Pandemic

According to the experts, it's not just turkey that could be in short supply around here, it's chicken, too.

The big topic of conversation is whether or not elementary, middle, or high school students will be required to wear masks during the upcoming school year.

It seems like nothing really says that it's time to rejoin civilization quite like a run on all those things we need to make ourselves feel better about how we look after a year of near isolation.

In our state's first foray into trying to drive tourism to Illinois since the beginning of the pandemic, the "Time For Me To Drive" campaign gets rolling this week.

COVID-19 had a lot of families back home together again for the first time in a long time. People who thought they'd never be living at home again found themselves posted up in their parent's basement. College kids who dreamed of going off to school found themselves doing online school from their bedroom...

The American Hotel and Lodging Association's (AHLA) report on the state of the hotel industry in 2021 and going forward is, to say the least, not a pretty picture--especially here in Illinois.

It's stimmy season! We've been in a pandemic so long we're really out here giving nicknames to the stimulus check. The stimmy. Have you gotten paid yet? The “Get My Payment” tool on the IRS website went live early yesterday and it's a great tool to track when you'll get your stimulus check...

2020 was a terrible year for the service industry. Life changed as we know it when it comes to bars and restaurants. Locally, so many places have been affected, and even had to close their doors due to the pandemic. The Office Nightclub suffered greatly when the pandemic hit in 2020...

Tired of looking outside and seeing nothing but snow? Same. I think we've all reached that point where we've seen the snow, it was pretty for like a day, but now we miss seeing grass. I don't think we're going to see that green stuff for a while...

It's wild to think that almost a year later we're finally in the midst of the COVID-19 vaccine getting rolled out. And now that we're in that phase, do you know if you're eligible to receive the vaccine? Good news Illinois, there's actually a website that just launched to make this whole phase of the pandemic a little less confusing...