Articles filed under Counties
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Ace Hardware, VFW honor 'Fallen Heroes' with 1 million American flagsMay 18, 2020 11:00 pm - In the true spirit of Memorial Day, Ace Hardware is again collaborating with the Veterans of Foreign Wars to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their countr...
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Latino leaders cite need for more COVID-19 testing in suburbsMay 18, 2020 5:30 am - Suburban Latino community leaders and lawmakers are calling for increased access to COVID-19 testing and screening sites, bilingual and cultural contact tracing, persona...
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'I am not going to be anybody's boogeyman': DuPage sheriff says county is ready to reopenMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick has joined a chorus of suburban law enforcement officials who say they won't enforce Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order as a cr...
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Major flooding along Des Plaines, DuPage, Fox riversMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Residents across the suburbs spent Monday bailing out basements and navigating around impassable roads after a wet weekend overwhelmed local waterways and challenged flo...
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Cook County Forest Preserve lot closures expanded, extended through Memorial DayMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Move intended to prevent holiday crowds at Cook County forest preserves
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May 18 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 49,495 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Depart...
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DuPage providing curbside NarcanMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The DuPage Narcan Program has adjusted its services due to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide curbside pickup of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan and phone or virtual t...
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Pritzker defends citing of businesses that open too soon; Lake County pilots contact tracingMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday deflected controversy over a new emergency rule enabling police to issue citations to businesses flouting Illinois' stay-at-home rule to red...
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DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick's Facebook message about Gov. Pritzker and COVID-19May 18, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick posted the following message Sunday night on his personal Facebook page: As sheriff, I feel that my own First Amendment constitution...
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McHenry County sheriff: No 'capacity or desire' to enforce the governor's ordersMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - The McHenry County sheriff's office has no plan to enforce the Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order as a criminal offense, Sheriff Bill Prim announced in a Facebook p...