Illinois reports 67 coronavirus deaths Sunday, more than 2,500 new cases

Illinois health officials on Sunday announced 2,508 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the state’s case total to more than 110,304.

Longtime Chicago Memorial Day parade goes virtual

A Memorial Day parade on Chicago’s North Side that’s been around for more than a half century is going forward virtually this year.

Another 487 Hoosiers have COVID-19; total tops 31,000

Another 487 Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, raising Indiana’s total to 31,376, state health officials said Sunday.

Florida man kidnaps girl, 17, to drive him through coronavirus highway checkpoint: police

A Florida man was arrested last week on kidnapping charges after allegedly threatening a 17-year-old girl in a grocery store parking lot and forcing her to drive him and another woman through a coronavirus highway checkpoint into the Florida Keys, authorities said.

Pastor makes urgent plea for churchgoers to stay at home during the pandemic
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Pastor Reginald Sharpe Jr. of Fellowship Baptist Church talks about going viral for his adamant stance against reopening in-person services at his church during the pandemic.

Coronavirus threat prompts prison release of convicted Chicago cop

A federal judge has ordered a former Chicago police officer convicted of conspiring with a gang member in the kidnappings and robberies of drug dealers to be released from prison due to the threat of the coronavirus.

Illinois changing the way it reports nursing home virus cases

The state of Illinois is no longer providing the total numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths at long-term care facilities, choosing instead to disclose information about recent outbreaks.

How to approach transitioning back to everyday life after the pandemic
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Dr. Scott Sibley from Northern Illinois University talks about the process of mentally transitioning back to some semblance of everyday life in a post COVID-19 world.

West Chicago gym offers drive-thru workouts during pandemic
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Mike Sell, co-owner of Midwest Strength and Performance, talks about the unique workout program they created to keep people active while practicing social distancing.

All Illinois daycares to reopen May 29 when residents begin returning to work

We are learning more from Governor JB Pritzker about what Phase 3 of his reopening plan will look like, and it includes childcare for all workers.

Trump says churches should reopen this weekend, Pritzker and Lightfoot say no

President Donald Trump is ordering all churches and places of worship to reopen this Memorial Day weekend. But that order will have little effect in Illinois.

‘I face each day with anxiety’: Grocery workers union estimates 10K infected or exposed to COVID-19

According to a new internal report by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), at least 68 grocery workers have died and more than 10,000 have been infected or exposed to the novel coronavirus.