Maybe the best gift to give this holiday season isn't a physical present, but the gift of wellness. Illinoisans are getting hit hard with all sorts of respiratory viruses.
This week's Hometown Hero is Madison Scarbrough of Belvidere who used creative means to keep residents at Heritage Woods engaged during the COVID pandemic.
Many of us here in Northern Illinois may be giving our (at this point) substantial mask collections the old heave-ho, but not everyone in the state of Illinois is doing the mask-toss just yet.