Local food pantries in the Chicago area are already seeing more requests from people looking for help to feed their families and with SNAP benefits set to end this weekend. There's concern food assistance groups won't be able to meet the need.
Missed appointments are skyrocketing, and some are afraid to seek care even for deadly health conditions amid immigration enforcement, but health care providers told the ABC7 I-Team they're working to eliminate that climate of fear.
One couple from Romeoville has been trying to get home from Jamaica for more than a week now. They checked in with the ABC7 I-Team after a historic hurricane tore through the island.