Column: 14 conversations to have before your kid starts high school: One...
Michelle Icard's new book recommends conversations that feel especially relevant when a pandemic is constantly changing our norms, needs and feelings.
View ArticleContenders for Cook County public defender appointment include some...
Several marquee names in Chicago’s criminal-justice circles are in the running to become Cook County Public Defender.
View ArticleFederal housing agency failed West Calumet families, leaving kids exposed for...
A damning federal report concluded several agencies missed “multiple opportunities” to shield children living at the former West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago from lead and arsenic poisoning.
View ArticleNo charges against Rochester officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death
No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude, a Black man, until he stopped breathing.
View ArticleStuck in the same building during COVID-19, Chicago neighbors are falling in...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has Chicagoans cooped up in their homes, some neighbors have gotten closer — and ended up in relationships.
View ArticlePritzker calls for loans to help municipalities hit with high utility bills...
Severe cold and heavy snow in February that spurred a sharp increase in utility bills prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday to call for a $15 million low-interest loan program for municipalities...
View ArticleSun and snow melt: Chicago warming up after bitter cold and heavy snow
Is that ... the sun? Over Chicago? Is the snow ... melting?
View ArticleChicago COVID-19 vaccine shipments ‘back on track’ following massive winter...
Chicago has caught up on its delayed vaccine shipments from last week’s snowstorm as of Tuesday, public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said while again stressing the need for more doses.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago vaccine shipments ‘back on track’...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleHammond man sentenced to 26 years in 2015 robbery spree
He and two accomplices -- the woman and a second girlfriend -- were charged in a string of seven armed robberies in Hammond dating between Nov. 13 to 19, 2015, documents state. Smith committed the...
View ArticleCook County set to resume jury trials as first notices are sent out since...
Jury notices have been sent out for Cook County’s first pandemic-era jury trial, Chief Judge Timothy Evans’ office confirmed Tuesday.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot says investigation into attack on alderman outside River...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday said she called for an investigation into the attack against an alderman outside a downtown Chicago bar in part because he’s an elected official and she wants to make...
View ArticleArlington Park horse racing track is up for sale
Arlington Park horse racing track is up for sale, Churchill Downs says
View ArticleChicago lakefront, playgrounds, indoor pools reopening after 11 months of...
The city’s lakefront, playgrounds and indoor aquatics centers will begin to reopen after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close nearly a year ago, the Chicago Park District announced Tuesday.
View ArticleMore than 2,200 homeless Chicagoans, shelter staff receive COVID-19 vaccine:...
Homeless Chicagoans are receiving COVID-19 vaccines as part of a city strategy to aggressively reduce transmission of the virus and work toward an equitable distribution of the vaccine, city officials...
View ArticleChicago firefighter charged with attempting to kill wife
Joseph X. Ramirez’s wife suffered head injuries during the incident shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday in the Edison Park neighborhood.
View ArticleChicago US Attorney John Lausch to stay on the job until successor installed
Chicago’s top federal prosecutor will stay on the job — for now.
View ArticleThe Spin: Chicago U.S. Attorney John Lausch gets reprieve from Biden...
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View ArticleColumn: With friends like Heidi Cruz’s, who needs enemies?
The Cruzes are selfish and tone-deaf, but let's not laud those who leaked her trip texts, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Madigan calls on successor to resign after 2 days, Chicago US...
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