Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that 43 people have died of COVID-19 in the past day — the lowest it’s been in six days — and that many of the state’s 20,000 cases have recovered. Pritzker said that there were 1,672 new cases since Saturday and that the number of completed tests within the past […]
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Police investigate shooting in Vernon Hills
A large police response was sent to a Vernon Hills neighborhood after several shots were fired Saturday evening. The Vernon Hills Police Department responded around 11:22 p.m. Saturday to the 1-100 block of Parkside Court in Vernon Hills for a report of shots fired. Dispatchers received several 911 calls about the shots and responding officers […]
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Court rules health department must turn over COVID-19 patient names to police dispatchers
The court has ordered the McHenry County Health Department to release names of COVID-19 patients to 911 dispatchers after several police departments and the sheriff’s office filed a lawsuit. The temporary court order was issued Friday evening and the names will be provided to the McHenry County Emergency Telephone System Board on a call-by-call basis. […]
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81 new deaths as coronavirus cases top 19,000 in Illinois
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a new mental health help line as the number of coronavirus cases increased by 1,293 and 81 new deaths on Saturday. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said the state’s COVID-19 total has reached 19,180 cases and 677 deaths. The number of people tested so far is at 92,779, […]
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Retired Waukegan firefighter, Wadsworth trustee dies of coronavirus complications
A 28-year veteran of the Waukegan Fire Department, who served in the U.S. Army and was a current Wadsworth village trustee, died of coronavirus complications on Friday. Ken Harvey, 70, of Wadsworth, died early Friday morning at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. He had been admitted to the hospital on April 2 and moved […]
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Officials announce 1,465 new coronavirus cases, 68 additional deaths in Illinois
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced testing expansion and alternative housing for COVID-19 patients as deaths in the state reached nearly 600 on Friday. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said the state’s COVID-19 total has reached 17,887 cases and 596 deaths. The number of people tested so far is at 87,527, data shows. “Generations […]
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Two teens rob U.S. Postal Carrier at gunpoint in North Chicago
Police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information after two teen boys robbed a mail carrier at gunpoint in North Chicago on Monday. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said that two suspects, one of whom was armed with a gun, stole the mail carrier’s personal property but did not take the mail […]
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Police departments file lawsuit to provide dispatchers with names of COVID-19 patients
Several police departments and the sheriff’s office in McHenry County have filed lawsuits to obtain COVID-19 patient names from the health department. Two separate lawsuits were filed in McHenry County — one on behalf of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, and the other on behalf of police agencies in the city of McHenry, village of […]
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Gov. Pritzker says Illinois is ‘bending the curve’ of coronavirus cases
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that Illinois is bending the coronavirus curve and there’s evidence the state is moving towards a flatter curve despite the death toll surpassing 500. “Our rate of rise is looking less and less exponential. That indicated to us that we are in fact bending the curve. There’s even some evidence […]