Peter Nickeas

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing at Advocate Lutheran Hospital in Park Ridge on March 18, 2020.

Drive-thru coronavirus testing is starting up at some Chicago-area hospitals — but it’s by appointment only

March 18, 2020 at 7:25 p.m.

Just past a sign advertising "drive-thru COVID-19 testing," a medical provider in full protective gear — a blue gown, gloves, hair covering and face mask — walked up to the...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

Illinois expands coronavirus testing guidelines, but many sick people still don’t qualify

March 18, 2020 at 6:33 a.m.

Lily Stephens and her boyfriend were sick on and off for a month before they decided to drive home from Iowa to visit her family doctor in Naperville. By late...

Attendant Kejuan Hayes disinfects door handles at the Fosco Park gymnasium,1312 S. Racine Ave., Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Chicago. Enhanced cleaning at Chicago Park District facilities took place citywide to prepare for students during school closures because of concerns over the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus.

Chicago Park District suspends programming ‘until further notice’ to help stem coronavirus

March 14, 2020 at 5:32 p.m.

The Chicago Park District announced Saturday it is suspending all scheduled programing from Sunday "until further notice" to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Though programming is suspended, the parks...

Jennifer Crew, supervisor of the virology lab at the Illinois Department of Public Health in Chicago, simulates the process of testing for the coronavirus on Feb. 7, 2020. Two private laboratories and NorthShore University HealthSystem announced Friday they will begin testing for the virus.

NorthShore HealthSystem and two private labs now able to provide testing for coronavirus

March 14, 2020 at 6:35 p.m.

Two private laboratories will begin testing for coronavirus, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday, and NorthShore University HealthSystem announced it too had developed its own test for the...

Who gets tested for the coronavirus in Illinois when there are not enough testing kits?

March 13, 2020 at 7:04 a.m.

A day after President Donald Trump assured Americans that testing for the coronavirus is "expanding rapidly, day by day," administration officials admitted Thursday that testing in the United States is...

Threatening graffiti was found in a bathroom at Jones College Prep in Chicago on Friday.

Threatening graffiti found at Jones College Prep in Chicago prompts police response

March 6, 2020 at 4:24 p.m.

Police were dispatched to Chicago's Jones College Prep on Friday after threatening graffiti was found in a student bathroom. Someone scrawled "March 6th don't come to school if you don't...

Shomari Legghette, 47, gestures as he walks out of the courtroom on Oct. 28, 2020, after being sentenced in the first-degree murder of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer.

Trial for killing of police Cmdr. Paul Bauer opens with claim of self-defense opposing the image of an ‘executed’ Chicago hero

March 3, 2020 at 7:40 p.m.

One of the most high-profile police murder trials in recent Chicago history opened Tuesday with lawyers giving jurors two starkly different views of the two figures at the center of...

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