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Many Illinoisans are leaving their house every day to fight COVID-19 head-on. Falguni Dave is a nurse who cares for jail detainees being treated at Stroger Hospital on Chicago’s West Side.

Host: Mary Dixon
Producer: Mariah Woelfel

Local leaders have been using predictive models to try and figure out when the worst of the pandemic will pass in Illinois. It's still been difficult to know in the moment whether the worst of the pandemic is over.

Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Kate McGee

Chicago parents and students are looking to schools to provide a lot more than just academics, as they face heightened stress during the coronavirus school shutdowns.

Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Susie An, Sarah Karp

A Chicago photographer was caught in the dust cloud that descended over Little Village Saturday morning when the demolition of an industrial smoke stack went wrong.

Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Linda Lutton

Harold Davis Jr., a Chicago activist who spent over the last two decades of his life mentoring at-risk teens, died of coronavirus on Sunday.

Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Becky Vevea

As part of WBEZ's ongoing series 'LIfe Interrupted,' we hear from two neighbors who created an I SPY game to help people in their community stay connected.

Host: Melba Lara
Producer: Linda Lutton
Speaker: Lisa Love, Nikki Moustafa

Before becoming the governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker never bargained on a pandemic or foresaw the state’s well-being hinging on “Trump time.”

Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Dave McKinney

A pandemic may have closed churches for Easter. But a West Side preacher still has words to comfort his flock.

Host: Annie Russell
Reporter: Linda Lutton

Parents with small children at home are juggling jobs and childcare around the clock. WBEZ reporters know that drill.

Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Natalie Moore

Cook County nurses are warning the virus won’t stop at the jail’s walls as staff travel home and detainees are transferred from the jail to the hospital.

Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Shannon Heffernan

At hospitals in Illinois, more and more people died of COVID-19 over the weekend. But there are some signs the spread of the disease could be slowing in state.

Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Dan Mihalopoulos

University of Illinois College of Medicine graduated students early so they’re available if and when their residency programs need extra doctors to respond to the new coronavirus pandemic.

Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Kate McGee

Kathleen Valente’s husband Bob needs a lung transplant. As part of our series Life Interrupted she talks about why she’s more worried about him catching COVID-19.

Host: Melba Lara
Producer: Lynnea Dominik

Chicago Mental health advocates are optimistic the city's next police leader will work to reduce interactions between officers and people with mental illness.

Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Patrick Smith