The city of Elgin has announced a series of wage reductions, recreation facility closures and cancellation of special events in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes, made…
KENDALL COUNTY Health Dept. gets emergency food, shelter funding Kendall County Health Department has been chosen to receive $47,270 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs…
Occasionally, something you see on Twitter actually makes a lot of sense. “People screaming to end (the stay-at-home orders) are like somebody who jumps out of a plane and realizes…
A statewide initiative is looking to give people stuck at home a positive outlet and give low-income youths a boost of encouragement. Back 2 School Illinois, a Chicago-based nonprofit…
Grant Gu was in the home stretch of a 10-mile trail run when he was stopped in his tracks. The Naperville resident of almost 30 years said after passing two women on the trail a few…
Even in the best of economic times, suburban nonprofits working to reduce homelessness and advocating for affordable housing struggle to get the word out. Poverty and homelessness are…
A link to Cook County’s rural past and its history of volunteer firefighting died April 27. Bernhardt “Bernie” Schmidt was 89. As a youth, Schmidt was a fourth generation…
A Chicago man, who was released from prison early, possibly due to coronavirus concerns, has been charged with hijacking the vehicle of a good Samaritan who stopped to render aid at…
A detainee whose criminal history includes aggravated battery of a police officer got out of Cook County Jail by using…
Although Alden Terrace is reporting more coronavirus cases than any other nursing home in McHenry County, its administrator said the facility has things well in hand. “I feel we’ve…
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