CPS teacher who died of COVID-19 cleaned houses before earning her college...
Olga Quiroga worked in CPS nearly 30 years, starting as a paraprofessional and becoming a bilingual teacher.
View ArticleSources: Man found dead outside Bridgeport police station was suspect in...
A 49-year-old man who Chicago police say fatally shot himself Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the Bridgeport neighborhood police station was suspected in the killing of a relative earlier in the...
View ArticleTrump vs. Biden: Track the race for president in key battleground states
The race for the White House will be determined in 13 key battleground states and a pair of congressional districts.
View ArticleChicago has spent at least $222 million in overtime so far in 2020, already...
Chicago has spent at least $222 million on overtime for Chicago government workers through August, a budget-busting figure as the city faces historic shortfalls. To put that into perspective, Chicago...
View ArticleDaywatch: Trump returns to White House, state GOP files lawsuit against...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleParolee accused of looting 7 Gold Coast, North Side stores in two hours....
From the moment Lee Mitchell hit Walton Street on the Gold Coast during a night of non-stop looting in early August, prosecutors say he was a man on a mission, moving quickly and with purpose.
View ArticleWoman dies after found shot, stabbed in Northwest Side home. Police question...
A 41-year-old woman was found stabbed and shot, police said. She died at the hospital.
View ArticleTwo dead in Gary house fire
A 6-year-old girl and 21-year-old man died in an early morning house fire in the 500 block of Maryland Street in Gary.
View ArticleMan dead following Far South Side fire
A 48-year-old man was pronounced dead after firefighters found him in a burning room Tuesday morning in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.
View ArticleBistronomic expands into Loyola space next door: How Chicago restaurants are...
How Chicago restaurants are adapting to bring customers back in during the coronavirus pandemic. A running list.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Tuesday with...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMan shot on Dan Ryan near Garfield Boulevard in Englewood late Monday, 2nd...
A 22-year-old man is expected to survive injuries suffered while traveling on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Monday.
View ArticleState treasurer abruptly cancels news conference to address remarks on taxing...
Democratic State Treasurer Michael Frerichs abruptly canceled a Tuesday news conference to rebut comments he made in June about taxing retirement income, an issue now being used by opponents fighting a...
View ArticleLansing man dies in early morning crash, Munster police say
Robert S. Scordato, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.
View ArticleLansing police say 34-year-old man dead following motel shooting
The Lansing Police Department said it has a person in custody following a shooting late Monday night in a motel room that left a 34-year-old man dead
View ArticleTravel to Indiana discouraged but neighboring state not added to Chicago’s...
Chicago health officials 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 you need...
View ArticleTeen shot in leg during Gurnee altercation
The youth had arranged to meet several other acquaintances at the parking lot, but an altercation erupted and an acquaintance fired several shots at the teen, striking him the leg, according to...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot announces $8 million in mental health grants largely...
The city of Chicago has awarded $8 million in grant funds for 32 community groups to increase mental health care programs, with much of it focused on the South and West sides, Mayor Lori Lightfoot...
View ArticleDemocratic chair of House committee investigating Speaker Michael Madigan...
Accusing his Republican counterparts of engaging in “political theater” ahead of the Nov. 3 election, the Democratic chairman of a special Illinois House committee investigating the conduct of longtime...
View ArticleEdward Hospital has first COVID-19 death in nearly two months as Naperville...
Edward Hospital reported the death Tuesday of a patient it was treating for COVID-19, the first fatality the Naperville medical facility has had in about two months, but overall positive cases in...
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