Karen Ann Cullotta

Jeff Solin, a Lane Technical High School teacher, wears a face shield he designed and is producing for medical professionals and first responders on April 1, 2020.

With schools shut down, teacher at Chicago’s Lane Tech designs, manufactures face shield

June 3, 2020 at 6:45 p.m.

Since the coronavirus sent Lane Tech College Prep High School's 4,500 students off campus back in March, computer science teacher Jeff Solin is using his expertise and high-tech equipment to...

Anne Sharley feels the lake water while relaxing at Clark Street Beach in Evanston May 29, 2020.

North Shore beaches reopen with social distancing guidelines and empty waters

June 2, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.

At Glencoe Beach, where the required season passes swiftly sold out last month, a lone sailboat bobbed in a turquoise swath of Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon. Only a few dozen...

A prelude to the village's new Arlington Al Fresco outdoor dining program that is slated to begin June 3 attracted a careful and enthusiastic crowd of visitors to downtown Arlington Heights last weekend, including these diners at Peggy Kinnane's Irish Restaurant and Pub.

Careful but enthusiastic crowd visits Arlington Heights for outdoor dining

June 2, 2020 at 12:42 p.m.

A prelude to the village's new Arlington Al Fresco outdoor dining program that is slated to begin June 3 attracted a careful but enthusiastic crowd of visitors to downtown Arlington...

About two hundred residents gathered at a peaceful protest at North School Park In Arlington Heights on Sunday, May 31, 2020.

Hundreds gather for peaceful protest in Arlington Heights: ‘I’ve been protesting for 50 years. They should have fixed this by now’

May 31, 2020 at 8:24 p.m.

A peaceful protest through a park in Arlington Heights late Sunday afternoon put together by two local teens in less than 24 hours attracted hundreds of residents demanding social justice...

Erick Granada Ocampo a server at Egg Harbor Cafe, left, waits on Robin and Mike Weseen on the patio on May 29, 2020, in Barrington. The Weseens were the first customers served when they opened Friday morning. Robin Weseen said, "We usually come here three times a week. They are like our family and we love them."

‘Thank God places are opening.’ Stir-crazy residents venture back out as stay-at-home order lifts outside Chicago.

May 30, 2020 at 6:56 p.m.

The chance to venture out to a destination other than a grocery store or essential workplace for the first time in more than two months encouraged many Illinoisans to return...

COVID-19 pandemic prompts Winnetka resident and co-author of classic children’s book ‘Purple Cow’ to create online family resources

May 28, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

When longtime Winnetka resident Ann Cole heard the young parents in her neighborhood describing the challenges of juggling parenthood alongside working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the octogenarian decided...

Nick Larkin brings an order out to a car at the Napolita Pizzeria & Wine Bar in Wilmette on May 23, 2020. Illinois may soon allow seated outdoor dining to open.

As need for food assistance soars, schools expand from meal pickup to grocery delivery: ‘We are seeing more demand every day.’

May 23, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

With one out of three students in suburban High School District 211 qualifying for free or reduced lunch, administrator Stacy Lenihan said the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has been...

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