Shows Chicago Tonight Week in Review SORT Order Oldest FirstNewest First FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any -Arts & EntertainmentBusinessCrime & LawEducationHealthPoliticsScience & NatureSports Keyword(s) Apr 22, 2020 Cook County Medical Examiner Prepares for a Surge in COVID-19 Deaths About 70% of Illinois’ COVID-19 deaths are in Cook County. As a result of the pandemic, the medical examiner’s office opened an off-site morgue to deal with a surge in deaths. Apr 22, 2020 Online Observance: Mosques Move Celebrations Online for Ramadan The monthlong celebration of Ramadan begins this week. What’s supposed to be a month of fasting and reflection while surrounded by family is instead marked by social distancing. How one local mosque is celebrating. Thanks to our sponsors: Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Apr 22, 2020 A Virtual Tour of an Art Center with a Passion for Paschke Chicago art institutions are closed indefinitely, so we’re opening them — virtually. First up in our series of virtual tours: an art center dedicated to one of Chicago’s most celebrated artists, Ed Paschke. Apr 22, 2020 Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant Could Reopen As Soon As May 4 Located in the Hegewisch neighborhood, Ford Motor Company’s Chicago Assembly Plant employs close to 6,000 people, most of them hourly workers. Will they be headed back to work soon? Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Apr 22, 2020 NFL Draft Goes Virtual: What Are the Bears Biggest Needs? The coronavirus pandemic has brought much of the world to a screeching halt, but it hasn’t been able to stop the NFL’s draft clock. We get a preview with former Bears offensive lineman James “Big Cat” Williams. Apr 22, 2020 CTA to Pay $3 Million to Man Whose Leg Was Amputated After Bus Crash The Chicago Transit Authority will pay a $3 million settlement to a man whose left leg was amputated above the knee after he was struck by a CTA bus near the intersection of Madison Street and Pulaski Road in 2018. Apr 22, 2020 April 22, 2020 - Full Show Watch the April 22, 2020 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.” Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Apr 21, 2020 COVID-19 Across Chicago: Montclare Residents, Businesses on Edge In the Northwest Side neighborhood of Montclare, residents are quietly on edge, worried about the coronavirus and the prolonged economic shutdown it prompted, which has ravaged the hundreds of small businesses in the area. Apr 21, 2020 Ald. Gilbert Villegas on Northwest Side Pandemic Response Chicago’s Montclare neighborhood on the city’s Northwest Side is home to several senior care facilities and many more senior citizens. We check in with Ald. Gilbert Villegas, who represents a broad swath of the community. Apr 21, 2020 How ‘Rephotography’ is Capturing Chicago in the Age of COVID-19 Photographer Mark Hersch contrasts the busy streets of the early 1900s with the empty streets today to capture the pandemic — and provide a sense of hope. We hit State Street to see just how he does it. Apr 21, 2020 What’s Being Done to Address COVID-19 at Nursing Homes in Illinois The statistics are sobering. Data shows that nearly a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths in Illinois are tied to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Apr 21, 2020 Inside a Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Site on Chicago’s Northwest Side The only drive-thru COVID-19 testing site within Chicago city limits is now welcoming anyone with symptoms of the virus. We go for a look. Apr 21, 2020 Co-Parenting and Cohabiting During COVID-19 For parents who share custody of their children, or those in the process of divorce, the pandemic has turned situations that are challenging at best into much more complicated scenarios — virtually overnight. Apr 21, 2020 Earth Day Turns 50 But Celebrations Muted by COVID-19 Pandemic We discuss the history of Earth Day and the environmental challenges the planet is facing today with Denis Hayes, the organizer of the very first event in 1970, and local environmental activist Kim Wasserman. Apr 21, 2020 UIC Student With a Disability Fights to Live Independently in Uncertain Times The rapid spread of the coronavirus sparked the shutdown last month of colleges around the country. But not every student on campus had somewhere to go, or the ability to live without assistance. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
