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Thirteen counties in Illinois are now at a “warning level” for coronavirus, the state’s health department said Friday.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday that the Illinois Department of Public Health will file emergency rules aimed at helping local health and police agencies enforce the state’s mask mandate and social gathering restrictions.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to discuss the coronavirus response Tuesday from one of 11 counties state health officials say is at a “warning level” for the spread of COVID-19.

NOTE: Pritzker’s 11 a.m. press conference will be streamed live in the player above Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will launch a new public awareness campaign Monday aimed at “reducing the spread of COVID-19.” The governor is set to speak publicly at 11 a.m. at the IEMA state Emergency Operations Center in Springfield. The campaigns launch comes as 11 counties...

Eleven counties in Illinois are now at a “warning level” for coronavirus, the state’s health department said Friday.

A family from suburban Evanston is moving to Texas in wake of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s decision to add new restrictions for recreational sports, including school-based sports. Jaylon Gibson, the ninth ranked guard in the state of Illinois, says he’s moving to Texas just in time for his senior year to follow his “basketball dreams.” Under new guidance released...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike on Thursday issued another warning that the state is “heading in the wrong direction” with its resurgence of coronavirus cases.

An infectious disease expert at University of Chicago Medicine said Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic isn’t “a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing” and preparations should be made for future pandemics. “I’m really worried that five years after this pandemic people are going to be like, ‘Well, that’s over and we’re probably not going to have one for another 100 years,’”...

Most of Illinois’ 11 healthcare regions are seeing increases in coronavirus metrics as the state reaches what Gov. J.B. Pritzker called “a danger point.” Speaking from a county now at a “warning level,” Pritzker said “things are not heading in the right direction.” “We do not want the state or any region in the state moving backward so I’m...

The Illinois High School Association announced its plan for the 2020-21 school year Wednesday, moving some fall sports to the spring and allowing others to continue as planned with restrictions. Sandra Torres has details.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is set to deliver two coronavirus updates Thursday, both in counties said to be at “warning levels” in the state. Watch them live here.

The Illinois High School Association announced its plan for the 2020-21 school year Wednesday, moving some fall sports to the spring and allowing others to continue as planned with restrictions.

Student-athletes are reacting tonight after fall sports seasons were upended by the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Chris Hush shares their stories.

Suburban athletes and parents have mixed emotions after several fall sports were pushed back to the spring, and after seasons were trimmed because of the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

Illinois on Wednesday added new restrictions for recreational sports for both youths and adults beginning next month.

The Illinois High School Association announced its plan for the 2020-21 school year Wednesday, moving some fall sports to the spring and allowing others to continue as planned with restrictions.

Under the Illinois High School Association’s plan for the 2020-21 school year Wednesday, some fall sports will be moved to the spring and others will continue as planned as schools continue to grapple with how to move forward during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the current plan, boys and girls golf, girls tennis, cross country and girls swimming and diving...

Illinois on Wednesday added new restrictions for recreational sports for both youths and adults beginning next month.

Fall sports in schools will be forced to face added restrictions under new guidance from Illinois’ health department, the state’s governor announced Wednesday.

Fall sports in schools will be forced to face added restrictions under new guidance from Illinois’ health department, Gov. JB Pritzker announced during his July 29, 2020, coronavirus briefing.