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Stateville inmate convicted of Oak Forest murder, Calumet City rape dies of coronavirus

April 5, 2020 at 6:02 p.m.

A Stateville Correctional Center inmate who was convicted of murdering and sexually assaulting a boy from Oak Forest in 1980 and later sexually assaulting a boy from Calumet City has...

2 employees at Walmart in Evergreen Park die after falling ill to the coronavirus

April 5, 2020 at 9:23 a.m.

Two employees of a Walmart in Evergreen Park who were last in the store more than a week ago have died after contracting COVID-19, a Walmart representative confirmed recently. The...

Police: Will County man kills woman in apparent murder-suicide, concerned he had COVID-19

April 5, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

A man and woman were found dead inside a home in Will County in an apparent murder-suicide, police said Saturday. According to the Will County Sheriff's office, deputies discovered the...

Will County Forest Preserve District adapts monthly photo contest for backyard shots

April 2, 2020 at 1:32 p.m.

Normally this time of year, Will County Forest Preserve District officials would be encouraging residents to visit one of the dozens of preserves to capture images of spring. But because...

Muslim-American charity donates much needed gloves to Franciscan Health in Olympia Fields

March 31, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

The Bridgeview-based Zakat Foundation last week donated thousands of pairs of much needed medical gloves to Franciscan Health Hospital in Olympia Fields and hospitals on the South Side. "We have...

South suburban suds called best in Illinois by prominent beer rating website

March 27, 2020 at 3:17 p.m.

The coronavirus quarantine will eventually be over and when it does the folks at Flossmoor Station Brewery and Restaurant will plan for the establishment's 24th anniversary party later this year....

Food collection effort in Dolton nets 500 bags of groceries delivered to senior citizens

March 24, 2020 at 12:51 p.m.

Volunteers donated, collected and distributed hundreds of bags of groceries to senior citizen residents in Dolton and South Holland last weekend, after community organizer Andrew Holmes parked a U-Haul truck...

Cars line up as drive-through coronavirus testing for medical workers and first responders opens Sunday, March 22, 2020 outside a Walmart in Northlake. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

First responders, health care workers can be tested for coronavirus at Joliet, Northlake Walmart sites

March 23, 2020 at 6:31 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday set up drive-thru coronavirus testing sites for first responders and health care workers at Walmart parking lots in Joliet and...

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

Nearly 300 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois as officials call for volunteers to step up

March 23, 2020 at 6:28 a.m.

Officials called for volunteers to step up and serve their communities on Sunday as nearly 300 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths were announced in Illinois. With 296...

Illinois’ stay-at-home order — aimed at curtailing spread of coronavirus — is now in effect; Pritzker asks former medical personnel to return and ‘join the fight’

March 21, 2020 at 8:18 p.m.

Expert recommendations and previously voluntary precautions hardened into law at 5 p.m. Saturday as Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order took effect. The directive, aimed at slowing the barreling momentum of...

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