The Illinois Department on Aging has announced that it is currently accepting nominations for the Senior Illinoisan Hall of Fame. This honor is reserved to adults age 65 and older who excel in the categories of community service, education, performance or graphic arts and the labor force.

A health alert has been issued about a recent outbreak of E. coli that is possibly linked to Portillo’s in Glendale Heights, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health Friday.

Local health departments, some pharmacies to begin taking appointments Monday for residents who qualify for Phase 1B

Nationally, anticipated doses reduced from about 16 million to 8 million

States and major cities across the country will now receive only about half of the COVID-19 vaccine doses that were originally expected to come from the federal government next week, Gov. JB Pritzker said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday announced “Restore Illinois” – a roadmap with five phases designed to gradually bring the state out of quarantine and back to normal.