Local, county health officials issue formal citations to suburban Hilton...
The Cook County Department of Public Health and the City of Prospect Heights issued citations to the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook Hotel after a large, mostly maskless wedding event was held there.
View ArticleIllinois to distribute first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to 50 counties with...
Illinois plans to distribute its initial allocation of roughly 109,000 doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine to the 50 counties across the state with the highest death rates from the virus, the state’s top...
View ArticleChicago-area vaccination sites will be at hospitals, clinics, pharmacies —...
As part of a nationwide effort against the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials in the Chicago area are preparing for vaccinations on a scale never before seen.
View ArticleThe Spin: Ex-Chicago Ald. Ed Vrdolyak sentenced to 18 months in federal...
Former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today after being convicted in a tax scheme related to his receipt of millions of dollars in Illinois tobacco settlement...
View ArticleFormer Chicago Ald. Edward ‘Fast Eddie’ Vrdolyak gets 18 months in federal...
On Friday, a lifetime of playing the game by his own rules once again caught up with ex-Ald. Vrdolyak, as a federal judge sentenced him to a year and a half in prison for skirting a tax levy related to...
View ArticleA deadly second surge: COVID-19 fatalities hit a new record in Illinois...
A Tribune analysis found the surge in deaths was particularly steep outside the greater Chicago area, underscoring the challenges of keeping the virus out of nursing homes and assisted living...
View ArticleStriking workers reach agreement to go back to work at 11 Illinois nursing...
Striking SEIU workers reached agreement to go back to work Monday at 11 Infinity nursing homes in Illinois, with average $2 an hour pay increases.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 10,526 new COVID-19 cases and 148 additional...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLawndale chase, shooting and crash now a triple homicide
A third person has died from a horrific car crash and shooting on the West Side on Wednesday night.
View ArticleMan in custody after throwing object through Loop store window, attempting to...
A man was arrested after breaking a Loop store window and trying to make off with items inside, police said.
View ArticleAt least 11 wounded in shootings since Friday evening, police say
At least 11 people have been shot in Chicago since Friday evening, police said.
View ArticleMan taken into custody after SWAT responded to possible barricade situation...
A possible barricade situation was unfolding Saturday morning in the South Loop neighborhood, Chicago police said.
View ArticleIllinois surpasses 13,000 COVID-19 deaths, just eight days after reaching 12,000
Illinois has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other state in the last seven days. Only Illinois and Texas have more than 1,000 deaths in last seven days.
View Article‘If nobody knew ... no one would ever know,’ said Michigan woman charged with...
Antoinette Briley, 41, of Holland, Michigan, was charged Friday night with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of her sons, a Cook County sheriff’s office statement said.
View Article‘I just can’t believe it,’ owner says after missing black Labrador dog Lola...
At first, Lola was a bit tentative. But once she got a whiff of her old blanket and her owner took off her face mask, Lola’s tail started wagging, expressing the joy of the reunion.
View ArticleProsecutors: Men shot two people in separate carjacking incidents, and fired...
Chicago police have arrested two men in connection with multiple carjackings during which the perpetrators fired shots at the victims, according to a news release from the Police Department.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 9,887 new COVID-19 cases and 208 more...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleEx-state Sen. Martin Sandoval, who pleaded guilty to political corruption,...
The former state senator, who pleaded guilty in January to political corruption and was cooperating with prosecutors in multiple ongoing investigations, died Saturday from COVID-19 complications.
View ArticleIllinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider says he’ll step down amid...
Tim Schneider told top Republicans on Saturday that he intends to step down as Illinois GOP chairman, setting up a search for a successor as early as next month.
View ArticleMaria Lopez, wife of beloved 911 dispatcher Lupe Lopez, also dies of...
The adult children of 911 dispatcher Lupe Lopez, who died last month of COVID-19, thought their mother, Maria was going to pull through the virus and rejoin them at home. But overnight, she was...
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