Covid-19 News
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In change of plans, District 214 will begin school year remotely
Aug 5, 2020 7:57 PM - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will begin the school year with remote learning, officials announced Wednesday, marking a shift from a draft plan announced a few weeks ago that included in-person instruction. -
COVID-19 hospitalizations increase to highest level since July 1
Aug 5, 2020 7:42 PM - More people were hospitalized for COVID-19 infections by the end of the day Tuesday than Illinois has seen since July 1. Another 1,759 infections and 30 more deaths were reported Wednesday. -
Round Lake-area schools detail remote learning plansAug 5, 2020 6:29 PM - Students in Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will have live video instruction from their teachers two to four days a week once school starts Aug. 19.
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Batavia middle, high schoolers to begin with all-remote learningAug 5, 2020 5:31 PM - Middle and high school students in Batavia Unit District 101 will begin the fall semester in a fully remote format, according to a district update, reversing an original plan to offer an in-person learning option for all grade levels.
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Montini's Kuczynski opts for move to Florida
Aug 5, 2020 5:14 PM - Montini long-snapper Brett Kuczynski hoped to play football this fall for the Broncos. But with the season on hold until February, he decided to move to Florida to play. -
Aug. 5 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP code
Aug 5, 2020 4:47 PM - Since the outbreak began, there have been 91,345 cases in the suburbs as of Wednesday. That's 48.9% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. -
Loss of commuters means the end of Harry's Cafe at Naperville Metra station
Aug 5, 2020 4:09 PM - A "Virtual Coffee Fund" wasn't enough to keep Harry's Cafe in business at the Naperville Metra station as the number of commuters has dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Lisle District 202 to open school year with 100% remote learningAug 5, 2020 4:04 PM - Lisle Unit District 202 has become the latest in an increasingly long line of area school systems to announce it will start the new school year with full remote learning.
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How will riding the school bus be different in the age of COVID-19?
Aug 5, 2020 3:02 PM - School districts nationwide puzzling over how to safely educate children during a pandemic have a more immediate challenge -- getting 26 million bus-riding students there in the first place. -
Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts
Aug 5, 2020 10:29 AM - In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, President Donald Trump was flanked in the White House briefing room by a team of public health experts in a seeming portrait of unity to confront the disease that was ravaging the globe. But as the crisis has spread to all reaches of the country, with escalating deaths and little sense of endgame, a chasm has widened between the Republican president and the experts.
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