Bars, restaurants and schools may have been closed, but the polls were open across Illinois Tuesday.

Three families gathered Tuesday to celebrate St. Patrick's outside of  Centennial Pointe Senior Living - Assisted Living & Memory Care.

After Chicago's Shedd Aquarium was forced to close amid the coronavirus pandemic, staff decided to let a few waddling residents out of their enclosures for a field trip.  The aquarium shared videos on Twitter of three penguins checking out exhibits from the other side of the glass.

With economic fallout continuing to grow from the spread of the coronavirus, Gov.

Voters and election workers braved the threat of the COVID-19 virus as they reported to the polls for the primary election Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump downplayed reports Tuesday saying he's struck a more urgent tone as the White House seeks to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, arguing his recent remarks represented the "next logical step" in that response.

The number of confirmed cases of coronovirus, or COVID-19, in Sangamon County has increased to four.

In an election day tradition Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray visited polling places across Springfield to deliver bags of treats to election judges as a small token of thank you for their work.

Recently a colleague at Lincoln Land Community College asked me where we get the ideas and topics for our Culinary Institute hands-on cooking and baking classes.