It may be dashing through the snow into your neighborhood, decked out with holiday décor, a real-live Santa and a band playing holiday tunes. The Fitzgeralds Community Christmas Bus is making the rounds from Berwyn to Riverside, Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, too. It could even venture elsewhere if demand is there. 

For Shilin Hora, strolling through downtown Riverside and enjoying the neighborhood’s quaint, friendly vibe provides a unique sense of neighborly cheer that seems harder to come across these days.

The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration arrived in Illinois Monday, but officials said there’s still a need for social distancing, face coverings and other mitigations as a full rollout could take months. 

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, businesses big and small have had to radically shift how they serve customers.