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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at his daily coronavirus briefing from the Thompson Center in Chicago, on March 28, 2020. At right is Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Dept. of Public Health director.

New Illinois coronavirus cases top 1,000 for the first time; Pritzker warns increases likely to continue into April

March 29, 2020 at 9:30 p.m.

New COVID-19 cases reported in Illinois topped 1,000 for the first time, state officials said Sunday, warning that the upward curve is likely to continue for weeks. "It is fair...

Nancy McKenna displays hearts in her windows as part of a "social distancing scavenger hunt" in Watseka, Illinois, on March 27, 2020.

COVID-19 has mostly spared small-town Illinois. That could change soon.

March 30, 2020 at 10:03 a.m.

In Buckley, a church has volunteered its gymnasium as a makeshift hospital. In Rushville, police officers have stopped accompanying paramedics unless a call is a matter of life or death....

Cook County Forest Preserves trails, like this one at Deer Grove East Forest Preserve in Palatine, will remain open, but police will crack down on crowds, and all nature centers and campgrounds are closed.

Coronavirus prompts crackdown on crowds in Cook County forest preserves, and more closures possible if public doesn’t comply

March 29, 2020 at 2:35 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who has already shut down parts of the forest preserves in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19, said Sunday she will close...

Frizell Thomas bathes Fox Valley Jason after a training session on the track at Hawthorn Race Course on March 26, 2020, in Cicero.

‘We’re going to see some horsemen struggle to feed themselves and feed their horses.’ Coronavirus threatens to devastate Illinois’ equine industry.

March 27, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The daily schedule of horse trainer Hosea Williams hasn't changed much since COVID-19 started to batter Illinois' economy. He still rises at 4 a.m. each morning and heads for the...

An ambulance leaves the Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook on March 17, 2020, where officials announced March 18 that those testing positive with COVID-19 had grown to 42 people.

Manager at Willowbrook nursing home with 46 coronavirus cases — including DuPage County’s first death — denies claim of supply, staffing shortages

March 24, 2020 at 4:54 p.m.

The top official at a Willowbrook nursing home with 46 cases of coronavirus — and one death — denied a claim of shortages of staff and supplies, saying efforts have...

John LaPlante, former Chicago transportation chief, dies after contracting coronavirus, family says

March 23, 2020 at 4:12 p.m.

John LaPlante, former acting commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation, died Saturday at Evanston Hospital from what his family said were coronavirus-related causes. He was 80. His daughter, Leslie...

Coronavirus outbreak at nursing home is latest in string of ‘nightmares’ in Willowbrook

March 20, 2020 at 6:17 a.m.

The outbreak of the coronavirus at a nursing home in Willowbrook is the latest in a string of unfortunate events there, but the mayor says it "could have happened anywhere."...

For suburban woman on coronavirus-stricken Princess cruise, trouble started when she left the boat

March 16, 2020 at 5:47 p.m.

For Joyce Allphin, being stuck in her cabin as the coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship waited for permission to dock wasn't so bad. The crew brought plenty of food, drink...

Students of Loyola University Chicago move out of Mertz Hall at the Lake Shore Campus in Chicago.

Deserted dorms, tuition complaints and virtual classes: Uncertainty looms as disappointed college students head home early because of the coronavirus

March 16, 2020 at 7:16 p.m.

Austin Pinderski lifted a mini-fridge and shoved it into the trunk of a Jeep while his older sister rearranged suitcases inside, as if playing a game of Tetris, to make...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

20 new coronavirus cases in Illinois bring total to 66, including first downstate; Gov. J.B. Pritzker expresses frustration over young people crowding bars for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

March 14, 2020 at 8:28 p.m.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois has increased by 20 and now stands at 66, as of Saturday night, with the first cases discovered in central and southern...

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