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The energy giant is set to start cutting power in its lines around 3 p.m. Saturday and continue through Sunday. Xcel says this is the first time it's done this in Colorado and calls the move "proactive" and a "last resort."
Updated 12/31/2020 10:00 AM It was just one case. Illinois' sole COVID-19 infection was announced Jan. 24 and the public moved on. One case became 19 on March 10. Nineteen infections morphed into 46 on March 13, prompting Gov. J.B. Pritzker to close schools and urge people to avoid unnecessary trips. "This virus is here to stay," Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike said. As the unthinkable spiraled, Illinoisans still at work began making grocery lists and wondering what to tell their kids. March 17 brought a total of 160 cases, the state's first virus death and an out...
Robert Kanney of Vernon Hills died from COVID-19. Courtesy of Anne Gulotta Robert Kanney "was a big kid himself." Courtesy of Anne Gulotta Updated 12/20/2020 12:07 AM COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 15,000 people in Illinois, including about 6,200 from the suburbs. We’re sharing the stories of some of those we’ve lost. Fully recovered from pneumonia and beaming for a photograph as he left a rehab center in Lincolnshire on March 24, Robert Kanney, 91, was thrilled to be returning to his Vernon Hills home, where he looked forward to gatherings with the loving families o...