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Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses Chicago's vaccination efforts during a news conference at the Harris Bank Building in the Loop, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Illinois establishing office building vaccination clinics

May. 10, 2021 05:06 PM EDT

Evers approves plans for Ho-Chunk casino in Beloit

By Todd Richmond Mar. 24, 2021 03:22 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers signed off Wednesday on the Ho-Chunk Nation’s plans to open a casino and entertainment complex in Beloit, hailing the...

Illinois State University graduate student Bronson Mintun, right, hands out grab bags outside the recreation building in Normal, Ill., Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)
Illinois State offers well-being days, not spring break

By Lenore Sobota Mar. 20, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

Illinois reports1,246 new COVID-19 cases and 34 new deaths

Feb. 22, 2021 05:16 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials on Monday reported 1,246 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 34 additional deaths. ...

This Dec. 13, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb who is currently serving as a Special Forces Assistance Operations and Intelligence Sergeant. Webb, arrested in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three others injured had four deployments to Afghanistan, the most recent ending in July. Webb was scheduled to appear in court Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, on three counts of murder and three counts of first-degree attempted murder in the shooting at Don Carter Lanes, in Rockford, Ill., on Saturday evening. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army via AP)
Lawyer: Soldier charged in Rockford shooting may have PTSD

By Michael Tarm And Sophia Tareen Dec. 28, 2020 03:13 PM EST

Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana, center, listens as Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea, left, identifies the suspected shooter in a triple homicide the night before as Duke Webb, of Florida, during a news conference at Rockford Police Department District 3 on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Rockford, Ill. Webb, has been charged in the deaths of three people and the wounding of three more in Saturday's shooting at an Illinois bowling alley. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3

Dec. 27, 2020 11:50 AM EST

Illinois coroner buys refrigerated trailer as virus surges

Dec. 08, 2020 06:13 PM EST
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois coroner’s office has purchased a refrigerated trailer in the event deaths related to COVID-19 overwhelms his office’s...

Protests, virus response tap Rockford police overtime budget

Sep. 08, 2020 09:27 AM EDT
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois city used nearly 60% of its police overtime budget through July because of protests and coronavirus training and...

Raj Asarpota does push-up at the Petrillo Music Pavilion, the site of many summertime live music events, in Chicago's Grant Park Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Temperatures continue climbing for the second day in a row, forecasted to reach the 70s. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Pritzker: Stay-home lawsuit a 'stunt,' should be overturned

By John O'connor Apr. 28, 2020 03:49 PM EDT

Rockford businesses lean on each other to survive virus

By Shaquil Manigault Apr. 19, 2020 01:01 AM EDT
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Small businesses are leaning on each other in order to withstand the effects of the novel coronavirus. The “Here For...