Sun shines over Springfield as bars, restaurants, retail stores reopen

The sun shined down on Springfield Friday as local bars, restaurants and non-essential retail stores reopened after more than two months shuttered by the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.With all regions of Illinois successfully advancing into Phase 3 of Gov. JB Pritzker’s “Reopen Illinois plan,” bars and restaurants reopened with outdoor seating while retail operations deemed non-essential during the pandemic were able to open their doors with the same social distance […]