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Winnetka officials launch survey to gauge needs of local business community during COVID-19 pandemic

April 21, 2020 at 4:33 p.m.

For Winnetka's Economic Development Coordinator Liz Dechant, the recent COVID-19 closures and social distancing rules have forced her to support the local business community online, rather than in person. "Having...

Wilmette’s Warming House moves teen activities online: ‘We want to be as caring and welcoming as we can be right now’

April 20, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.

When the Warming House in Wilmette closed its doors last month in concert with COVID-19 school closures, program director Emily Schnell was determined that the youth center's services for North...

The American and Illinois flags fly at half-mast outside of Township High School District 214 on April 19, 2020, in Arlington Heights. A student from District 214 has died likely due to complications from COVID-19, and a second student is hospitalized, officials said in a weekend email to district parents.

District 214 student likely died of COVID-19, superintendent says another student in ICU

April 20, 2020 at 6:19 a.m.

A student from Arlington Heights-based Township High School District 214 has died likely due to complications from COVID-19, and a second student is hospitalized, officials said in a weekend email...

An aerial view of an empty playground at Doolittle Elementary School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. School playgrounds will stay empty longer, with the governor's announcement Friday that schools will not reopen during this academic year.

No prom, no graduation, more remote learning: Dashed hopes that Illinois schools would reopen this year are a particular blow for class of 2020

April 17, 2020 at 7:32 p.m.

Alexandria Gee was planning to wear red to prom, and she'd picked out another nice dress for other end-of-the-year events, like graduation and her last choir concert. Now all those...

Sisters Alexa Boden, left, 19, and Mariel Boden, 20, stand in their front yard April 16, 2020, in Vernon Hills. Their parents, Nancy and David Boden, both in their 50s, have tested positive for COVID-19 and are both on ventilators.

Two suburban sisters came home after their college campuses closed. Within days, both their parents were in the ICU with COVID-19.

April 17, 2020 at 7:02 a.m.

When sisters Mariel and Alexa Boden learned their universities were shutting down due to the coronavirus last month, the college freshman and senior were frustrated at the prospect of finishing...

Hoping to bolster downtown Winnetka businesses that have been hit hard by the coronanvirus stay-at-home order, village officials have accelerated the West Elm Streetscape construction this month.

Winnetka accelerates downtown streetscape project during coronavirus closures

April 13, 2020 at 12:48 p.m.

Hoping to bolster downtown Winnetka businesses that have been hit hard by the coronavirus stay-at-home order, village officials have accelerated the West Elm Streetscape construction project. While Illinois Gov. J.B....

Video shows chaotic scene before daylight home invasion, armed robbery attempt in Arlington Heights

April 10, 2020 at 12:18 p.m.

A doorbell video of a shocking daylight home invasion in Arlington Heights released by police Thursday shows a chaotic scene before the attempted robbery ended with a homeowner fatally shooting...

Born to a mother who survived Spanish influenza, Norma Bratschi Hoza dies at 101 from COVID-19: ‘She was so much more than this dreadful virus’

April 10, 2020 at 9:02 a.m.

In 1918, Lina Bratschi of Chicago was pregnant and suffering from Spanish influenza. But the Swiss immigrant survived, and in February of 1919, delivered a healthy baby girl she named...

Third-grader Graciela Anderson works on her math homework on her iPad outside of her family's Streamwood home.

Grades can’t count against kids during Illinois’ coronavirus school shutdown. Does that mean less incentive to do the work?

April 9, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

When e-learning began for three of her five children following the coronavirus school shutdown, St. Charles resident Krista Badani was delighted by their diligence. They all have Chromebooks, and for...

Bradley J. Finnan, 38, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was charged with murder on April 6, 2020, in connection with a home invasion in Arlington Heights, that left the other suspect dead of a gunshot wound.

Man charged in death of alleged accomplice in brazen daytime home invasion, Arlington Heights police say

April 10, 2020 at 7:25 a.m.

A Tennessee man is facing murder charges in connection with a brazen daytime Arlington Heights home invasion that left the suspect's accomplice shot dead by the homeowner, authorities said Tuesday....

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