“Today marks a momentous occasion – not just this year, but in American history.” On Sunday, December 13, less than 48 hours after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency vaccinatio...
The illegal party had about 300 people who weren’t wearing face coverings or social distancing. Chicago police broke up a party being held in the basement of a former Wicker Park bank on the weekend for violating...
The first supply of a vaccine is expected to arrive in Chicago in the next 5 weeks. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced in Wednesday’s press conference that there has been a “modest amount of improvement” i...
All adults to be vaccinated sometime in 2021. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has revealed that the first supply of a vaccine is expected to arrive before the end of the year. Lightfoot was joined by Commissioner of Chicago Depart...
Some McKinley statues in other states have already be taken down. At some point in the early hours of Wednesday 25 November, the statue of Former President William McKinley in McKinley Park was vandalized in an attempt...
The class you wish you never skipped. On Monday, November 23 thousands of high school students got more than they bargained for when former President Barack Obama dropped into a virtual assembly. Students had been told...
Illinois teachers fear that schools could become epicenters for spreading the virus. With COVID-19 cases skyrocketing across Illinois, one of the state’s largest teachers unions, the Illinois Federation of Teacher...
New ‘advisory’ measures come to Chicago as the city reaches a critical point. A new stay-at-home advisory for Chicago and suburban Cook County is now in effect and will last for at least 30 days. The officia...
A new daily record of 12,623 new cases takes Illinois past 500,000 infections and prompts new quarantine measures. With a surge in COVID-19 infections and a second wave sweeping across the United States, Chicago is issu...
Fresh restrictions may be coming amid ‘unsustainable’ surge “ballooning out of control” More drastic measures might soon be coming to Illinois as the state experiences a huge surge in positivity rates, hospi...