Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives an Illinois COVID-19 update
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state health officials provide an update on coronavirus cases in Illinois. Watch live here.
View Article900 children in suburban Cook County public housing to get free laptops as...
Hundreds of school-age children in suburban Cook County public housing will get free laptops paid for by federal coronavirus stimulus money starting Wednesday, as part of an ongoing effort to ensure...
View ArticleUncle: Jacob Blake, shot 7 times by Kenosha police, is released from...
Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man left paralyzed after he was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer in August, was discharged from a Milwaukee hospital and is now undergoing treatment at an...
View ArticleTwo stabbed at Park Ridge apartment building near hospital, police say
Two people were hospitalized in a reported stabbing incident that occurred at a Park Ridge apartment building near the Niles border Wednesday.
View ArticleCook County Health board chooses New York hospital executive to be its next...
An executive who presided over one of New York’s worst-hit hospitals during the height of the coronavirus pandemic was selected by Cook County’s public hospital system to be its next CEO.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker says state’s recent progress on COVID-19 has ‘cooled off a...
The gains that most regions in Illinois had been making in bringing down COVID-19 positivity rates in recent weeks have “cooled off a bit," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, noting specifically that...
View ArticleOur Lady of Angels school, site of devastating 1958 fire, has fire sprinkler...
Our Lady of the Angels, sIte of Chicago devastating fire gets fire sprinkler system
View ArticleU. of C. Lab School teacher credited by Nobel winner Andrea Ghez recalls...
At the lab school, Judith Keane was the only woman in the physical sciences. Andrea Ghez has said how important it was for her to see a woman in that role.
View ArticleSurvivors of COVID-19 wrestle with questions about God and purpose; one man...
“I hope it helps people come back to God,” said Emanuele Morso, 69, who was once a doctor and then found himself a coronavirus patient.
View ArticleNew Trier High School
After starting remotely for all but select students, New Trier High School reopened Oct. 5, 2020 with 25% of students in person at a time. New Trier Township School District 203 updates an online...
View ArticleNewly released footage shows Chicago cops, videographer ducking for cover...
Newly released video shows shots fired at about 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 10, 2020, during a night of looting incidents in downtown Chicago.
View ArticleThe Spin: Why the Pence, Harris showdown tonight 'is the most important vice...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's daily politics newsletter.
View Article‘Wisconsin is what happens when you politicize public health,’ Mayor Lori...
Lightfoot blamed Wisconsin Republicans for that state’s recent spike in coronavirus cases.
View ArticleThe Purple Pig employees protest over concerns of coronavirus safety negligence
Purple Pig employees accuse management of negligence in enforcing COVID-19 safety guidelines.
View ArticleCPS says clerks must report to work in person, despite labor ruling that...
For those who don't show up, “CPS will consider your absence unauthorized and proceed accordingly," an email to workers stated.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledges to push through her plan for City Hall...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledged Wednesday to continue pushing for City Hall control of zoning rules for some polluting industries, after aldermen who criticized it as a power grab stalled the plan this week.
View ArticleMore than 300,000 Cook County residents could lose insurance if ACA were...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle made it clear on Wednesday: There is no Plan B for the hundreds of thousands of her constituents who risk losing health insurance should Republicans in...
View ArticleEx-FOP leader, suspecting politics at play, gets 3-year suspension from...
Kevin Graham, the former president of the Chicago Police Department’s largest union, was suspended from the organization for 3 years.
View ArticleColumn: The fly on Mike Pence’s head during the vice presidential debate: A...
For about two minutes in Wednesday's vice presidential debate, a large, black fly planted itself on Vice President Mike Pence’s white hair. Here's what it had to say.
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