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Restaurants, theaters see benefits as 'Bridge Phase' starts   Peggy Kinnane's Irish Restaurant & Pub owners Michelle and Derek Hanley usher in Illinois' Bridge Phase Friday with lunch at their own downtown Arlington Heights business with son Conor and grandson Jack. Eric Peterson | Staff Photographer   Larry Huber, owner of Salsa 17 in downtown Arlington Heights, attributed the size of his lunchtime crowd more to the good weather for outdoor dining than the start of Illinois' Bridge Phase Friday, but said the small change in regulations adds to hope of returning to full capa...

Sense of normalcy returning to Chicago area as Illinois begins to reopen Sense of normalcy returning this summer with announcements of festivals, music events It appears Chicago and the state of Illinois will be having somewhat of a normal summer after the pandemic shut everything down last year. CHICAGO - On Thursday, Variety Magazine reported that Lollapalooza will be back this summer in Grant Park and now two more festivals are happening in Chicago this year. Riot Fest will return to Douglass Park this September. The annual outdoor music festival will be held the weekend of September 17th ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS 58) -- Chicago Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday, May 13, Six Flags Great America is offering 50,000 free tickets to its parks in Gurnee and Rockford to people who are vaccinated against COVID-19.  Six Flags Great America is donating 50,000 free tickets to the amusement parks in Gurnee and Rockford to newly vaccinated Illinois residents, Pritzker's office said in a statement, noting that the value of the tickets is $4 million. “Illinoisans have worked so hard over the past year and a half to keep their families and neighbors safe, and reaching Bridge Phase means that w...

Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com May 13, 2021 | 3:18 PM (The Center Square) – Illinois is entering another COVID-19 reopening phase that was added by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in March. Capacity limits on a wide range of businesses and activities will be slightly loosened Friday as the state enters the next to last phase of the governor’s pandemic reopening plan. Pritzker announced last week that the state would enter the Bridge Phase of his plan, a final step before all restrictions are lifted, as the spread of COVID-19 has slowed and a large percentage of Illinoisans had received at least o...

Olney, IL, USA / WVLN 740 AM/107.1 FM | CBS Sports Radio May 14, 2021 | 7:17 AM (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 1,918 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, with 35 additional deaths. The state’s new death toll due to the coronavirus is at 22,320. The state’s latest seven day positivity report shows 3.2 percent, a drop from last week’s 3.7 percent. For updates, go to dph.illinois.gov or if questions, call the toll-free IDPH HealthLine at 1-800-889-3931. ———————————————————————————————�...