parade passes by Monday to honor him and two other veterans.
Memorial Day events in the suburbs and around the country
Naperville resident and World War II veteran Bob Piper points back at someone yelling out congratulations to him during a drive-by parade celebrating his 98th birthday Friday.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 4,270, Bob Finch photo: Roselle Jaycees and Roselle firemen faced off in a donkey baseball game at Lake Park High School in July of 1966. The donkeys, with names such as “Bad News,” “Castro,” “Elmer Fudd.” “Khrushchev,” and Beetle Bailey,” were provided by Bob Crosby’s Baseball Donkeys in Chippewa Falls, WI.
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Tony Melton, a teacher at Madison Elementary in Lombard works on a weekly school video project called “Some Good News” to keep his fifth-grade class active, happy and connected during the pandemic.
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