Snow falls in the Chicago area
The first snow of the season coats the Chicago area on Oct. 26, 2020.
View ArticleHayrack ride overturns, killing 1 in western Illinois
A woman was killed and more than 20 other people were injured over the weekend when a hayrack side overturned in rural western Illinois, police said.
View ArticleSUV left running with baby boy inside stolen from outside Southwest Side...
Chicago police were searching for an SUV stolen from outside a Marquette Park neighborhood convenience store Monday afternoon with a 7-month-old boy inside after a woman left the car running.
View ArticleWeatherTech, maker of car floor mats, switches gears to make COVID-19 face...
WeatherTech owner and Trump megadonor David MacNeil is pushing a new product line — plastic face shields to protect against COVID-19.
View ArticleThe Spin: Trick-or-treating on, polls remain open as COVID-19 surges in...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Suburban Cook County under tougher...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCPS reports most weekly COVID-19 cases since pandemic began, but the numbers...
Only eight coronavirus cases among children have been reported by Chicago Public Schools.
View ArticleSuburban Cook County placed under tougher coronavirus restrictions starting...
Suburban Cook County and the Metro East region outside St. Louis will come under stricter rules meant to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, including a shuttering of indoor dining...
View Article‘He’s the kind of Catholic I want to be’: Chicagoan reflects on class with...
Tim Tuten said he first met with Gregory after saying he didn’t know whether he believed in God in a confirmation class.
View Article‘Blindsided and heartbroken.’ Mood of restaurant, bar owners dismal as COVID...
Suburban Cook County will soon join other communities living under stricter measures intended to slow the latest COVID-19 surge, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday, much to the dismay of bar and...
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleCTA bus driver hit by paintball on South Side, police say
A CTA bus driver was hit by a paintball by an unknown person Monday night on the South Side, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleMan, 41, sitting at kitchen table killed by bullet coming in through window,...
A 41-year-old man was killed after a being struck by a bullet that came through a window while he was sitting at a kitchen table early Tuesday on the Far South Side, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleDaywatch: COVID rules rolled back in suburban Cook County, Amy Coney Barrett...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleChicago siblings shot to death, 8 others wounded at post-funeral gathering in...
The siblings and other relatives from Chicago were in Greenwood to attend their grandmother’s funeral, police said. A gathering with family from both cities was held after the services.
View ArticleMan accused of planning sexual assault at River North hotel so he could sue...
In more than a dozen lawsuits over a decade, Tirnell Williams has repeatedly argued that his rights as a disabled person were violated, either at the hands of police or in a jail cell or on a CTA train.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot defends plan to start issuing speed camera tickets for...
It remains to be seen whether the public will believe Mayor Lightfoot that the cameras are for public safety or fault the mayor for going back on a key campaign pledge to end what she’s called the...
View ArticleIs it a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Get a flu shot and err on the side of...
That tickle in the throat, cough, runny nose or run-down feeling typically means grabbing some over-the-counter medicine and powering through a day of work or errands, but that's a bad idea this year.
View ArticleHe’s 82, but the owner of Old Fashioned Donuts in Roseland has no plans to...
Buritt Bulloch, who opened Old Fashioned Donuts on Chicago's South Side in 1972, didn't always have apple fritters on the menu.
View ArticleBoy, 16, charged with turning Lake Shore Drive into a ‘shooting gallery,’...
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with repeatedly opening fire at another car on Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park, wounding a teen in the head and causing her to lose an eye.
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