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Medical professionals push back after Trump says COVID-19 cases are inflated to 'get more money'
Oct 25, 2020 9:05 PM - Medical professionals are pushing back after President Donald Trump accused "doctors and hospitals" of inflating COVID-19 patient counts to "get more money" during a campaign rally Saturday in Wisconsin. -
Health experts question Pence campaigning as essential work
Oct 25, 2020 4:04 PM - Health policy specialists are questioning Vice President Mike Pence's claim that federal rules on essential workers allow him to continue to campaign and not quarantine himself after exposure to multiple close staffers with COVID-19
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State sets record again for new COVID-19 cases: 6,161, up 25% from Thursday's record
Oct 24, 2020 5:42 PM - The state Saturday reported 6,161 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease, a 25% jump from the previous high set on Thursday in a sign that the recent surge of the illness in the state is continuing unabated. -
Red ribbons bring awareness to Elgin drug prevention campaign
Oct 24, 2020 5:13 PM - Volunteers tied about 450 ribbons to the spindles on a pair of downtown Elgin bridges Saturday to raise awareness for drug abuse prevention. -
How pandemic could prompt cities to step back from car-centric design
Oct 24, 2020 4:54 PM - The coronavirus shows it's time to make cities less car-centric Cities across the U.S. and world are closing streets to traffic in response to the pandemic, offering a glimpse of a world where cars are no longer king. -
COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Oct. 23
Oct 24, 2020 3:50 PM - There have been 160,582 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 44.1% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. -
Indoor dining ban starts in DuPage, Kane, and so does defiance. How about enforcement?
Oct 24, 2020 4:52 PM - Gov. Pritzker warns of potential penalties for businesses that defy new restrictions to curtail COVID-19 spread in some counties. But the enforcement process might not be quick. -
Schaumburg Business Association honors members' efforts during pandemic year
Oct 23, 2020 9:05 PM - In a year it wasn't able to play a single game due to the pandemic, the Schaumburg Boomers baseball team received the Schaumburg Business Association's Brian H. Burke Business of the Year Award Friday for keeping the newly renamed Wintrust Field a source of community entertainment. -
Catholic grade schools will start 2021 remotely
Oct 23, 2020 6:50 PM - Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago will pivot to remote learning for two weeks at the start of 2021. Schools will begin e-learning on Jan. 4 and will return on Jan. 19 after the Martin Luther King Day holiday.
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Illinois infection rate dips slightly for first time in 3 weeks
Oct 23, 2020 5:51 PM - The state's seven-day average infection rate dipped slightly Friday as health officials announced 31 more Illinois residents have died from COVID-19, while 3,874 more new cases were diagnosed as well.
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