Katlyn Smith
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'A moving target': Libraries plan to gradually reopen with curbside serviceApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - Right up until the Wheaton Public Library had to close amid the COVID-19 pandemic, patrons rushed to stock up on books. So much so that library card holders have been h...
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Glen Ellyn voters will get their say on marijuana salesApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - Glen Ellyn will ask voters in November if the village should allow recreational marijuana sales within its boundaries. Trustees voted unanimously Monday to place a nonbi...
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Museum at Cantigny seeks 'cheer for victory' videos for 75th V-E Day celebrationApr 27, 2020 5:30 am - The newspaper headlines proclaimed "PEACE," confetti rained from the sky and crowds crammed streets to swing dance and toast GIs. Allied forces 75 years ago on May 8 sec...
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Nursing home workers plan May 8 strike at 40 sites, including in Aurora, Barrington and Des PlainesApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Nursing home workers have authorized a May 8 strike date at 40 facilities in Chicago and the suburbs, putting pressure on operators to resolve a contract dispute amid th...
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State list shows COVID-19 nursing home deaths more than doubleApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Coronavirus deaths tied to Illinois long-term care facilities more than doubled to 625 in the week since the state first revealed the list of nursing homes reporting out...
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Chocolate, puzzles and beer: Glen Ellyn businesses offer 'survival kits' to get you through quarantineApr 23, 2020 6:00 pm - So you've cleaned out all the closets, hit your bread-baking quota and run out of ideas to pass the time in isolation. The Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce has created "su...
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4 suburban ICU nurses who help form the backbone of the coronavirus fightApr 23, 2020 5:30 am - Their patients can't see their faces, covered by masks and shields, hair nets and goggles, but they can hear the humanity in their voices. Theresa Vasquez speaks in the ...
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College of DuPage promises 'bigger and better' Frida Kahlo show after delayApr 20, 2020 5:30 am - In a self-portrait she painted after her spinal surgery, Frida Kahlo gave an intimate view of the chronic pain she suffered from a bus accident in 1925. “The Broken Colu...
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State list shows suburban nursing homes with coronavirus casesApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - For the first time, the Illinois Department of Public Health has released a list of long-term care facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks. The Illinois Department of Public ...
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Governor pledges to expand testing of nursing home staffsApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker pledged to expand testing of the staffs of nursing homes with known COVID-19 cases one day after his administration for the first time identified long...