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View ArticleFourth person charged in killing of retired Chicago firefighter Dwain...
A fourth suspect has been charged in the killing of retired Chicago Firefighter Dwain Williams, 65, who was fatally shot during a carjacking gone wrong in December on the Far South Side.
View ArticleBloomingdale man, 72, charged with sex crimes involving Glenview minor
The man was charged with several felonies including child pornography and grooming after police searched his home Wednesday.
View ArticleMan paroled after murdering Chicago cop in 1968 gets life for Northwest Side...
A Chicago man who was paroled after serving less than 20 years for the 1968 murder of a police officer has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2018 bank robbery, according to the U.S. attorney’s...
View ArticleNo punishment for Chicago cops who handcuffed 10-year-old in 2018
Two Chicago police officers were spared punishment by a member of the city’s police disciplinary panel Thursday night after investigators recommended they be suspended for how they handcuffed a...
View ArticleChicago Public Schools announces COVID-19 vaccines for teacher will begin in...
CPS says it will be a multi-month effort to get all its eligible staff members vaccinated.
View ArticleLargest snowfall of season could hit Chicago area Monday, with 6 or more...
A snowstorm could hit northern Illinois on Monday, with early forecasts showing more than 6 inches of snow could hit some areas.
View ArticleLimited indoor dining could return Saturday in Cook County
Chicago and suburban Cook County are on track to have limited indoor restaurant and bar service resume Saturday under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus reopening plan, state public health officials said...
View ArticleWould a Chicago teachers walkout be legal? What you need to know about the...
A "collective failure" of teachers to show up for work “constitutes an illegal strike," a CPS official says.
View ArticleChicago cop charged in gambling scheme ordered jailed after he allegedly...
A federal judge on Friday revoked bond for a suspended Chicago police officer charged in a sports gambling scheme after prosecutors revealed the officer’s girlfriend accused him of attacking her.
View ArticleTwo teens, 22-year-old man face charges in North Side robberies, Northwest...
A 15-year-old boy, a 16-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man face robbery charges after Chicago police say they committed several armed robberies on the North Side and stole a car on the Northwest Side...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 7,042 new COVID-19 cases and 95 more deaths...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleSuburban Cook County moves to ‘extremely limited’ phase 1b of vaccinations on...
Suburban Cook County will begin vaccinating a fraction of its elderly residents and essential workers on Monday, according to the public health department’s website. “Update: We will move to Phase 1b...
View ArticleCook County’s plan to resume jury trials uncertain as coronavirus concerns...
Cook County court officials want to resume jury trials earlier than many expected, attempting to strike a balance as COVID-19 spreads while a backlog of cases builds and some defendants languish behind...
View ArticleAfter two-year court fight, DuPage County dog gets the chance to prove he’s...
Dog gets the chance to prove he’s not dangerous after two-year court fight in DuPage County.
View ArticleEast Chicago man gets 20 years for fatal stabbing as teen
An East Chicago man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for fatally stabbing his late mother’s ex-boyfriend when he was 17.
View ArticleWith Trump’s Muslim ban revoked, families whose image from O’Hare protest...
Eleven-year-old Meryem Yildirim could hear her mother sob from the kitchen while rolling applause and music heralded Joe Biden’s inauguration this week as the 46th president of the U.S. But she...
View ArticleSocial Graces: Should you get the vaccine while working from home?
I'm eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine but work from home. Should I get the vaccine now or wait?
View ArticleSpike in Chicago carjackings mostly due to joyriding young people, police say
The recent “ridiculous spike” in carjackings across Chicago is due largely to young people taking cars around the city to joyride in the vehicles then dump them, a police official told aldermen Friday....
View ArticleCity inspector general makes recommendations on search warrants in wake of...
The recommendations from the inspector general were sent to the Chicago Police Department ahead of two major pending investigations, one into search warrants in general and a second looking at the...
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