In a year of unexpected tragedy and turmoil, Chicago police Superintendent...
In a year of unexpected tragedy and turmoil, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown sought to reshape his department
View ArticleDaywatch: Lightfoot’s tough budget choices, Chicago top cop’s unexpected...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleWhat happens if voters cast early ballots, then die before Election Day? In...
Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently dies before the election, but 10 states specifically allow it.
View ArticleAs COVID-19 surges, so do Illinois teacher retirements; number has jumped...
A typical summer sees about 390 Illinois teachers retire but this year it's been more than 560.
View ArticleCoronavirus at Illinois long-term care facilities: 31,995 confirmed cases and...
The Pritzker administration released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois. The data shows at least 189 long-term care facilities in...
View ArticleMan who dangled from Trump Tower for more than 13 hours is pulled to safety...
A man suspended himself from the 16th-floor landing of downtown Chicago’s International Hotel and Trump Tower around 5:30 p.m. and he remained there past 5:30 a.m. the next day.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot threatens stricter coronavirus restrictions if...
Citing a dramatic increase in the number of coronavirus cases since the start of October, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday threatened to reimpose stricter guidelines on businesses.
View ArticleEarly voting expands with opening of more polling places in suburban counties
More polling places opened in suburban Cook County, as well as in DuPage, McHenry, Lake, Kane, Will and Kendall counties.
View ArticleWisconsin judge reimposes Gov. Tony Evers' coronavirus order limiting bar,...
A Wisconsin judge reimposed an order from Gov. Tony Evers' administration limiting the number of people who can gather in bars, restaurants and other indoor places to 25% of capacity.
View ArticleRound Lake man killed in crash
Authorities have not identified the man, who was 39 years old. Police say he was ejected from his Ford Taurus after crashing around 4:05 p.m. while trying to pass another vehicle on northbound Route...
View ArticlePatriarch gets probation, home detention, in sports gambling scheme allegedly...
Eugene “Geno” Del Giudice, 85, was sentenced to probation with three months of home detention Monday for his role in an illegal sports betting operation that allegedly included the brother of Chicago...
View ArticleElected officials demand more from CPS reopening plans, say families have...
An alderman called the mayor and CPS “tight-lipped on the specifics of how they plan to return to in-person instruction."
View ArticleMan injured in hit-and-run crash in Glenview
Police said the man's injuries were consistent with being hit by a car, but the car had left prior to their arrival.
View ArticleArchdiocese of Chicago removes retired pastor Daniel McCarthy from Norwood...
Daniel McCarthy, a pastor emeritus at St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish and a chaplain at some Chicago schools, faces an allegation that he sexually abused a minor about 50 years ago, the Archdiocese...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot declines to comment on sex assault allegations against...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot declined Monday to comment on sexual assault allegations against former Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson by his former driver, saying she can’t talk about pending...
View ArticleChicago police release surveillance photos, video in 2019 homicide in South...
The Chicago Police Department released surveillance footage and still photographs Monday from a 2019 killing in the city’s South Shore neighborhood, hoping someone recognizes a man who emerges from a...
View ArticleWith a ‘new wave’ of coronavirus, Pritzker places southern Illinois under...
Southern Illinois is the latest region to have its reopening scaled back after reaching a state-set COVID-19 positivity rate threshold, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday, while warning that “in...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State officials report 3,113 new known...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLeading Chicago outreach organization finds support for diverting portion of...
Chicago needs to “reimagine” public safety and shift money from the Chicago Police Department’s budget to more social services to reduce gun violence and make the city safer, according to a report...
View ArticleColumn: Trump calls Fauci an ‘idiot,’ says rallies are ‘BOFFO’ while...
As hospitals fill up with COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin and Chicagoans face a second surge of coronavirus cases that could lead to new shutdowns, President Donald Trump is calling medical...
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