It’s Thursday, November 19th. I’m Natalie Gray and here are the top stories from the Daily Herald. First, the weather: It will be warm and windy today, with highs in the mid-60s and sustained winds at 15 to 25 miles per hour. Some gusts over 40 miles per hour are also possible. Tonight, expect a few clouds with lows around 50. In top news: COVID-19 deaths in Illinois surpassed 11,000 yesterday as the number of residents infected by the respiratory disease exceeded the 600,000 threshold.