Grace Wong

Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

Did you know loss of smell is one of the first symptoms of COVID-19? More answers from experts.

March 26, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

As part of a weekly, hourlong webinar focused on COVID-19, the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University hosted Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the university's Institute for...

Pedro Razo, 25, of Oak Lawn, who was volunteering in Paraguay, is one of the more than 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers who were recalled.

For the first time, all Peace Corps volunteers are called back home: ‘It feels like a bad heartbreak’

March 23, 2020 at 9:55 a.m.

On the eve of her one-year anniversary in the Peace Corps, 23-year-old Katie Bassett packed up the last year of her life in the northeastern Isan region of Thailand 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.

Chicago bar and restaurant owners scramble amid unprecedented closing order to stem COVID-19 spread

March 16, 2020 at 1:36 p.m.

Bar and restaurant owners across Illinois lurched into an unprecedented new reality Sunday with mandated closings to dine-in customers for at least two weeks, leaving thousands of small business owners...

Manny's Deli employee Alma Vega delivers food to regular customer Pat Considine Friday morning, March 13, 2020, outside the South Loop restaurant. Manny's is offering curbside pickup in addition to carry out and delivery, for customers concerned about COVID-19.

Is it safe to dine out? Chicago restaurants and health experts weigh in, Pritzker ponders lockdown

March 15, 2020 at 3:29 p.m.

UPDATE: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered all bars and restaurants across the state to close to dine-in customers effective end of business on Monday until the end of March, he...

A doorman wears a mask while accepting money from patrons celebrating an early St. Patrick's Day on Clark Street in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood on March 14, 2020.

St. Patrick’s Day bar crawls and revelry go on despite some criticisms of recklessness

March 16, 2020 at 1:07 p.m.

Even though the Chicago River won't be dyed green and the city's St. Patrick's Day parades have been cancelled, bar crawls and other revelery around Chicago are expected to go...

Craving: Japanese food — from ramen to soba to yakitori to sushi, we’re eating Chicago’s best dishes in March

March 13, 2020 at 2:44 p.m.

Editor's note: If you have questions about whether it is safe to dine out, see our story here. When it comes to Japanese food in Chicago, it seems like sushi...

Chief O'Neill's Pub & Restaurant prepares for the long St. Patrick's Day weekend. "(We're) hoping to turn a negative into a positive" by plowing ahead with all scheduled activities, says owner Siobhan McKinney.

Green beer will still flow in Chicago despite St. Patrick’s parade cancellations due to coronavirus concerns, but bars expect big losses

March 12, 2020 at 6:26 p.m.

Chief O'Neill's Pub & Restaurant on the Northwest Side has already spent $8,000 on an outdoor tent for Saturday's St. Patrick's Day celebrations. More than a dozen musical acts have...

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