Illinois public schools awarded $2.2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding:...
The infusion of federal dollars will be released to school districts in the form of grants for “urgent needs."
View ArticleDemonstrators march in Chicago's Loop
Mayor Lori Lightfoot plans to close loopholes that let Chicago police cooperate with immigration agents.
View ArticleGary man gets 10 years in 2012 waitress slaying
A Gary man was sentenced to 10 years Tuesday after a plea agreement in the May 2012 killing and robbery of a waitress.
View ArticleChicago police officer tied to disgraced unit faces firing 16 years after...
More than 16 years after authorities say a Chicago police officer took part in one of the biggest scandals in department history, city officials have quietly moved to fire him.
View ArticleIRS investigating hundreds of COVID-19 scams, warns Illinois taxpayers
As the second round of pandemic relief checks go out to millions of Americans, the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation division warned Illinois taxpayers Tuesday that it was looking into...
View ArticleThe Spin: Heather Steans resigning from Illinois Senate, Madigan moves out of...
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View ArticleJoe Scheidler, of Chicago, ‘godfather of pro-life activism,’ dies at 93
Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League and known as the “godfather of pro-life activism,” died of pneumonia in his Chicago home on Monday, his family said. He was 93.
View ArticleChicago City Hall, Cook County building closed Wednesday as ‘precautionary...
Chicago’s City Hall and the Cook County building downtown will be closed to the public on Wednesday as a “precautionary step” because of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, officials said.
View ArticleSouth Side native-turned-general commands 25,000 troops providing security...
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, a Chicago native, commands 25,000 troops to secure Biden inauguration
View ArticleColumn: As first lady, Melania Trump always stood by her man
Now Melania Trump is telling us to choose love over hatred. Most of us aren't buying it, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleAurora man charged with first-degree murder in connection with fatal shooting
A 20-year-old Aurora man faces first-degree murder charges in connection to a fatal shooting in the city Friday.
View ArticleIHSA approves a plan for winter sports — except for basketball — to begin and...
Badminton, boys swimming, boys and girls bowling, and girls gymnastics are all lower-risk winter sports.
View ArticleChicago police supervisor sues city, alleging special citywide unit...
A Chicago police supervisor filed a lawsuit against the city Tuesday alleging he was removed from a citywide police unit because he wouldn’t be pressured to have officers working under him make...
View Article34 Chicago police officers to help keep Washington safe on unprecedented...
Chicago police officers have been traveling to the nation's capital for Inauguration Day for decades, but Wednesday's is bound to be a dramatically different experience.
View ArticleMale with gunshot wound found dead in Skokie hotel room
A man with a gunshot wound was found dead Tuesday evening at a Skokie hotel, according to police.
View Article$11 billion in damage from last summer’s derecho: ‘Historically it produced...
Starting on Aug. 10, a speedy line of storms with remarkable endurance covered 770 miles in 14 hours. Beginning in southern South Dakota and hitting gusts higher than 90 mph, the derecho flattened...
View ArticleColumn: On this Inauguration Day we’re not getting a perfect president. But...
Inauguration Day 2021 won’t be all poetry, smiles and tradition. But the day does mark a significant change.
View ArticleUniversity of Illinois tuition hike, delayed because of COVID-19, will kick...
U. of I. has projected COVID-19-related losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
View ArticleDaywatch: Chicago may reopen indoor dining soon, South Side native commands...
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View ArticleFamily law attorney under indictment in sex assault cases arrested on new...
Chicago police Wednesday announced new charges against a family law attorney who already faces charges of sexually attacking both fellow attorneys and a client of his law firm, with the most recent...
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