‘If someone with experience can’t get this license, who can?’ Pritzker’s team...
Just 21 of some 700 applicants qualified for a lottery to determine who will get 75 new recreational marijuana retail licenses.
View ArticleFacing gaping city budget hole, Lightfoot administration may consider leaving...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will consider slowing down the replacement of retired Chicago police officers or leaving some positions unfilled next year to reduce the Police Department’s massive personnel...
View ArticleUS attorney John Lausch issues guidance for House committee investigating...
U.S. Attorney John Lausch said in a letter Thursday that his office doesn’t have an issue with an Illinois House committee seeking testimony and documents from witnesses in its inquiry of Speaker...
View ArticleJerry Harris, star of Netflix show ‘Cheer,’ appears in federal court in...
Jerry Harris, star of the Netflix docuseries “Cheer,” was arrested Thursday and charged in federal court in Chicago with producing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
View ArticleCook County Board of Ethics appoints new chair after previous two ousted amid...
The board in charge of enforcing Cook County’s ethics ordinance on Thursday ushered in a new chair, the third to hold the position this year after a series of recent member shakeups. Thomas Szromba,...
View ArticleMan killed in Albany Park, seventh person shot within blocks of one another...
A man fatally shot Wednesday evening in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood was at least the seventh person wounded or killed by gunfire in the Northwest Side community in the last three days.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Sept. 17 with COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleSouthport Lanes has been a speak-easy, brothel, gambling den and bowling...
Southport Lanes in Lakeview has lasted nearly a century, but the Chicago institution, which opened not long after another pandemic, couldn’t survive COVID-19. It will close for good Sept. 27.
View ArticleFederal judge rules against Cook County GOP’s effort to prevent expanded...
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by the Cook County Republican Party to block the state’s enhanced vote-by-mail program, rejecting as conjecture allegations that the program was a scheme...
View ArticleCampaign trail tracker: Where Trump, Biden and their running mates have...
In the final sprint ahead of the Nov. 3 election, both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have ramped up their campaign travel despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Starting in...
View ArticleColumn: Trump’s coronavirus vaccine is coming … in two weeks! And it will...
Trump’s coronavirus vaccine is coming ... in two weeks! And it will make you more patriotic by wiping out the parts of your brain that store negative information about America's history.
View ArticleDaywatch: COVID-19′s deadly toll on health care workers, star of Netflix’s...
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View ArticleWest Side carjacking leads to boy, 17, getting hit, killed by vehicle on...
A carjacking late Thursday on the West Side led to a fatal crash on the Eisenhower overnight, according to authorities.
View ArticleSix months into a pandemic and dreaming about sitting at a bar again
Before COVID-19, we had plenty of things to take for granted; all it took was a pandemic to turn routine into longing. I really miss going to a bar.
View ArticleSingle-engine plane crash landing
Small plane crash-lands on a road in suburban Palatine
View ArticleMan killed in Wauconda crash
Police say preliminary investigation determined that a Mitsubishi Eclipse that was southbound on Route 12 when it crossed the center median and collided head-on with the northbound truck.
View ArticleSmall plane crash-lands on a road in Palatine: ‘I saw a plane flying really...
No injuries were reported in the crash of the single-engine Cessna.
View ArticleColumn: A renowned Indian architect gets a Chicago showcase as Lincoln Park...
A newly opened exhibition in Chicago celebrates the humanistic designs of Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, his nation's first winner of the field's most prestigious honor, the Pritzker Architecture...
View ArticleAdult obesity rates are up nationwide, and the COVID-19 pandemic could push...
Adult obesity rates in Illinois stood at 31.6%, with higher rates among Black and Latino adults, and food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic could put more American at risk for obesity in the...
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