Passenger pushed steering wheel as joke in Porter County crash that killed...
The front seat passenger of a car that went off the road and struck a utility pole, killing a DeMotte teen, pushed the steering wheel as a joke, according to a crash report.
View ArticleValparaiso High School teacher charged after police raid underage drinking...
Officers with the Valparaiso Police Department were called around 12:20 a.m. Sunday to Bernardi’s home after receiving an anonymous tip about an ongoing drinking party.
View ArticleDuPage man’s life sentence in marijuana case commuted by Trump
A DuPage County man serving a life sentence for conspiracy to distribute marijuana had his sentence commuted Tuesday by President Donald Trump, according to the White House and websites devoted to the...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 4,822 new confirmed and probable COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleWhite House visit by Bears Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher preceded Trump pardon...
Amid a slew of pardons in his final hours at the White House, President Donald Trump pardoned Casey Urlacher, a suburban mayor and the brother of Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher.
View ArticleLimited indoor dining on track to resume Thursday in Will and Kankakee...
Will and Kankakee counties are on track to be the first in the Chicago area to see limited indoor dining resume under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus reopening plan, state public health officials said...
View ArticleMan faces attempted murder charge after police say he shot at officers in...
A 29-year-old West Side man is facing an attempted murder charge after he fired a gun at officers who were chasing him when he ran from a traffic stop Monday night in the Homan Square neighborhood,...
View ArticleColumn: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ Inauguration Day was the most American yet
The blended families. The racial, ethnic and religious diversity. Pete Buttigieg seated with his husband. And also the masks and security forces.
View ArticlePsychologist testifies that Portage man, 31, charged in 2009 cold case...
A Portage man charged in a 2009 homicide in a case that had gone cold until a tipster came forward to police almost nine years later has the intellectual capability of a third-grader, a clinical...
View ArticleRed Line service resumes in downtown subway after being rerouted for person...
A man standing on the Red Line tracks downtown halted at least one CTA train and caused a service disruption Wednesday afternoon on the North Side.
View ArticleRound Lake man killed in Avon Township crash
Authorities say the man was headed west on Rollins at a high rate of speed in a 2004 Subaru WRX when the vehicle began sliding. The Subaru then hit an eastbound Toyota Tundra being driven by a McHenry...
View ArticleNew Chicago man, 75, charged with child molestation
William Barclay, 75, is charged with seven counts of child molesting involving two victims, Lake Superior Court records show.
View ArticleHere’s what you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines
Chicago will soon join the rest of Illinois by advancing to the next phase of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
View ArticleColumn: Biden calls for unity on Inauguration Day, but that won’t come until...
President Joe Biden spoke of unity in his Inauguration Day address, but unity in America will only come when people accept that there is truth and there are lies, and facts matter.
View ArticleDeath of Evanston man, 34, found shot in Skokie hotel room ruled homicide
The death of an Evanston man found shot to death in a Skokie hotel room is being investigated as a homicide.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Q&A: President Joe Biden’s goal is 100M doses of COVID-19 vaccine...
Experts offer guidance on whether we will see 100 doses of COVID-19 distributed in 100 days -- the goal of the Biden administration -- and whether the distribution will be fair.
View ArticleHow can Illinois seniors sign up for COVID-19 vaccines? Some health systems...
A number of Chicago-area health systems expect, within days, to begin inviting patients ages 65 and older to make appointments to get COVID-19 vaccines.
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View ArticleChicagoland watches Biden inauguration
Chicagoland watches the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States.
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