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Franklin Park: association keeps kids with disabilities connected despite shutdown

June 2, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

Before the stay-at-home order began in mid-March, Jenny Perricone, 30, had started her second year on the West Suburban Special Recreation Association swim team. She kept busy with the association...

In this file photo from July 14, 2019, Genevieve Lorenz of Chicago is near the fountain in the south end of Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge. Lorenz had found some Poke balls and was seeing if the Pokemon Go game was pinned to this corner location. The mall is reopening Sunday after two months of closure due to Illinois' stay-at-home order.

Harlem Irving Plaza mall in Norridge reopening

June 2, 2020 at 6:27 p.m.

After two months of remaining closed under Illinois stay-at-home order, Harlem Irving Plaza mall announced plans to reopen Sunday, May 31. However, the mall closed again Monday and Tuesday as...

In this file photo, the River Grove Rockets softball team pass the reviewing stand during Elmwood Park's annual July 4th parade in 2019. The parade will look different this year, without floats, marchers or walkers. Only one person to a vehicle will be allowed, unless they are members of the same household. The route will pass through every residential street so that residents can enjoy it from their homes without congregating in large crowds.

July Fourth parade in Elmwood Park to traverse entire town; residents can watch from homes

May 28, 2020 at 4:52 p.m.

Elmwood Park plans to hold its July Fourth parade, but this year, the route will be different: it will move through every Elmwood Park residential street so residents can enjoy...

In this file photo from 2014, customers enjoy lunch on Restaurant Row in Elmwood Park. As Illinois begins to loosen COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and allow diners to sit outside with tables six feet apart, Elmwood Park is freeing up two parking lots, not pictured, for picnic tables.

Restaurants in Elmwood Park prepare, open for outdoor seating, and diners show up

June 2, 2020 at 12:03 a.m.

Restaurants in Chicago's suburbs prepared to open their outdoor spaces Friday, May 29 in line with Illinois' transition to the next, less restrictive phase of COVID-19 precautions. Many restaurants in...

The Eisenhower Public Library, which serves Norridge, Harwood Heights and the surrounding area, will be offering home delivery to patrons starting June 4.

Need a book or movie? Libraries begin curbside pick-up, home delivery

May 27, 2020 at 3:39 p.m.

As Illinois prepares to move into the next, more relaxed phase of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois Plan in June, local libraries are starting to offer more services to residents,...

The Glenbrook South High Schools radio students recorded children's audiobooks to keep kids entertained at home.

Glenbrook South High School radio students entertain listeners online with children’s folktales

May 26, 2020 at 9:34 a.m.

Students at Glenbrook South High School are used to writing live newscasts, sportscasts, talk and music shows for their radio station. But since the school moved to e-learning, they haven't...

Guerin College Prep math teacher, Ashley Thielsen picks up graduation gowns and yard signs at the school on May 16, 2020. The Catholic high school is closing permanently and members of the staff were delivering the graduation gowns and signs to students at their homes.

As Guerin Prep prepares to permanently close, school rallies to give graduating seniors ‘a proper goodbye’

May 26, 2020 at 7:39 a.m.

The last graduation at Guerin College Prep in River Grove will look different than all others: there will be no audience, no live music from the school band, no procession...

Lyons firefighters deliver Tim Sachs and his two daughters Natasha, 8, right, Katrina, 10, and their dog Carol to dry ground after heavy rains flooded homes in the area of the intersection of Southview Avenue and Circle Drive on May 18, 2020, in Brookfield.

Roads still flooded, rivers close to cresting as Chicago hits wettest May on record

May 19, 2020 at 5:28 p.m.

Chicago passed the mark for the wettest May on record early Tuesday, as roads throughout the Chicago area remained flooded, especially near swollen rivers and creeks that were at or...

Des Plaines River floods River Grove, stranding residents and dividing the town

May 19, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.

Inches — and in some cases, feet — of water rushed into homes in River Grove this week after the Des Plaines River, which splits the town of 10,000 down...

The village of Northbrook held its annual Northbrook Days festival July 31 to Aug. 4, 2019. This year's festival is canceled due to public health concerns.

Annual Northbrook Days summer festival canceled due to COVID-19; would have marked its 96th year

May 18, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

The Northbrook Civic Foundation canceled its annual Northbrook Days summer festival to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and align with public health guidelines, organizers said in news release. The festival,...

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