Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,143 new COVID-19 cases is lowest daily...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleColumn: Cancel Culture is coming for you. What’s next, Fact-Boarding? We need...
A congressional hearing on cancel culture? Rep. Jim Jordan wants one. And CPAC attendees couldn't stop talking about the threat of being canceled.
View ArticleDaywatch: U. of I. saliva COVID-19 test approved, thousands of CPS students...
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View ArticleNorth Chicago man charged in fatal shooting of woman
Montreal Porter, 48, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the woman at the apartment complex where both lived, police said.
View ArticleWhere are you in the vaccine line? We charted out who is eligible and who is...
The Tribune charted all of the vaccine groups by phase to give a little more context to just who might be next in line for the vaccine.
View ArticleFormer city inspector pleads guilty to fraud involving company tied to Ald....
A former Chicago city inspector pleaded guilty to fraud Tuesday in a case stemming from the ongoing federal investigation of Ald. Carrie Austin.
View ArticleWisconsin Republicans want to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and...
The Wisconsin proposal faces an almost certain veto from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers should it pass the Republican-controlled Legislature.
View Article11-year-old girl, man seriously wounded in Chicago gas station shooting,...
An 11-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man were seriously injured Monday night when someone fired on the man at a gas station in the West Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said.
View ArticleAurora firefighters battle multifamily home fire near downtown
Aurora firefighters battled a fire Tuesday morning at a vacant multifamily home near the city’s downtown.
View ArticleJudge balks at potential plea deal for ‘serial stowaway’ in most recent...
The Chicago-area woman known as the “serial stowaway” for her history of sneaking onto flights was poised to plead guilty in her latest case after working out a deal, but a Cook County judge indicated...
View Article1 dead after 3 semitrailer truck crash on Tri-State Tollway near Hickory Hills
One person was killed early Tuesday when two semitrailers collided, blocking several lanes on the northbound Tri-State Tollway, officials said.
View ArticleIllinois set to receive more than 100,000 doses of new Johnson & Johnson...
Illinois is expected to receive more than 100,000 doses of the recently approved Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine this week, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
View ArticleColumn: One family’s weekly trips to fill Chicago’s Love Fridges is a...
Michelle DiGiacomo collected grocery gift cards, but she's disabled and needed a volunteer to do the shopping. Annie Swingen's family stepped in.
View ArticleRegistration for United Center COVID-19 vaccinations to open Thursday, site...
Illinois residents who are 65 or older can start making appointments for the United Center mass vaccination site Thursday morning, officials announced.
View ArticleChicago man arrested on federal charges of inciting looting during unrest in...
A Chicago man was arrested Tuesday on federal charges alleging he called for and participated in looting during the civil unrest that gripped the city last August.
View ArticleHouse fire that killed mother, daughter in Gresham neighborhood now...
Investigators believe the fire that killed a mother and daughter in the Gresham neighborhood was intentionally set.
View ArticleValparaiso University shows COVID-19 spike; classes return to online and...
Valparaiso had 60 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases and a total of 78 confirmed cases, according to the university’s dashboard. The university has had a total of 240 cases since school resumed Aug....
View Article16-year-old charged after carjacking, attempted Eisenhower Expressway escape...
A 16-year-old male has been arrested and faces felony charges in a carjacking and attempted escape that left another teen dead on the Eisenhower Expressway in September, Chicago police said Tuesday.
View ArticleVernon Jordan, civil rights activist and former President Clinton adviser,...
Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and a former advisor to President Bill Clinton, has died, according to a statement from his daughter.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Registration for United Center vaccinations...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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