Saving the Little Village Discount Mall
The Discount Mall in Little Village is home to more than 100 family-owned shops and has been open in the Little Village Plaza for nearly three decades. As hundreds celebrated Mexico’s Independence Day...
View ArticleChicago’s history of systemic racism blamed for nearly 9-year life expectancy...
In a report released Thursday, Chicago health officials starkly stated the cause of a growing life expectancy gap between Black and white residents: decades of segregation and systemic racism.
View ArticleCOVID-19′s toll on Illinois' health care field: A memorial to 44 of those who...
More than 100 lives of professionals working in the health care field have died in Illinois since COVID-19 began its deadly march through the state in March, according to public health officials, who...
View ArticleChicago’s Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis won’t retire, no matter the...
Sianis is in the age group at greatest risk for severe illness from COVID-19, like many of Chicago's longtime owners of iconic restaurants.
View ArticleWill, Kankakee counties can reopen bars, resume indoor dining as COVID-19...
Weeks after suffering a rollback in restrictions, bars and indoor dining can reopen in the region that includes Will and Kankakee counties as the coronavirus positivity rate has come down, Gov. J.B....
View ArticleWatch live: Father of 5-year-old AJ Freund appears at court hearing
The father of 5-year-old AJ Freund appears at a court hearing in connection with his son’s death. Watch live here.
View ArticleDaily Illinois coronavirus graphs: 20 new deaths, 2,120 new confirmed cases...
As the coronavirus spreads, the Tribune is tracking Illinois cases here.
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code: Search for your neighborhood
Search COVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a daily update on cases,...
Here's where Illinois' 11 regions stand on the key metrics that would prompt the state to restrict activities to contain an outbreak.
View ArticleBeloved Logan Square barbecue restaurant Fat Willy’s closing
Fat Willy's Rib Shack is closing after 19 years.
View ArticleMan charged with reckless homicide in January crash that killed 5-year-old...
A Bridgeview man has been charged with reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving in connection with a January crash that killed a 5-year-old Orland Park girl, police said.
View ArticleFat Willy’s and Redmond’s are among the latest Chicago restaurants and bars...
Here is a running list of Chicago-area bars and restaurants that have closed for economic reasons due to the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleWoman whose severed head found in luggage in Markham identified by coroner’s...
The identity of a 31-year-old woman whose remains were stuffed in duffel bags and brought to Chicago by the murder suspect aboard a Greyhound bus have been released.
View ArticleAuthorities blame miscommunication for errant email that sent ballot...
A suspected attempt to surreptitiously boot a prominent Cook County judge off the Nov. 3 ballot can be chalked up to a simple miscommunication, authorities said on Friday.
View ArticleZion man with ‘astounding’ criminal history sentenced to 60 years in prison...
A Zion man, who was convicted of shooting a man to death in an alleged drug money robbery, was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison.
View ArticleHead of Chicago’s civilian police oversight agency offers rare pushback on...
The head of Chicago’s civilian agency that probes police misconduct pushes back against IG report some video in police use-of-force cases was not releasesd within a required 60-day period
View ArticleCook County Board to vote on extending Toni Preckwinkle’s expanded powers...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s temporarily expanded powers during the coronavirus pandemic might be extended again, this time until the end of the year. Cook County commissioners are...
View ArticleMan critically wounded in shooting in Gage Park neighborhood
A man was critically wounded Friday afternoon in a shooting onn the South Side in the Gage Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
View ArticleColumn: FBG Duck brought a street fight between the ‘have-nots’ into the turf...
FBG Duck must have known his video would prompt retaliation but projecting death-defying machismo is part of the culture, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,120 new known COVID-19 cases reported as...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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