The question that haunts me most about our endangered local movie theaters is this: What if by the time audiences finally return, there aren't any theaters to return to? America's movie theaters, already hanging on by their financial fingernails dur...

It took all summer for Butler Elementary District 53 in Oak Brook to get ready for students to return to the classroom this fall. Some students opted for remote learning, but about 60% of them returned to the schools. They started with half days, an...

A bellwether for school reopening efforts in the pandemic, elementary classrooms in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 welcomed back students two weeks ago for the first time in more than 170 days. As of Tuesday, the district has reported at leas...

Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 106,636 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 47.7% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 3,932 deaths ...

Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 103,647 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 48% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 3,912 deaths in ...

Hundreds of thousands of suburban children are resuming schoolwork within the next few weeks, but this year fewer than 6,200 of them will go back to their classrooms full time. Only 9 of 105 suburban districts are offering “in-person” learning, the ...

Elmhurst Unit District 205 will begin the academic year with all-remote learning and delay plans for in-person classes until at least mid-September. The district was one of the few area school systems still holding out for some in-person learning du...

Interactive map Suburbs' portion 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. There have been 3,825 d...