State public health officials on Thursday announced 2,563 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 141 new deaths.

I did a short interview with state Rep.

Starting Friday, all Illinois residents over the age of 2 will be required to wear a face mask in public settings where six feet of social distance cannot be maintained as well as in all indoor public settings, such as grocery stores and gas stations.

Colleen Johnson admitted she almost didn't come to work Thursday.

CHATHAM -- Ryan Green, who has had duties assistant principal at Glenwood High School and Glenwood Middle School the past year, was approved as the high school's principal by the Ball-Chatham Board of Education at its Wednesday meeting.

Gov. JB Pritzker last week extended Illinois' stay-at-home order through May 30 with a few changes, as some residents protest for an economic reopening.

Unemployment in Illinois and the U.S. continues to balloon amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

A drug being developed to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by new coronavirus, is reportedly showing some promise but there's no guarantee initial reports will lead to a commercially available treatment.  Experts have been racing to find a treatment for the illness that's killed more than 60,000 Americans and sickened more than 1 million.

The Illinois attorney general's office asked the state's highest court to consider arguments in a state representative's case challenging the governor's authority to oversee the COVID-19 pandemic.