Articles filed under Illinois
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Deck the halls? Not at the Illinois Capitol due to virusNov 28, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The coronavirus has extinguished some traditional holiday cheer at the Illinois Capitol. There will be no Christmas tree nor any holiday display...
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Sheriff Dart has COVID-19; 7,873 new cases, 108 more deaths announcedNov 28, 2020 12:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 and deaths from the respiratory disease dipped in the last week although hospitalizations increased, as officials Saturday reported 7,873 new cases and...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Nov. 27Nov 28, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 303,855 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 43% of the state's total, according to the Illino...
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9 days, another 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in IllinoisNov 27, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois topped 12,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, and also passed the 700,000 mark for cases of coronavirus illness. It took just nine day...
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Illinois surpasses 12,000 COVID-19 deaths (19% of those this month), 700,000 casesNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois has surpassed 12,000 COVID-19 deaths and 700,000 cases of the disease statewide. State health officials announced Friday that 66 more residents have died from C...
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Another 131 COVID-19 deaths, 12,022 cases reported in Illinois ThursdayNov 26, 2020 12:00 am - State health officials Thursday reported 12,022 new confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 and 131 more deaths from the respiratory disease. Of the fatalities, 29 were ...
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155 more COVID-19 deaths, 11,378 new casesNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases totaled 11,378 Wednesday, the highest since Saturday, and 155 more people died from the respiratory disease, as Illinois moved to borrow $2 billion to...
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Traveling? 'Change your plans,' Pritzker urges as COVID-19 deaths up 137% from a month agoNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - Thanksgiving travelers on the brink of heading to O'Hare or Midway international airports should "change your plans, if you can," Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged Tuesday amid a...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Nov. 24Nov 24, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 291,214 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 43.2% of the state's total, according to the Ill...
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Central Illinois man gets probation for threatening lawmakerNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man who pleaded guilty to making a threat against U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis has been sentenced to two years of probation and ord...