Bring it on! : Suburban residents, visitors enjoying first day of the state s full reopening
Chuck Barrett, principal agent at the Frisch & Barrett Insurance Agency in Cary, took his office staff out to lunch Friday at The Tracks down the street to celebrate his secretary s birthday. This is only the second time the group has been out to eat together since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year. Lauren Rohr | Staff Photographer
Jaime De La Pena, a transplant nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, waits for the train at the Elgin Metra station Friday morning. She said she has been feeling the buildup of the state s reopening for a few weeks as crowds have been picking up.
After more than a year of navigating evolving COVID-19 mandates and mitigation strategies, Illinoisans have officially entered the Phase 5 of Gov. J.B. Pritzker s reopening plan today, marking a significant milestone in the fight against the pandemic.