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View ArticleGirl, 15, shot while riding in car in Lawndale, Chicago police say
A girl, 15, was shot late Wednesday on the West Side.
View ArticleThousands of languishing vacant and abandoned properties with unpaid taxes...
Thousands of properties with unpaid taxes are languishing on the South Side, south suburbs. The Cook County treasurer says a key program aimed at helping is broken.
View ArticleChicago police officer recovering after squad car struck in Chatham car crash
A woman, 27, was injured when her car collided with a turning Chicago police squad car in a crash that also left an officer injured, police said.
View ArticleDefund the police: Minneapolis approves $8 million in cuts, shifting cash to...
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved cutting about $8 million from the police, moving it to violence prevention and other programs.
View ArticleSuburban Blue Nose Brewery closing ‘when the beer runs out’ due to...
”We can’t have a couple thousand square foot tasting room with no one in it and keep up,” said Jordan Isenberg, co-founder of the Hodgkins brewery.
View ArticleAmazon Fresh store that lets customers skip the grocery checkout line now...
Illinois’ first Amazon Fresh store opened Thursday in Naperville, a new concept grocery store chain that allows customers to skip the checkout line.
View ArticleHow COVID-19 is devastating household finances in the Chicago area and...
Census Bureau surveys show Illinois and Chicago-area residents are worried about job security during the pandemic, and the data illustrates who is bearing the brunt of the recession locally.
View ArticleSix Flags Great America adds drive-thru to Holiday in the Park
Starting Wednesday and on select days through Jan. 18, Great America will allow patrons to have, ’'an extremely rare opportunity to drive around inside the park,” said the park’s president Hank Salemi.
View ArticleExtra-alarm fire rips through West Side building
Firefighters battle an extra-alarm fire Dec. 10, 2020, at a commercial building at 4425 W. 16th St. in Chicago.
View ArticleAP source says Rahm Emanuel’s prospects for spot in Biden Cabinet are not...
Rahm Emanuel’s chances of landing a top Cabinet post in Joe Biden’s administration appear increasingly unlikely: AP source.
View ArticleExtra-alarm fire hits West Side auto supply business, sending 250...
About 250 Chicago firefighters were battling an extra-alarm fire in a commercial building in the Lawndale neighborhood Thursday morning, according to the Fire Department.
View ArticleStimulus update: Federal pandemic relief set to expire, but there’s still...
As Congress negotiates a fresh round of coronavirus relief, the clock is ticking on several forms of federal aid, but there is still COVID-19 relief available in Illinois. Here's how to get help.
View ArticleDemolition begins on the final Cabrini-Green high-rise
Demolition begins on the final Cabrini-Green high-rise on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
View ArticleIllinois House Black Caucus backs Michael Madigan’s reelection as speaker,...
The Black caucus of the Illinois House has endorsed embattled Speaker Michael Madigan’s bid for reelection to the post, saying its members believe they are “in a more advantageous position” to deliver...
View ArticleIllinois college enrollment down as COVID-19 pandemic disrupts higher...
Community colleges suffered the most, with a 13.7% reduction in students.
View ArticleGerri Oliver, who made the Palm Tavern a nexus of Black culture in Chicago,...
Gerri Oliver, who made Gerri's Palm Tavern on the South Side famous, dies at age 101.
View ArticlePandemic, civil unrest drive record-shattering increase in firearm permits,...
Illinois residents shopped for more guns and applied for more firearm permits in 2020 than at any other time in history, according to statistics released Wednesday by state police.
View ArticleSt. Charles pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Geneva
A 71-year-old St. Charles man died Thursday morning after he was struck by a car in Geneva, police said.
View ArticleColumn: From the Great Fire to modernist houses to Jeanne Gang, a rich array...
From the Great Fire to modernist houses to the designs of Jeanne Gang, a rich array of architecture books for the holidays
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