All Stories from April 17, 2020 (Change date)
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Many small businesses won't survive pandemicApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - On March 20, Gov. Pritzker ordered thousands of businesses to close and left thousands more, like mine, in a kind of limbo that might as well be a shutdown. Pritzker's o...
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Improvement project set for Lombard's Main StreetApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Preliminary work to improve Main Street in Lombard is scheduled to begin April 27, with the bulk of the project slated to start in early May, village officials said Frid...
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Highland Park mask orderApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering issued an emergency order requiring all individuals in the city over age 2 to wear a face covering when engaging in essential services...
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Gilead has biggest gain since 2012 after hint of virus resultsApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Gilead Sciences Inc. shares had their biggest intraday gain since 2012 on Friday after a report that a group of patients being treated in Chicago were "seeing rapid reco...
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COVID-19 hit as Mundelein takeout restaurant opened, but owners have faithApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - As opening day for Smokin' BBQ on 45 approached, Lee and Danita Ward had big hopes for their new takeout restaurant in Mundelein. In an appearance before Mundelein's vil...
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District 15 adding virtual meetings to distance learningApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 plans to implement the virtual meeting platform Google Meet on Monday, April 20 for face-to-face interactions between students a...
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Church's mask giveaway procedure tweaked in Arlington HeightsApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Another 10,000 surgical masks are being given away at Lakewood Chapel in Arlington Heights, but church officials have changed the procedure a bit for safety reasons. Pas...
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Memorial Day in Libertyville may come with virtual messageApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - It may not be at a podium downtown in Cook Park, but whatever the circumstance, Libertyville resident and World War II veteran Don Carter is ready to deliver a speech on...
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Mail-in voting is another Democratic schemeApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Thank you for the editorial piece on "mail-in voting" in your Easter Sunday edition, it revealed a lot. Mostly what it revealed was the main motivation from the Democra...
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April 17 COVID-19 cases per county; use our map to search by ZIP codeApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map • Not all the suburbs with cases are listed below. Cook County • As of Friday, suburban Cook County had 7,982 confirmed COVID-19 cases a...