Emotional Vigil Held For Drug Overdose Victims In Chicago Heights
Parents and other loved ones held an emotional vigil in Chicago Heights on Saturday to remember those lost to overdoses.
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Parents and other loved ones held an emotional vigil in Chicago Heights on Saturday to remember those lost to overdoses.
Governor JB Pritzker on Thursday announced a new statewide indoor mask mandate, and ordered all Illinois education workers, college students, and healthcare workers to get vaccinated.
A plea was issued for prayers Wednesday night for the Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, who are both battling COVID-19.
Northwestern Medicine is among the latest institutions to require COVID-19 vaccination for all staff.
An estimated crowd of nearly 40,000 people are expected to file into Soldier Field on Thursday – with no mask mandate, and no COVID-19 vaccine or testing requirement either.
Bat bites are on the rise in DuPage County, with the county health department saying at least five bats have tested positive for rabies recently.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warned Tuesday that new COVID-19 mitigations could be coming in parts of Illinois, as hospitalizations surge in parts of the state.
From his hospital bed on Tuesday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said he is doing "fairly well" as he fights COVID-19 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
With the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus again driving up the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, some Chicago area bars and restaurants are requiring proof of vaccination for entry.
A total of 52 students in DuPage County are now quarantined, after seven students tested positive for COVID-19.
Full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine came from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday. It came more than eight months after the FDA gave the drug authorization for emergency use.
The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson issued an encouraging update late Sunday about the civil rights leader and his wife, Jacqueline, in their fight against COVID-19.
In one south suburban community, leaders spent the day Sunday encouraging residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 - especially before their kids head back to school.
Everyone in Chicago will have to go back to wearing masks in all indoor spaces again effective Friday.
A 69-year-old grandpa took a 4,000-mile bike ride recently – all to raise money for pediatric cancer research while drawing attention to a corner of the Southwest Side that's long voiced concerns about high cancer rates.
