Jake Griffin
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4,344 more fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in IllinoisJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois health officials on Wednesday reported 4,344 more of the state's residents and workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after receiving their second dose. ...
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Why inmates are getting COVID-19 vaccine before some high risk groups in IllinoisJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Corrections officers in Illinois prisons and county jails are among those next in line to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, and so are the inmates they are guarding. Illino...
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How are vaccine providers ensuring the right people get shots?Jan 18, 2021 12:00 am - Only a small segment of the population is eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations so far, including health care workers, hospital employees, medical professionals and ...
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Stava-Murray restores Facebook page that went dark after 'viral' post on police billJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - A Facebook page maintained by Downers Grove Democratic state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray as a forum for her legislative work that went dark Thursday night has been reactivate...
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Are suburban residents getting fair share of state's vaccines? What the numbers showJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Of the 414,296 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Illinois so far, 41.6% have gone into the arms of suburban residents. And of the 91,947 state residents considered ...
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Why hospitals are vaccinating employees who don't care for patientsJan 13, 2021 4:30 am - As soon as COVID-19 vaccines began arriving at hospitals throughout Illinois in mid-December, doses were put into the arms of health care workers who were at the greates...
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Lake in the Hills man charged with federal child sex crimesJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - A 35-year-old Lake in the Hills man is charged with federal child sex crimes after authorities said he traveled to Kentucky four times to abuse a 15-year-old girl. Prose...
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Illinois reports 117 more COVID-19 deaths, 6,642 new casesJan 12, 2021 12:00 am - Saying she was taking the COVID-19 vaccine in hopes she could soon hug her mother again, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike received her first dos...
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Suburban COVID-19 cases rise at long-term-care facilities even as vaccines beginJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - Of the nearly 750 Illinois residents who died from COVID-19 over the past week, almost half were residents of the state's long-term care facilities. That's according to ...
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Pritzker lowers vaccine age requirement as deaths surpass 17,000Jan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker lowered the age requirement for vaccination to 65 and older for the next phase of inoculations as the state surpassed 17,000 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday...