More than 201,000 filed unemployment benefits claims last week in Illinois
The number of unemployment benefits claims filed in Illinois keeps on climbing from week to week in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, accor…
Wiped out of toilet paper? Here's why
What does toilet paper have to do with a global pandemic?Nothing.Yet millions of people have been pa…
Woman sews 500 masks for front line workers
When McHenry resident Mary Pope checked in on her mother in a nursing facility to make sure she was taken care of shortly before it went on …
AptarGroup asks FDA for approval to make N95 face mask solution
A couple of Crystal Lake manufacturers are shifting gears to make products that are in short supply because of COVID-19, the city recently a…
Man charged with hitting a police dog, criminal trespass
A Crystal Lake man was charged with striking a police dog, assault with a weapon and criminal trespass to a residence after hitting a Lake C…
A funeral, a birthday party, a church service: how COVID-19 spread across four Chicago families
In February, well before Gov. JB Pritzker enacted the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, a Chicago resident who had been traveling out of state at…
Five residents, two associates test positive for COVID-19 at The Fountains at Crystal Lake
Five residents and two associates at The Fountains at Crystal Lake have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter from the retirem…
Lake County Health Department announces six more COVID-19 deaths in Lake County
The Lake County Health Department reported six additional COVID-19 deaths in Lake County on Thursday.
Pritzker: Summer festivals should 'think seriously about canceling'
Organizers of large summer events in Illinois need to “think seriously about canceling,” Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday.
Wall Street caps best week since 1974 on latest Fed stunner
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its best week in 45 years on Thursday after the Federal Reserve launched its latest titanic effort to…