Frankfort junior high teacher charged with indecent solicitation of a child
Jack L. Mecher, 51, of Frankfort, a teacher at Summit Hill Junior High, was charged with two counts of indecent solicitation of a child and one count of grooming.
View ArticleMarijuana dispensary applicants drop lawsuit in the wake of 2nd chance for...
Marijuana dispensary applicants dropped a lawsuit against the state after getting a second chance to qualify for a license lottery
View ArticleAvoid ‘traditional trick-or-treating,’ CDC says in guidelines for Halloween 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidance for Halloween 2020 that ranks activities from low risk to high risk.
View Article64-year-old gas station employee shot dead when gunmen jump out of black...
Gas station employee shot dead on Near West Side.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot’s top lawyer says city may not defend Chicago aldermen...
Chicago’s top lawyer under Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned aldermen on Tuesday that city’s law department may not represent them if a vendor sues over demands made by City Council members during committee...
View ArticlePolice: Occupant of Waukegan home fatally shoots two men in burglary attempt
When police arrived, they found the bodies of the two men in the front yard of the house. They also recovered a handgun by the bodies, Waukegan Police Commander Joe Florip said.
View ArticleWisconsin ‘in very poor control when it comes to COVID,’ again added to...
Chicago is expected on Tuesday, for the second time, to add Wisconsin to the city’s list of states from which travelers into Chicago should stay inside their homes for two weeks after traveling there...
View ArticleWisconsin, 3 other states & Puerto Rico go on Chicago’s travel quarantine...
Chicago health officials Tuesday put Wisconsin back on the city's travel quarantine list, while also adding back Idaho and Puerto Rico. Montana and Minnesota were added for the first time. Here’s what...
View ArticlePritzker says new retail marijuana licenses should be awarded in the fall,...
Recreational marijuana retail licenses should be awarded in Illinois this fall, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday, despite delays to give applicants a second chance at qualifying.
View ArticleSheriff’s police rescue 20 malnourished dogs from home near Dolton
Cook County Sheriff's Police said that 20 dogs, nearly all of them neglected and malnourished, were rescued Monday from a home in unincorporated Thornton Township near Dolton
View ArticleAdvocacy groups craft long to-do list for next Cook County Circuit Court...
A trio of government advocacy and research groups dropped a wide-ranging bundle of recommendations on Tuesday for the next Cook County Circuit Court clerk to implement as part of an overhaul to a court...
View ArticleAppellate Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s record in Chicago could be focus if Trump...
When Amy Coney Barrett last appeared on President Donald Trump’s short list of Supreme Court nominees, she was a new judge on Chicago’s 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals with few writings to examine....
View ArticleThe Spin: Trump’s front-runner to replace Ginsburg could see Chicago record...
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View ArticleChicago-area Catholic schools enrollment drops, with worst decline among...
Archdiocese cites stay-at-home parents as a factor as the number of students enrolled at Catholic schools in Chicago dropped this fall.
View ArticleEven after a successful claim he was tortured into confessing by Jon Burge,...
A living relic of sorts from a notorious era in Chicago history took his seat in court Tuesday, wearing a three-piece suit and a surgical mask, bracing for his third trial in four decades for the same...
View ArticleCook County Health officials send Board of Commissioners $3.4B budget plan as...
Cook County Health’s board of directors sent the county’s Board of Commissioners its preliminary $3.4 billion 2021 budget plan this week that would enact cuts across departments aimed at closing a...
View ArticleGov. Pritzker puts Illinois National Guard ‘in a state of readiness’ ahead of...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker puts Illinois National Guard ‘in a state of readiness’ ahead of Kentucky announcement in Breonna Taylor case
View Article‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ charged with aggravated animal cruelty
A Chicago man known as the Dreadhead Cowboy has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after galloping down the Dan Ryan Expressway on Monday afternoon.
View ArticlePolice investigate burned body found in Fernwood home
Detectives are investigating the death of a man found badly burned in a Fernwood home Tuesday night, according to Chicago police.
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