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- Elgin restaurant closes abruptly with weddings, events still booked
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 09:11 PMGifford's Kitchen & Social in Elgin closed abruptly this week, leaving in a lurch customers who booked parties, fundraisers and weddings.
A steady stream of unhappy people stopped by the restaurant at 2300 Bushwood Drive on Tuesday afternoon after news spread on social media.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Virus spread prompts Fed to slash rates
Wednesday - 03/04/2020 - 12:05 AMWASHINGTON – In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Looking for hand sanitizer? Good luck finding it
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 04:36 PMNEW YORK (AP) — The hand sanitizers on Amazon were overpriced. A Walmart this weekend was completely sold out. Only on his third try was Ken Smith able to find the clear gel — at a Walgreens, where three bottles of Purell were left.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Honduran Crystal Lake high school student facing deportation grateful for community's support
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 08:23 PMAfter spending nearly four months detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 18-year-old Honduran Crystal Lake Central High School student Meydi Guzman-Rivas wanted nothing more than to lie in her bed and listen to music.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: 3 die in plane crash on I-55 in central Illinois
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 12:28 PMLINCOLN, Ill.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tornado hits downtown Nashville, at least 7 die in Tennessee
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 09:07 AMNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least seven people. One of the twisters caused severe damage in downtown Nashville.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Demolition of AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home set to begin Wednesday
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 03:15 AMThe Dole Avenue home where AJ Freund was allegedly killed by his parents is set to be demolished starting at 7 a.m.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 59-year-old Woodstock man sentenced to prison for domestic battery
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 06:59 PMA 59-year-old Woodstock man was sentenced to prison Friday in connection with a March 2019 battery that sent a woman to the hospital.
Dennis Haradon, of Woodstock, accepted an offer from the McHenry County State's Attorney's Office Friday and pleaded guilty to a felony count of aggravated domestic battery.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man trapped under fallen trees flown to hospital
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 11:01 AMA man was flown via Flight for Life Sunday morning to Advocate Condell Medical Center after suffering serious injuries when he became trapped beneath two fallen trees, according to the McHenry Township Fire Protection District.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fourth case of coronavirus confirmed in Illinois
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 01:28 PMThe Illinois Department of Public Health and Cook County Department of Public Health on Monday announced that a fourth Illinois patient has tested positive for COVID-19, also known as coronavirus.
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- Sanders wins top prize, California; rival Biden surges nationwide
Wednesday - 03/04/2020 - 12:05 AMWASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders seized victory in Super Tuesday’s biggest prize, California, while a resurgent Joe Biden scored wins in the upper Midwest and African American strongholds in the South, in a dramatic offensive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Virus crisis ebbs in China, spreads fear across the West
Wednesday - 03/04/2020 - 12:35 AMPARIS – The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sahly: Got a coronavirus question? Ask the expert, Dr. Irfan Hafiz
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 08:04 PMChances are, you’ve got questions about COVID-19, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.
We at Shaw Media Illinois are doing all we can to inform our readers on the latest developments, what you can do to prepare yourself and keep your family safe, and what local schools, health departments and governmental units are doing to prepare in case of an outbreak.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Documents: McHenry Township cost-benefit analysis
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 11:30 AMA cost-benefit study was commissioned by the McHenry Township board and completed by Urban Analytics of Alexandria, Virginia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Water shut off multiple days at Leggee Elementary School in Huntley over broken water heater
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 08:40 AMA faulty water heater led to water services being shut off as Leggee Elementary School 13723 Harmony Road, for several days, Huntley District 158 officials said.
A letter sent Thursday from Leggee Elementary School Principal Scott Iddings to families said that water was temporarily turned off on some of the the school’s drinking fountains as a precaution.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - McHenry County Workforce Network offering workshops
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 09:30 AMThe McHenry County Workforce Network is offering workshops to former employees of Bowes In Home Care in Crystal Lake who have been laid off.
These workshops are set for 9 a.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How to protect yourself and keep your family safe as coronavirus spreads
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 06:57 PMThe Illinois Department of Public Health announcement Monday that a fourth person in the state has contracted COVID-19, commonly called coronavirus, sent more people to pharmacies and grocery stores in an attempt to protect themselves and their families.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Huntley School District 158 issues statement on Coach Woo resignation
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 07:08 PMHuntley School District 158 issued a statement in light of a petition calling for the reinstatement of Huntley High School security guard and football coach John Woo.
According to the district, the incident was witnessed by multiple staff members and it was filmed by security cameras.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cary's Crest Drive south of Trinity Oaks Way to close this afternoon
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 12:49 PMA road in Cary will be closed starting at 1 p.m. for an emergency water main and roadway repair.
Crest Drive south of Trinity Oaks Way will be closed, and Crest Drive/Sunset Drive between Second Street and Trinity Oaks Way will be open to local traffic only for the residents on that street.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mystery Diner: Downtown Algonquin's Bullseye Pub hits the mark
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 01:29 PMDowntown Algonquin has a lot of good restaurants. Last Friday night, we tried another. This time it was Bullseye Pub & Eatery, a darts-themed bar that, appropriately, was having a darts tournament that night.
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- Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border
Wednesday - 03/04/2020 - 12:05 AMKASTANIES, Greece – Thousands of migrants and refugees searched for ways to cross Greece’s border with Turkey on Tuesday, as Athens ramped up its diplomatic efforts for help from the European Union to seal off its eastern land and sea frontiers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tensions rise as U.S. death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 04:23 PMSEATTLE (AP) — Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Investigator finds against Skillicorn on voting ethics violation
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 06:58 PMIllinois Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope found against state Rep. Allen Skillicorn, R-East Dundee, in an ethics claim that Skillicorn was recorded voting on 23 bills when he wasn't present during a June 1 legislative session.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tornadoes hit Tennessee, killing at least 19 people
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 11:33 AMNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 19 people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass in a historic church and leaving hundreds of people homeless.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Do you have a coronavirus question? Ask the expert
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 01:31 PMDr. Irfan Hafiz, an infectious disease specialist and chief medical officer at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital, Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital, is taking Shaw Media Illinois reader questions about coronavirus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cary's Trinity Oaks Christian Academy celebrates student's cancer-free status
Tuesday - 03/03/2020 - 09:30 AMThe gymnasium at Trinity Oaks Christian Academy in Cary was filled with joy, cheers and happy tears on Monday morning as the school celebrated one student’s news that she is now cancer free.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Officers seize loaded gun, mushrooms, cocaine from Woodstock man's car, police say
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 06:43 PMA Woodstock man was arrested Sunday after police said they found "psychedelic" mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana and several weapons, including a loaded firearm in his vehicle.
William L. Kounanis, 65, of the 12600 block of Davis Road, remained at the McHenry County Jail Monday afternoon on a $200,000 bond.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Supreme Court will decide the fate of Obama health care law
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 10:46 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Coronavirus update: Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights treating patient
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 11:10 AMThe state's third patient diagnosed with the coronavirus is being treated at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
Hospital officials issued a statement Monday morning acknowledging a patient was in quarantine at the hospital and they are working with state and federal health agencies regarding the patient's treatment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Huntley District 158 issues statement on Woo resignation
Monday - 03/02/2020 - 01:30 PMHuntley Community School District 158 issued a statement in light of a petition calling for the reinstatement of Huntley High School security guard and football coach John Woo.
The district says the incident was witnessed by multiple staff members and it was filmed by security cameras.
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