Articles filed under Health Crises
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Mundelein to impose mask policy; Gurnee, Buffalo Grove considering similar plansApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz issued an executive order Tuesday requiring people in the village to wear face coverings in public starting Thursday, and officials in Gurnee...
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Pandemic is dealing European tourism 'staggering' blowApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - HALLE, Belgium (AP) - The European Union says its vaunted tourist industry is facing "staggering" figures of decline because of the coronavirus crisis and the bloc's int...
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Publicly traded firms get $300 million in small-business loansApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - Companies with thousands of employees, past penalties from government investigations and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus walloped the economy were...
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Trump immigration ban halts green cards, not temporary visasApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced what he described as a "temporary suspension of immigration into the United States" on Tuesday. But he said the execut...
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Officials: Cause of Wheeling student's death could take a month to determineApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County medical examiner's office officials said Tuesday it will be at least a month before they officially determine whether a 16-year-old Wheeling High School stud...
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Free legal advice in Kane County:Apr 21, 2020 1:00 am - The Kane County Law Library and Self Help Legal Center is closed through early May because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is still offering residents access to free le...
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Virus forces cancellation of iconic events like OktoberfestApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - ATLANTA - Spain called off the Running of the Bulls in July, the U.S. scrapped the national spelling bee in June and Germany canceled Oktoberfest five months away, makin...
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Buffalo Grove poised to require face masks in essential businessesApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - Responding to concerns about public behavior, especially at grocery stores, Buffalo Grove officials are working on an ordinance requiring face coverings in essential bus...
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Pregnant woman becomes first Lake County jail inmate to test positive for COVID-19Apr 21, 2020 1:00 am - A pregnant inmate at the Lake County jail tested positive Tuesday for COVID-19. The woman, the first current inmate to test positive, remains in the medical unit and is ...
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What others are writing about COVID-19Apr 21, 2020 1:00 am - Coronavirus Entered My Father's Nursing Home and Nobody Warned Me. I Did Not Get the Chance to Save Him. After New York Times reporter Jan Ransom's father tested po...