Chicago police make plans for election night on the city’s streets
Chicago police and other city departments said Thursday they have been devising plans over the past few months to “respond to any situation” on the city’s streets for the upcoming presidential...
View ArticleJim Loewenberg, prolific Chicago developer who backed Lakeshore East and its...
Prolific Chicago developer Jim Loewenberg, whose projects include Lakeshore East and its Aqua and Vista towers, has died at 86.
View Article1945 WWII letters found, returned
After police Officer Eric Wolforth found airmail letters from 1945 in an Andersonville alley, he took them home and started reading them. Most were addressed to a guy named Leo Lee who was serving in...
View ArticleColumn: Love letters in the alley: When a Chicago cop finds a stash of old...
After Chicago police Officer Eric Wolforth found airmail letters from 1945 in an Andersonville alley, he took them home and started reading them. Most were addressed to Leo Lee, who was overseas in the...
View ArticleCraft marijuana growers seek court order to get their licenses in Illinois,...
An association of entrepreneurs applying for licenses to grow relatively small amounts of pot, infuse edibles and other products with marijuana extracts, or transport recreational marijuana in Illinois...
View ArticleDemocratic effort to flip U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis’ seat the most hotly...
A hotly contested rematch in a central and southwestern Illinois district that has drawn national attention as a top target for Democrats is one of the most closely watched of several Downstate...
View ArticleDaywatch: Signs of COVID-19 resurgence in Illinois, ex-top cop sued for...
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View Article1 killed, child injured in fiery one-vehicle crash on Eisenhower near Harlem
One person was killed and a child seriously injured in a crash Friday morning on the inbound Eisenhower, according to authorities.
View ArticleWoman killed when vehicle is hit by man driving stolen car on West Side
A South Side woman was killed when the driver of a stolen car hit the vehicle she was driving, then ran off late Thursday in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleMan questioned by police after fatal stabbing during fight in South Side...
Detectives were questioning a 61-year-old man after he stabbed a younger man to death in an Englewood neighborhood apartment early Friday, according to police.
View ArticleCampaign trail tracker: Where Trump, Biden and their running mates have...
In the final sprint ahead of the Nov. 3 election, both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have ramped up their campaign travel despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Starting in...
View ArticleAuthorities: Man says he fired ‘warning shot’ on night Kyle Rittenhouse...
Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged a man with firing a shot near the spot where prosecutors allege Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot one of two men killed during protests the same night in Kenosha in...
View Article‘No one raised a finger’ to stop R. Kelly jail beating, singer’s lawyers say
A convicted gang member accused of beating singer R. Kelly in his jail cell was allowed to roam “a great distance” at the federal jail in downtown Chicago and no one “lifted a finger” to ward off the...
View ArticleInspector general’s report details incompetent response to former Chicago...
Chicago Police officers made a series of critical mistakes ranging from not supervising young officers to improperly handling body-worn camera footage after former Superintendent Eddie Johnson was...
View ArticleIgloos and greenhouses launch in West Loop today, kicking off cold-weather...
Five prominent restaurants in the Fulton Market district welcoming guests to dine “al fresco” in igloo and greenhouse structures as part of a program with Stella Artois.
View ArticleWoman in critical condition after being hit by SUV as she crossed South Side...
A 33-year-old woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition Thursday after a car struck her in the South Shore neighborhood as she crossed the street.
View ArticleColumn: Trump and Biden town halls showed us two worlds, and only one of them...
Toggling between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump taking questions in separate televised town halls nearly killed me. It showed us two worlds, one of Mr. Rogers and one of...
View ArticleHundreds of students, staff throughout Northwest Indiana school districts...
Between Oct. 7 and Oct. 13, 358 Lake Central School Corp. students and staff members were reported as close contacts to individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 and placed in quarantine.
View ArticleCPS will phase students back into buildings starting with preschool and...
Pre-kindergartners and some special education students will be the first to return to school, but CPS hasn't said when.
View ArticleState’s attorney: Deputies who killed Beach Park suspect during shootout...
Two white law enforcement officers who returned fire and killed a Black Beach Park man in June while trying to arrest him on a murder warrant acted “reasonably and appropriately,” the Lake County...
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