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The National Weather Service issued a flood issued flood and dense fog advisories for much of northern Illinois early Thursday as between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain fell from Wednesday night to Thursday...
View ArticleFozzy's Bar and Grill
Numerous businesses in the Rockford area apparently disregarded a county order to close as a general precaution against COVID-19. In response recently, the county health department issued specific...
View ArticleBrookfield Zoo to close for two months after holiday lights show
The closure early next year comes during the zoo's traditionally least busiest time.
View ArticleCoroner confirms 19-year-old Waukegan man shot by police died from gunshot...
Marcellis Stinnette “died from injuries due to a gunshot” at Vista Medical Center East, according to a press release issued by the coroner’s office Thursday.
View Article‘Suspect in custody’ in killings of Stacey Jones and her baby, week after...
Hours after a man was questioned and released in connection with the killing of Stacey Jones and the infant delivered after she was fatally shot, a suspect was in custody and detectives were seeking...
View ArticleBattling it out for votes in Wisconsin
A look at the presidential race in battleground state of Wisconsin.
View ArticleCity Hall lobbyist resigns from elected position in south suburban Flossmoor,...
A Chicago lobbyist resigned his elected position in a south suburb this week, citing rules that took effect months ago prohibiting elected officials from lobbying Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other city...
View ArticleBody bags, hotel rooms — and grenades? How Illinois has spent over $1.6...
As of Oct. 1, state agencies reported spending more than $1.6 billion in federal and state funds on COVID-19.
View ArticleChicago man killed when car hit by tractor-trailer in Wadsworth
A Chicago man was killed shortly after midnight Thursday when his car was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 94 near Rosecrans Road in Wadsworth.
View ArticleIllinois averaging 4,000 COVID-19 cases per day over past week as latest...
Illinois continues to experience a resurgence of the coronavirus, with the state now averaging more than 4,000 positive diagnoses a day over the past week and a record high number of newly confirmed...
View ArticleSpeaker Madigan’s shadow hangs over a big-dollar, high-stakes Illinois...
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s shadow hangs over a big-dollar, high-stakes Illinois Supreme Court Kilbride contest
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot imposes 10 p.m. curfew on city bars, restaurants and...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is planning to place a 10:00 p.m. curfew on city bars and restaurants as part of a new effort to curb a spike in coronavirus cases, the Tribune has learned.
View ArticleJoel Daly, longtime ABC 7 news anchor, is dead at 86
An obituary for Joel Daly, the longtime and influential Chicago TV news anchor (1934-2020).
View ArticlePhoto of high school student’s breasts posted online by photo studio, lawsuit...
A former suburban high school student has filed suit against a photography studio and her school district for allowing a photo of her bare breasts, accidentally exposed at a dance, to be posted online.
View ArticleChicago has a goal of preschool for every child. Will COVID-19 set that...
Citing a "stunning decline" in preschool enrollment, CPS's CEO said COVID-19 could have a lasting negative impact on young kids.
View ArticleWill drive-thru COVID-19 testing survive the Chicago winter?
Some health systems, such as Advocate Aurora Health, plan to move COVID-19 testing fully indoors for the winter. Others, such as hospitals with Amita Health, Walgreens, CVS Health and NorthShore...
View ArticleTrump grants clemency to former Gary boxer Charles ‘Duke’ Tanner imprisoned...
Charles “Duke” Tanner, a former Gary boxer serving a 30-year sentence on federal drug and conspiracy convictions, was granted clemency Wednesday by President Donald Trump.
View ArticleNew York hospital executive officially appointed as next Cook County Health...
An executive who presided over two New York hospitals during one of the grimmest moments of the coronavirus pandemic will now lead Cook County’s $2.8 billion public hospital system as it confronts its...
View ArticleTrump to tap northern Indiana US attorney to replace Amy Coney Barrett in...
Thomas Kirsch II to be named to fill the expected vacancy at the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
View Article1 charged with killing man, wounding 13-year-old girl in Humboldt Park shooting
A 23-year-old man was killed and a 13-year-old girl was critically injured in a drive-by shooting Tuesday afternoon on the Northwest Side, according to Chicago police.
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