Northern Illinois Food Bank expands reach with new suburban center
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The Northern Illinois Food Bank is expanding its reach. The agency celebrated the opening of its new North Suburban Center in Lake Forest on Tuesday.

2 new Covid-19 Omicron variants detected in U.S.
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Just when you thought we were edging our way out of the pandemic, two new variants could pose another threat. We talk with Dr. Jeffrey Kopin about it, Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine's Lake Forest Hospital.

North Shore brothers plead guilty in Capitol insurrection cases

Two North Shore brothers who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection each pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges connected with the breach.

'Fire Nagy' chants heard at Nagy's son's football game

People have been yelling, "Fire Nagy" at Bears games and even at Nagy's son's football game this past weekend.

18 Illinois schools named 'Blue Ribbon Schools' by Department of Education

The schools that are honored fit into two categories: schools that are among the state's highest performing, and schools that among the best at closing achievement gaps.

At least 15 Chicago area hospitals over 90% capacity in August, federal data shows

In Chicago and the suburbs, at least 15 hospitals were packed with patients and reporting more than 90% of the beds were taken. One hospital, Silver Cross in New Lenox, was at 100% capacity.

Lake Forest teen discovers link between sickle cell trait and COVID-19
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Lake Forest Academy teen Joe Hulsizer talks about his breakthrough research that found correlations between higher COVID-19 mortality rates and those with the sickle cell trait.

Metra to close Lake Forest, Villa Park ticket offices

Metra will close the Lake Forest and Villa Park ticket offices at the end of business on July 26 due to declining on-site ticket sales.

Lake Forest Supt. calls on Pritzker to let schools make decisions about masks, vaccines

The superintendent of Lake Forest School District 67 and District 115 is calling on the governor to let local school districts decide COVID restrictions for themselves.