Chicago adds Florida to its travel quarantine order; Michigan could be next...
The city of Chicago added Florida to its travel ban and warned that Michigan could be added next week as coronavirus cases continue to rise, public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday.
View ArticleFlorida added to Chicago’s travel quarantine list this week, Michigan could...
Florida was added to Chicago’s travel quarantine list this week, bringing to 32 the number of states and territories now included, with Michigan trending toward being added to the list. Here’s what you...
View ArticleChicago election officials still looking to assign polling places for 7...
Chicago election officials have spent the final stretch leading up to Election Day searching to find a polling site for each of the 2,069 precincts in the city, a process which was complicated this...
View ArticleScramble is on to get 320,000 Wisconsin absentee ballots turned in after...
Democrats and Republicans in the battleground state of Wisconsin were pushing Tuesday to get 320,000 outstanding absentee ballots returned by the close of polls on Election Day.
View ArticleWaukegan police shooting victim says she begged for their lives: ‘Please...
Tafara Williams reiterated Tuesday that she and her boyfriend Marcellis Stinnette did nothing to cause the Waukegan police shooting last week in which she was wounded and Stinnette was killed.
View ArticleSisters, 18 and 21, accused of attacking store security guard, stabbing him...
A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied bail for two Lawndale sisters accused of attacking a larger store security guard and stabbing him 27 times with a small knife after he asked them to wear face...
View Article18-year-old Lyons Township grad, University of Dayton freshman remembered...
Michael J. Lang of La Grange, who graduated from Lyons Township High School in May, will be laid to rest Oct. 30, but will remain in the hearts of his friends and family.
View ArticleHammond gang member gets life in prison for 1999 double slaying; also accused...
Jeremiah Farmer, now 39, of Hammond was charged in the killings June 25, 1999, of Marion Lowry, 74, and Harvey Siegers, 67, who were beaten at their business, Calumet Auto Rebuilders.
View ArticleAs Evanston stares down major budget deficit, the town’s financial ties to...
As the pandemic drags on and Evanston contends with an end-of-year budget deficit, city officials are realizing just how close their balance sheet is tied to Northwestern University.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Pritzker orders tougher restrictions for...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleWinter high school sports ‘put on hold’ by Gov. Pritzker and Illinois...
Practice for boys and girls basketball seasons were expected to begin Nov. 16, with games to be played as early as Nov. 30.
View ArticleThe Spin: Trump vs. Obama in closing days of election | Pritzker tightens...
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View ArticleCourt allows FoxFire restaurant in Geneva to stay open for indoor dining...
A steakhouse in Geneva served meals indoor legally Tuesday, despite COVID closure orders, after a judge ruled the restaurant may stay open for business.
View ArticleSuburban Cook County ‘on pace’ to shatter all previous voting records in last...
Suburban Cook County has sent out all of its requested mail-in ballots to voters and is on pace to shatter all previous voting records in the final week to Election Day, local election officials said...
View ArticlePritzker orders tougher restrictions for Chicago starting Friday. Lightfoot...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday ordered new restrictions for the city of Chicago that will prohibit indoor dining and bar service and limit gatherings to 25 as of Friday.
View ArticleDowntown Chicago alderman breaks from Democrats to endorse Kim Foxx’s GOP...
Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly, a recent critic of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, bucked his fellow Democrats and the Chicago mayor on Tuesday to endorse the Republican challenger in one of the...
View ArticleInspector general finds shortcomings in how Chicago Police Department...
An evaluation by the city’s inspector general of mandatory training for Chicago police officers involved in shootings found that not all department members complete the requirements before returning to...
View ArticleMan, 51, injured after falling from train tracks onto street on West Side,...
A 51-year-old man was crossing elevated train tracks when he fell through to the street Tuesday night on the West Side, according to Chicago police.
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