Articles filed under Health Crises
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Vacant Kmart in McHenry to house COVID-19 vaccination siteFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - A former Kmart store, vacant for 12 years, is transforming into a mass vaccination site, the result of a collaboration among the city of McHenry, the McHenry County Depa...
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COVID-19 inoculations rise, but so do tensions over dose distributionFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - As Illinois nears 2 million COVID-19 vaccines administered despite weather-related delays, tensions rose among some suburban leaders over the scant supply of doses. A to...
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Kane County's Black, Latino residents 'underserved' by vaccination effortFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - Far fewer Black and Latino residents in Kane County have received COVID-19 vaccinations than their white neighbors. Latino residents constitute more than 30% of Kane Cou...
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District 300 looking to expand in-person learning in MarchFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - With 80% of Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300's staff on track to have received both COVID-19 vaccine doses by March 15, the 20,000-student district is looking...
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Restaurant, hotel industry officials say they can't last another year under COVID-19 rulesFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Officials from the hotel, restaurant and convention industries told a state Senate panel Thursday that they need a clear plan for how they will be allowed ...
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MSL Showdown Friday - these are the nights Bob Frisk lived forFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - These are the nights Bob Frisk lived for. Mid-Suburban League basketball. And Friday night's version couldn't be any better, right? Well, sure, it could. The gyms would...
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Domino's Pizza in Cary accused of pressuring staff to work after COVID-19 exposureFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - Employees at the Domino's Pizza in Cary say they were pressured to come into work after being exposed to other staff members who tested positive for COVID-19 in January,...
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You can comment on RTA's plan to shift a bigger share of COVID relief to CTAFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - A one-time exception is how Regional Transportation Authority leaders on Thursday characterized a plan to channel to the Chicago Transit Authority a portion of federal C...
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Baseball will be back in Schaumburg, as Boomers announce full 2021 seasonFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - After a year's hiatus due to the pandemic, the Schaumburg Boomers baseball team has announced its 2021 return with a full 96-game schedule featuring home games at the ne...
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Palatine shelter scales back plan for new building due to COVID-19Feb 17, 2021 4:30 am - A Palatine nonprofit that serves individuals who are homeless, or at risk of losing shelter, scaled back its plans for a new building after the COVID-19 pandemic deraile...