Chicago City Council closes loopholes in Welcoming City ordinance, ending...
Aldermen closed loopholes in Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance on Wednesday, prohibiting police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities when immigrants living in the country without...
View ArticleWhere the coronavirus data stands in the U.S. and world: Vaccinations, cases...
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe countries — and states in the U.S. — are dealing with wave and wave of illness. As hot spots shift, these charts will be updated daily with new totals.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 3,751 new confirmed and probable COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View Article2 shot in apparent road rage incident in Orland Park, police say
Two people were shot in an apparent road rage incident early Wednesday afternoon in Orland Park, police Chief Joe Mitchell said.
View ArticleBank robber nabbed after allegedly filling out withdrawal slip for $10,000,...
Alleged bank robber arrested after feds say he paused to give teller a withdrawal slip and his identification.
View ArticleEmmett Till’s Chicago home granted city landmark status
The South Side home of Emmett Till and his mother — where the boy was living when he was tortured and murdered during a 1955 trip to Mississippi — was granted city landmark status by the City Council...
View Article‘A terrible day...tragic day,’ 4 little girls, woman dead in Des Plaines fire
Four children under the age of six and one adult have died in a Des Plaines residential fire on Wednesday morning, according to Des Plaines Fire Chief Daniel Anderson.
View ArticleIn CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides medical experts
Just down the road from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a community flush with resident health professionals, the Decatur, Georgia, school system had no shortage of expert input...
View Article5 killed in Des Plaines house fire
Four young children and one adult were killed in a house fire in the 700 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines, Jan. 27, 2021.
View ArticleWith Chicago teachers on the brink of a second strike in 15 months, weary...
"Now we are watching an HR dispute hold up the delivery of an essential public service," a pro-opening parents group said.
View Article‘People were afraid to talk to me’: Chicago woman wants to promote...
After losing her brother to suicide, Amy Kartheiser started the charity Under The Same Sky to finance a program that connects survivors of such a loss.
View ArticlePritzker says earlier federal notice on COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should...
President Joe Biden pledged a 16% boost in dose deliveries to states starting next week.
View ArticleOff-duty cop carjacked in North Kenwood neighborhood
An off-duty Chicago police officer was a victim of a carjacking Tuesday night on the South Side in the North Kenwood/Oakland neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleCloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar winner, dies at 94
Leachman also won a supporting actress Oscar in the early part of the decade for a far different character, an embittered small-town housewife in Peter Bogdanovich’s elegiac “The Last Picture Show”;...
View ArticleCounting Chicago's homeless
Chicago Department of Family and Support Services workers conducts its annual homeless survey.
View ArticleBeach Park man charged in federal court after attempted carjacking in Glencoe...
A Beach Park man was charged in federal court this week after an attempted carjacking last summer at the Glencoe Golf Club, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says spike in carjackings ‘top of mind,’ adding...
Under pressure over Chicago’s ongoing spike in carjackings, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that the issue is “top of mind” for her and announced the police department has added 40 officers to...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Q&A: Do all Cook County ZIP codes work on the county’s vaccination...
Experts offer guidance on questions including whether all ZIP codes work on Cook County's vaccination information website.
View ArticleColumn: Reddit, GameStop, AMC and the day traders’ stock surge: A completely...
Reddit, GameStop, AMC Entertainment and the day traders’ stock surge: A completely useless explanation for people who don't understand money.
View ArticleThe Spin: State buys Near West Side building as part of Thompson Center exit...
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