Morgan Greene

Two people walk past each other in the 5300 block of North Clark Street on March 24, 2020, in Chicago. Social distancing is strongly encouraged as a preventive measure against COVID-19.

Chicago scores an ‘A’ in social distancing, according to a GPS analysis project, but expert says: ‘I need Chicago at an A+. Maybe an A++’

March 25, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

Chicagoans were ordered to stay at home starting last weekend and, according to a company grading social distancing, the city's getting an A. Both Cook County and the state of...

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

What to do when ordered to stay home? Well-spaced jaunts to the lakefront: ‘It’s like a sanctuary.’

March 24, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

In these uncertain and cloistered times, there's still a thoroughfare open to the public to walk or run or bike along steadfast Lake Michigan. Outdoor spaces like the Lakefront Trail...

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...

Officials reassure residents that grocery stores and gas stations will remain open as Illinois cases hit 422

March 19, 2020 at 9:03 p.m.

State and local officials on Thursday praised Chicago's resilience and reassured Illinoisans that essential aspects of daily life will continue, as the human toll of the coronavirus escalated with three...

Paradegoers watch the 41st annual Puerto Rican People's Day Parade on West Division Street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on June 15, 2019, in Chicago.

After more than a year of allegations and investigations, settlement reached in Puerto Rican Parade Committee case

March 19, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

After more than a year of investigations, court proceedings and swirling allegations surrounding the Puerto Rican Parade Committee, the Illinois attorney general's office earlier this month announced a settlement in...

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.

Officials report 46 people from DuPage nursing home have tested positive for coronavirus as Illinois cases spike to 288

March 18, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Doreen Hall stood outside her mom's first-floor window on Wednesday morning to get in a short visit — even if it had to be outside the building. On Wednesday, officials...

South Side woman, ‘one of the sweetest people you ever want to meet,’ is Illinois’ first coronavirus fatality; 22 stricken at long-term care facility

March 17, 2020 at 11:13 p.m.

A Chicago woman in her 60s was the first Illinois resident to die from the new coronavirus, and the state's largest outbreak at a single location has taken hold at...

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