Cook County Lifestyle
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisis
Feb 21, 2021 10:08 AM - The opioid crisis has intensified in the suburbs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties all reporting a spike in 2020 overdose deaths compared to the previous year. "Substance use disorder is a disease of isolation," said Laura Fry, executive director of Live4Lali. "COVID is the perfect storm." -
Why suburban Cook County and Chicago will not follow state's vaccination expansion plan
Feb 12, 2021 6:28 AM - COVID-19 vaccine eligibility won't be expanded in Cook County and Chicago right now in spite of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's plan to add people under 65 with medical conditions on Feb. 25. -
Celebrate Valentine's Day with forest preserve programs
Feb 5, 2021 1:25 PM - With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, Cook County residents may be contemplating how to plan a special day while following public health guidelines. -
Get your Thin Mints as Girl Scout Cookie season kicks off
Feb 3, 2021 2:59 PM - With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana are adapting their sales methods to share the joy of Girl Scout Cookies through the largest girl-led entrepreneurship program -- including taking contact-free pickup and delivery orders through a new national collaboration with GrubHub. -
Modified Cocoa Crawl still offers chocolate delights
Jan 19, 2021 2:53 PM - The fourth annual Long Grove Cocoa Crawl will be semi-virtual this year amid COVID-19 concerns. -
Tragedy and turmoil marked suburban crime news in 2020
Jan 4, 2021 11:54 AM - The sentencing of AJ Freund's parents, the reversal of a cold case murder conviction, looting in the wake of civil rights protests against police shootings, an explosion of gunfire at a short-term rental in Roselle and a deadly Arlington Heights home invasion were among 2020's top suburban crime stories. -
Northwest suburban mayors look ahead to 2021
Jan 1, 2021 6:00 AM - We asked mayors and village presidents in the Northwest suburbs what they hope to see their communities accomplish in the year ahead. Here's what they said. -
Pandemic, pot, BLM protests, corruption among suburbs' top stories in 2020
Jan 2, 2021 9:14 AM - We look at some of the big suburban stories of 2020, including how the pandemic, police protests and election played out here. -
Northwest suburban mayors look back on 2020
Dec 31, 2020 2:55 PM - Northwest suburban mayors and village presidents look back on what their communities accomplished during a challenging 2020. -
Holiday Lights Contest Editor's Choice Winner: Lake County
Dec 18, 2020 8:49 AM - Brett Safron, who lives at 11 Copperwood Drive in Buffalo Grove, is the Editor's Choice winner for Lake County in the Daily Herald's annual holiday lights contest, presented by Treetime Christmas Creations of Lake Barrington.
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