Genevieve Bookwalter

Rosita Wood sits in her apartment in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood on March 27, 2020. She has been keeping busy since the stay-at-home order went into effect due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, but it has caused her to cancel her plans for international travel.

Chicago’s first week under the stay-at-home order: Worry, togetherness and new traditions

March 27, 2020 at 5:13 p.m.

Faced with a government order to stay home, a family of five in Oak Park made the best of their unexpected time together by competing on their backyard basketball hoop...

The Three Crowns Park assisted living facility is shown Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Evanston.

Third resident of Three Crowns Park senior living in Evanston has COVID-19; first two return to facility

March 20, 2020 at 5:41 p.m.

A third resident has tested positive for COVID-19 at Three Crowns Park senior living facility in Evanston, the executive director reported in a letter Friday. Executive Director Phil Hemmer also...

Live4Lali Chief Programs Officer Laura Fry sits outside the new Live4Lali van on March 4, 2020, in North Chicago.

What do people in recovery from alcohol or drug use do now that coronavirus has shuttered many churches and community centers?

March 20, 2020 at 2:29 p.m.

In her position as chief programs officer at Arlington Heights-based Live4Lali Community Recovery Center, Laura Fry is used to establishing personal connections with her clients. The organization helps people in...

Three Crowns Park resident Steve Warner, 78, re-enters the assisted living facility after talking with news media about having learned that two residents have contracted COVID-19, or coronavirus, on March 18, 2020, in Evanston. The two residents were transported to an area hospital on Monday and have not returned to their residences because Three Crowns Park does not have the personal protective equipment and supplies to safely bring them back into their spaces, according to executive director Phil Hemmer, not pictured. "We're 48 hours in, and we have not had a single test (administered)," Hemmer said. "We're getting no help whatsoever."

Two Evanston senior living residents tested positive for COVID-19. Facility’s director says, ‘we’re getting no help whatsoever.’

March 18, 2020 at 6:06 p.m.

At least two people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Evanston's Three Crowns Park senior living complex, city officials and the facility's executive director have confirmed. In a letter dated...

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Chicago’s first week under the stay-at-home order: Worry, togetherness and new traditions

Third resident of Three Crowns Park senior living in Evanston has COVID-19; first two return to facility

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Two Evanston senior living residents tested positive for COVID-19. Facility’s director says, ‘we’re getting no help whatsoever.’

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