Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Metra leaders upset by plan to give CTA a bigger share of COVID-19 reliefFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - A new Regional Transportation Authority formula to distribute federal COVID-19 relief funds raised Metra directors' hackles Wednesday after learning the plan will give a...
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Weather forces drops in suburban vaccine supply; U.K. variant found in DuPageFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois averaged more than 40,000 COVID-19 vaccine inoculations a day on Monday and Tuesday. But that's down by almost 20,000 daily vaccinations from a week ago and alm...
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How Addison officials teamed up to stage mass vaccinationFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - While many Illinois residents eligible to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine struggle to find an appointment, officials in Addison have alleviated that frustration f...
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New McHenry site in could up county's vaccination capability to 1,000 doses an hourFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - The city of McHenry donated a "really large facility" to the McHenry County Department of Health that can be used to increase the county's vaccination capability up to 1...
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Aurora food pantry to host mobile Kids' Pop-Up food giveaway Feb. 20Feb 16, 2021 10:00 pm - The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will hold its third drive-through Kids' Pop-Up free food giveaway on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 10 a.m. to noon at Simmons Park, oppo...
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Labor, business leaders call for continued supportFeb 16, 2021 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Business and labor leaders called for continued support for businesses and unemployed workers Wednesday in a state Senate hearing ahead of Gov. J.B. Pritzk...
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How Elmhurst District 205 secured vaccine access for its workforceFeb 16, 2021 4:30 am - While school systems of similar size are struggling to secure coronavirus vaccines for their teachers, Elmhurst Unit District 205 has been able to inoculate its workforc...
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COVID-19 update: Average daily cases down by more than half this month; new vaccine delay?Feb 16, 2021 12:00 am - The daily average of new COVID-19 cases has dropped by more than half in February so far compared to January's, a positive trend given the erratic supply of vaccines in ...
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Kane County sheriff's office helps get court workers vaccinatedFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - An earlier version had incorrect information about why state Sen. Don DeWitte was vaccinated Tuesday at the Kane County sheriff's office. The Kane County sheriff's ...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Feb. 16Feb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map There have been 496,064 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's almost 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Depar...