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Round Lake Beach store among few Family Video locations in suburbs to survive the pandemic

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Sep 22, 2020 8:28 AM - Family Video, a nationwide chain headquartered in Glenview, is shuttering 200 stores, including 20 in the suburban Chicago market due to declining demand and the coronavirus pandemic hurting business. Stores in Antioch, Arlington Heights, Bolingbrook, Cary, Downers Grove, Glenview, Grayslake, Mundelein, Plainfield, Schaumburg and Wheeling will close by the end of October.
Underwood bashes federal response to COVID-19; Oberweis review mixed

By Russell Lissau
Sep 12, 2020 5:35 PM - Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Naperville bashes the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic as "extraordinarily poor," while GOP rival Jim Oberweis offers a mixed review.
The 5G lie: The network of the future is still slow

Geoffrey A. Fowler
Sep 12, 2020 6:28 AM - Any iPhone or Galaxy owner knows the law of Gs: Every additional G makes downloads faster. 3G sent pictures. 4G streamed video. Well, hold on just a minute. 5G may hold promise for the years ahead -- but across most of America in 2020, a 5G phone does diddly squat.
Constable: 10-year-old dances through pandemic, and two heart transplants

By Burt Constable
Sep 6, 2020 8:14 AM - Wearing a mask months before it became fashionable while she recuperated from her second heart transplant, 10-year-old Olivia Donnelly of Naperville doesn't let the pandemic, or anything else, stop her from dancing.
Iconic suburban auto dealer Bob Rohrman dies

By Eric Peterson
Sep 2, 2020 5:45 PM - Bob Rohrman, the iconic auto dealer known for his comical television commercials and namesake suburban dealerships, died peacefully from natural causes Tuesday evening with his family at his side, company sources said.
Constable: Therapist's good deed multiplied with a wedding giveaway

By Burt Constable
Sep 1, 2020 12:31 PM - Wedding plans and education for students with special needs have been hit hard by this pandemic. But a group of people, including the partners from an Oak Brook beauty salon, comes together with a contest that gives those issues a boost.
Why Trump's been threatening your teen's favorite app, TikTok

Maya Tribbitt and Michael Tobin
Aug 15, 2020 6:18 AM - When President Donald Trump declared TikTok a threat to national security, there were more than a few Americans who thought, "What's that?" Others were confused about how a Chinese-owned service mainly known as a way for teenagers to share short videos showing off their pets or dance moves could become the center of a global controversy. Here's a primer.
Review: I've worn Alexa-enabled glasses for two weeks. They're driving me bananas.

Geoffrey A. Fowler
Aug 8, 2020 6:25 AM - All day long, Alexa whispers notifications from apps into my ear: "Slack." "Battery is at 20 percent." "Outlook." And more "Outlook." After two weeks with the $180 Echo Frames, I can report that you have to really love Alexa to want to wear it on your face.
Schaumburg's first recreational pot dispensary opens near Woodfield Mall

By Russell Lissau
Aug 7, 2020 11:34 AM - Schaumburg's first recreational marijuana dispensary opened with little fanfare Wednesday but the customers who visited Sunnyside were happy to learn it's ready for business.
'This disease is not a joke': Lake Zurich man thought COVID-19 was a hoax, then needed new lungs

By Russell Lissau
Aug 2, 2020 1:02 PM - A Lake Zurich man who was the second known COVID-19 patient in the nation to undergo a double-lung transplant thought the virus was a hoax until he contracted it.

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