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"We have received information from both parents and students that a large indoor gathering of students recently was held at a local home, where mask-wearing and social-distancing were not observed," Superintendent Dr. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams wrote in a letter to parents.
So far this week, Illinois is averaging 1,601 new cases per day, compared to 2,402 new cases per day last week, 1,858 new cases per day the week of Aug. 23, and 2,363 new cases per day the week of Aug. 16.
They would do best in a home with older children.
Indiana reported its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the start of the outbreak, but that total does include nearly 300 cases that were backlogged and just added on Friday.
A former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services caseworker and his supervisor who both worked on the A.J. Freund case have been arrested on child endangerment charges.
Donors at the blood drive held Friday morning at the DuSable Museum of African American history wore masks and had to stay six feet apart.
Chicago and neighboring suburbs are honoring the day with both virtual and in-person ceremonies amid the pandemic.
Chicago Public Schools today announced that 84.2% of students at district schools attended remote learning classes on the first day of school on Tuesday, a decline from past years.
Surveillance video from inside the building showed one person jumping over the front desk, and a second burglar coming in to help. They removed something from under the desk, possibly a safe.
"I felt like we haven't come back in a while," Cubs manager David Ross said. "It was nice to see the guys continue to have really good at-bats against a real good pitcher on the mound. Good at-bats, contact, really went a long way."
Video obtained exclusively by CBS 2 shows accused Wicker Park Walgreens killer Sincere Williams breaking into a gun shop months before the attack, the owner says.
As the first week of classes for Chicago Public Schools winds down, parents continue to reach out to the CBS 2 Morning Insiders.
Rain chances continue, but sunshine will soon return.
Clouds and spotty showers linger Thursday night and Friday.
