Articles filed under Coronavirus
-
Volunteers crafting masks for JourneyCareApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - About 70 volunteers in the Chicago area have joined "Savvy at Sewing," an effort to create homemade masks for JourneyCare, a hospice and palliative care organization ser...
-
Lombard blood drive April 15Apr 06, 2020 1:00 am - The village of Lombard will host its next regularly scheduled blood drive from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. The blood drive is set to take place at five locati...
-
April 6 breakdown of COVID-19 cases by county, including first Cook jail deathApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois Statewide cases total 12,262 with 307 deaths. As of Monday, the Illinois Department of Public Health's COVID-19 website, accessible at bit.ly/dhIDHcovid19s...
-
Lake County utility bill help availableApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Community Action Partnership of Lake County is accepting applications for utility bill payment assistance. Those who have not already received assistance from the Low-In...
-
Cook County jail detainees sue for release or transfers in face of outbreakApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Several attorneys and civil rights groups have filed a class-action lawsuit against Sheriff Thomas Dart seeking to remove more detainees from Cook County jail amid the o...
-
PODCAST: Tailgating with Dave and Kevin (and Orrin)Apr 06, 2020 1:00 am - PODCAS>: Naperville North athletic director Bob Quinn joins this week's Tailgating with Dave and Kevin to talk about a strange spring sports season dealing with the COV...
-
South Africa's TB, HIV history prepares it for virus testingApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - JOHANNESBURG - South Africa, one of the world's most unequal countries with a large population vulnerable to the new coronavirus, may have an advantage in the outbreak, ...
-
SWALCO cancels collection eventsApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - The Solid Waste Agency of Lake County has canceled all household chemical waste collection events scheduled for April and May as part of protective measures due to COVID...
-
Teens in isolation finding ways to 'be social with each other'Apr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Passing periods. The lunchroom. Softball practice. Musical rehearsals. It's not just history and science classes that are suddenly gone or switched from in-person to onl...
-
Illinois deaths top 300; officials warn against nice weather luring people into dangerApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - With 33 additional COVID-19 deaths and 1,006 more cases in Illinois, state leaders urged residents Monday to ignore the pull of warmer weather and Passover or Easter cel...