How Long Is The Coronavirus Test Wait? Depends Where You Live
Life as we know it is changing by the minute. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reported Thursday on the long, frustrating wait for test results.
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Life as we know it is changing by the minute. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reported Thursday on the long, frustrating wait for test results.
"They have trained so hard for this in practices since December."
Chicago voters can go on line and request a mail in ballot through Friday. If it's postmarked by election day it will be counted.
Coronavirus concerns are surfacing as many typically make spring and summer vacation plans – and in some cases, the money has already been spent.
"Just at the Chicago Department of Public Health, we were spending $150,000 a week on our costs. Which is a lot."
"I am going to have a lot of empty seats, I tell you that right now."
The IDPH said there are currently 286 people in the state undergoing monitoring and twice daily testing who may have been exposed.
"We have Purell wipes everywhere. All of our info booths are stocked with disinfectants."
CBS 2's Vince Gerasole took a look at who's shelling out the most money for your vote in Illinois.
"I felt a big bump looked out the window and saw smoke coming around the side of the train."
Illinois is not alone in struggling with Real ID. Maryland issued one million Real ID's without scanning required documents into the system. The state is now recalling each of those licenses on a rolling basis.
"Generally, we order a good deal of parts from China. It's kind of caused issues with our supplies here."
Could Rod Blagojevich's sentence commutation threaten efforts to bring other politicians to justice?
"It's important those found guilty serve their prison sentences."
"I want a pastrami sandwhich from Hewn's. I don't care if it's 27 below zero. I want to sit downtown. Evanston has taken on a mythical dreamlike status for me at this point."
With such a crowded field, there's a good chance many of the Democratic candidates will still be in the running for the Democratic presidential nomination come Primary Day in Illinois on March 17.
Should people with only months to live be allowed to end their lives legally?
The rock wall was put in place in 1988, the last time similarly high and turbulent waves threatened Evanston's shoreline.
An error in an app was blamed Tuesday for a dramatic delay in the reporting of results in the Iowa Democratic caucuses. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole investigated what is being done in Chicago and Illinois to avoid a similar fiasco.
When left unchecked, some parties have turned violent. A San Francisco-area mansion party last October ended with five people shot dead.
Four attacks in all since December, one of them took place at the Cambria Hotel. They are all centered in the downtown and Gold Coast areas.
Accused serial scam artist Candace Clark had been expected to be released from the Cook County Jail Thursday, but she was not.
The honors included a flag draped coffin and a military escort through the streets of Elgin to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Cemetary in Elwood, where along with thousands of other veterans John Murphy was laid to rest, in the company of those who remebered forgotten life.
"It's a beautiful thing. It restores my faith in humanity."
A woman's family was trying Tuesday to put together how she ended up dead in a Merrillville, Indiana hotel – and how her alleged killer was then gunned down in a violent standoff with police in Gary.
