Higher rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths among suburban minority communities and the elderly population is concerning health officials. In DuPage County, home to communities hardest-hit by the pandemic, Latinos comprise 27.5% of confirmed case...

Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 47,593 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, about 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 2,133 deaths in the suburbs, also 5...

This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. On a hot Sunday afternoon in June 1989, two of the most powerful men i...

Interactive map The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 2,088 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday in Illinois, including 74 additional deaths. Here are the number of deaths by county: Clinton County (1), Cook County: (54, 37 of ...

The Huntley Square Shopping Center sits prominently at one of Carpentersville's busiest intersections, serving as a gateway into a town that has worked hard to rebrand itself as a thriving, business-centric community. The vacant, rundown building at...

Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 46,072 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 2,056 deaths in the suburbs, about 51% of...

Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 44,729 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 1,996 deaths in the suburbs, about 51% of...

Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 43,100 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, a little more than half the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 1,929 deaths in the subu...

Kiddie Academy Educational Child Care, a nationally recognized provider of comprehensive educational child care programs serving families and their children from ages 6 weeks to 12 years old, is keeping its doors open to assist essential workers' fa...