SORT Order Oldest FirstNewest First Has Video - Any -YesNo FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any -Arts & EntertainmentBusinessCrime & LawEducationHealthPoliticsScience & NatureSports Keyword(s) Apr 27, 2020 ‘People Dropping Like Flies’: Chicago’s South, West and North Siders on COVID-19 Chicagoans across the city are preparing themselves for another month of staying indoors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Apr 27, 2020 Social Service Agency Turns to Technology to Keep Tabs on Teens We check in with Corazon Community Services in suburban Cicero, which works with about 400 teenagers every month, offering after-school programs and community events focused on violence prevention and education. Apr 27, 2020 Suffering From the Coronavirus? Chicago Now Has An App for That City officials on Monday launched a new web-based application they say was designed to help those suffering from the coronavirus while laying the groundwork for a massive vaccination campaign. Apr 27, 2020 Home Studios, Near-Empty Stations: How Chicago Radio Hosts Are Staying On-Air Broadcasters around the world have made big changes to stay on the air, and stay safe. We speak with three local radio veterans about how they’re staying connected with their listeners during the pandemic. Apr 27, 2020 April 27, 2020 - Full Show Watch the April 27, 2020 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.” Apr 27, 2020 Controversial Workers’ Comp Rule Repealed Amid Business Pushback The emergency rule passed earlier this month would have presumed essential workers who contract COVID-19 got it on the job – an assumption that would have been costly for businesses and their insurers. Apr 27, 2020 If Baseball Returns to Chicago This Summer, It Will ‘Likely Be Without Fans’: Lightfoot Chicago is “a ways away” from even considering plans to reopen Wrigley Field and Guaranteed Rate Field because the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus are still rising, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday. Apr 27, 2020 Health Officials Ready New Guidelines as Restrictions Ease The Trump administration is reviewing proposed new guidelines for how restaurants, schools, churches and businesses can safely reopen as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions. Apr 27, 2020 Michelle Obama Documentary ‘Becoming’ to Premiere on Netflix The film, described as “an intimate look into the life of former first lady Michelle Obama” chronicles her 34-city book tour in 2018-2019 for her best-selling memoir “Becoming.” Apr 27, 2020 Final Test Results Show Smokestack Demolition Posed ‘No Apparent Health Risk’ The plume of dust that coated homes in Little Village after the botched demolition of a coal plant smokestack did not threaten residents’ health, according to final test results released Monday by the city of Chicago. Apr 27, 2020 After COVID-19: Anxious, Wary First Responders Back on Job The new coronavirus doesn’t care about a blue uniform or a shiny badge. Police, firefighters, paramedics and corrections officers are just a 911 call away from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it. Apr 26, 2020 Video of House Party During COVID-19 Crisis Draws International Ire Dozens of young adults flouted social distancing guidelines Saturday night at a house party that appears to have been held in Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot called it “reckless and utterly unacceptable.” Apr 26, 2020 WHO, CDC and FDA: No Link Between COVID-19 and Food Packaging What to do with groceries has been the source of much debate. But the amount of the virus that survives on surfaces is a tiny fraction of the original material, experts say. Apr 26, 2020 Pritzker Says Schools, Students Should Prepare for Remote Learning This Fall As parents and students know, schools will be closed for the remainder of the school year. Gov. J.B. Pritzker says educators should be prepared to stay the course in case their doors have to remain closed this fall. Apr 26, 2020 Illinois Puts COVID-19 Overflow Sites on Back Burner The state reported another 2,126 COVID-19 cases and 59 fatalities Sunday. Despite those rising numbers, Illinois is not seeing so many severe cases that the medical system is overwhelmed. Load More Thanks to our sponsors: