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As Illinois surpasses 10,000 coronavirus cases, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago health commissioner urge residents to wear face masks outside their homes
Illinois now has recorded over 10,000 new coronavirus cases, a milestone in the pandemic that Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Saturday while estimating the spread of the disease will peak later...
Sheltered or not, new coronavirus challenges for the Chicago area’s homeless: ‘I don’t think we can paint a really rosy picture’
Missy Lee's nerves are shot. She's had bronchitis for about a month and is feeling increasingly helpless as the coronavirus outbreak grows wider and wider. Unlike a lot of people,...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces 13 more deaths linked to the coronavirus, including the stunning loss of an infant
The death of an infant diagnosed with COVID-19 prompted another stern warning Saturday from Gov. J.B. Pritzker and public health officials about the importance of obeying the week-old stay-at-home order....
Chicago homeless shelters get beds at YMCAs to ease coronavirus-related overcrowding
Chicago homeless shelters starting this week will have access to approximately 900 beds to ease overcrowding and contain the spread of the coronavirus, city officials announced Monday. Three YMCA locations...
Illinois’ stay-at-home order — aimed at curtailing spread of coronavirus — is now in effect; Pritzker asks former medical personnel to return and ‘join the fight’
Expert recommendations and previously voluntary precautions hardened into law at 5 p.m. Saturday as Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order took effect. The directive, aimed at slowing the barreling momentum of...
How does ‘shelter in place’ work without shelter? Agencies try to fill in the gaps
Homeless people are exempt from Gov. J.B. Pritkzer's order that mandates most Illinois residents stay home, but the directive "strongly urges" those who are homeless to find shelter during the...
Homeless shelters brace for coronavirus outbreak amid closures, larger prevention efforts
Homeless shelters in the Chicago area are modifying operations to prevent infection amid the new coronavirus outbreak. But the efforts are complicated by costs, scarcity of cleaning supplies and protective...
Look up how many people in your town had their FOID cards revoked — and how many haven’t accounted for their guns
A Tribune analysis of updated Illinois State Police data shows that as many as 30,600 Illinoisans have failed to surrender or otherwise account for their guns after police stripped them...
A homeless shelter run by a church has been shut down after city of Chicago took it to court over code violations
A shelter run by a Chicago church with no oversight now sits empty as it continues to face building code violations. Residents moved out before the city of Chicago enforced...
Can courts do more to force FOID card violators to give up their guns? Cook and DuPage counties considering how following Tribune report.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is calling for changes in how the judicial system handles defendants with revoked gun licenses following a Tribune investigation into the ballooning backlog of people...