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An ambulance leaves the Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook on March 17, 2020, where officials announced March 18 that those testing positive with COVID-19 had grown to 42 people.

Families react as Illinois for the first time lists COVID-19 cases at nursing homes. ‘We hadn’t heard anything at all. I was pretty shocked.’

April 20, 2020 at 7:41 p.m.

Ken Loredo didn't learn about the two dozen COVID-19 cases at the long-term care facility where his mother lives until the Illinois Department of Public Health released the data for...

At 108 years old, Luther Coleman was ‘always trying to help somebody.’ He is the oldest person in Cook County to die from the coronavirus

April 17, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

A little over a month ago, Luther Coleman celebrated his 108th birthday surrounded by generations of family who loved him. They gathered at the Avantara Evergreen Park nursing home, where...

The former Crawford power plant in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Monday, April 13, 2020, following the demolition of a smokestack at the site on Saturday.

Hilco apologizes for ‘anxiety and fear’ after Little Village demolition amid coronavirus pandemic

April 14, 2020 at 8:15 p.m.

After a weekend demolition at a former coal power plant on the Southwest Side sent a cloud of dust through residential streets, developers apologized for causing "anxiety and fear" and...

The Crawford Coal Plant, where a smokestack was demolished April 11, 2020, pictured from the Little Village neighborhood on April 12.

As coronavirus fatalities drop, city investigates smokestack demolition that left Little Village filled with dust and new fears

April 13, 2020 at 7:09 a.m.

On a day of virtual Easter celebrations and a drop in COVID-19 fatalities that signaled hope, the city was investigating a demolition in Little Village that coated the neighborhood in...

Soybeans are harvested on Oct. 10, 2019, in Manteno, Ill.

Chicago Park District partners with Illinois Soybean Association for hand sanitizer production

April 9, 2020 at 7:16 p.m.

The Chicago Park District has found a creative solution to produce hand sanitizer: partner with Illinois farmers. Faced with supply shortages, the Park District has teamed up with the Illinois...

People crowd The 606 trail in the Wicker Park neighborhood on March 25, 2020.

‘It’s gorgeous outside but please behave.’ No end in sight for stay-at-home order as Chicagoans fight summer weather temptations.

April 7, 2020 at 8:13 p.m.

On the first balmy spring afternoon that promised the return of hot summer days, Chicagoans wondering when the stay-at-home order would end were given an answer: not anytime soon. As...

A discarded face mask lies on the grass outside Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook on March 19, 2020. The long-term facility has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak.

DuPage County reports three more deaths related to coronavirus, bringing the total to 22

April 5, 2020 at 8:04 p.m.

Three more people infected with the coronavirus have died in DuPage County, including a woman who was at a Naperville long-term care facility, officials said Sunday. The county's death toll...

Steeple of Greenstone United Methodist Church, right, in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood on Aug. 31, 2021.

After reports of crowding and coronavirus cases, some call for national parks to be closed. Pullman and Indiana Dunes remain open — for now.

April 2, 2020 at 1:16 p.m.

After crowding at some West Coast sites and the first cases of the coronavirus confirmed among National Park Service workers, some former employees are calling on officials to shut down...

Waves crash along the damaged pedestrian section of the Lakefront Trail near North Avenue Beach on March 10, 2020.

On storm-damaged parts of the Lakefront Trail, city ponders repairs as high lake levels still threaten

March 27, 2020 at 7:39 a.m.

The Lakefront Trail was officially closed to the public Thursday after a sunny day brought Chicagoans out in droves, but the Chicago Park District still hopes to tackle repairs on...

Chicago police disperse groups from lakefront, will start ticketing as Mayor Lightfoot scolds residents ignoring stay-at-home order

March 26, 2020 at 10:28 a.m.

Update: A day after Mayor Lightfoot scolded residents who packed parks, trails and the lakefront, the city shut down the Lakefront Trail, parks and beaches until further notice. Four days...

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