Watch CBS News
We keep hearing that overall, it looks like we're flattening the curve in Illinois when it comes to COVID-19 – but we are still seeing new cases.
Jobless claims are expected to soar again Thursday, delivering another blow to an already overwhelmed lifeline. People are still struggling to get onto the state's unemployment website.
"They don't care about me enough to protect me. And what's going to happen to my kids? I signed on to raise these kids and if I pass, what's going to happen to them?"
A total of 315 Chicago Police officers and staff have now reported positive test results for COVID-19.
CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov on Tuesday uncovered the reason why one woman is not getting any unemployment money, and on Wednesday, others reached out.
Starting as early as Saturday, ten members of the National Guard will be at Ludeman at all times, operating their five check points where temperatures are taken and questionnaires are filled out.
You may have heard this – "Don't touch your mail, because it's covered with COVID-19." That is not true. But it is an effective scare tactic that identity thieves are using to pull off their scams.
Police said the boy was walking his dog near 28th and Keeler shortly after 3:30 p.m., when someone started shooting.
"You don't have to be an epidemiologist to see that the virus is going to hit our budget hard, a reality that is being visited upon every state in the United States," Pritzker said at his daily COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday.
"As encouraging as these numbers are, the light at the end of the tunnel is only a pinprick and we will need continued diligence and social compliance before we can bend the curve and outrun this crisis."
Edward Singleton, 55, had been a Chicago firefighter since 1987, and most recently had been assigned to Midway International Airport.
The Lyric Opera ended its season early and the Shedd Aquarium closed its doors to visitors because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in Indiana jumped 11 percent, state health officials reported on Wednesday.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot chaired the meeting from her office on the fifth floor of City Hall, while 48 aldermen attended the meeting via the Zoom video chat app.
The IRS has launched a website that gives you the ability to track the status of your economic stimulus payment from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic.
