For special education families, an agonizing choice on returning to school:...
Some parents are weighing their children's emotional health against their physical well-being.
View ArticleAfter their mom died from COVID-19, her kids give a final toast with a...
In a Zoom gathering of her children from coast to coast, including Elmhurst, a mother was remembered in a toast of a beverage she absolutely craved — Tab diet soda.
View ArticleColumn: Trump’s claim that he has done more for Black people than any...
Trump's assertion that he has done more for Black people than any president since Lincoln is an echo of white back-patting from earlier times.
View ArticleDaywatch: Pritzker and Lightfoot clash over Chicago COVID-19 restrictions,...
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View ArticleNavy Pier taps Blue Door’s Art Smith, former personal chef to Oprah Winfrey,...
Smith, who has also cooked for the Obamas in years past, said he wants to bring his Southern style to the "Disney of the Midwest" — Navy Pier.
View ArticleMerrillville couple charged with murder in death of 10-year-old boy whose...
A Merrillville woman once convicted at 17 of tying and sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy at knifepoint now, with her wife, stands charged of killing her 10-year-old brother.
View Article4 inmates have died from COVID-19 at East Moline Correctional Center, out of...
Four inmates at the East Moline Correctional Center have died from COVID-19, out of a total of 29 inmate deaths from COVID-19 at Illinois prisons.
View ArticleMan shot to death before dawn Wednesday while standing on sidewalk in Back of...
A 23-year-old was shot and killed early Wednesday in Back of the Yards, Chicago police said.
View ArticleChicago 7 prosecutor: ‘They were going to try to destroy our trial. And they...
Former federal prosecutor Dick Schultz, 82, is the last living attorney from either side of the Chicago 7 trial.
View ArticleDr. Ngozi Ezike’s emotional moment shows health care workers feel COVID-19...
COVID-19 brought IDPH director Ngozi Ezike to tears at a news conference. Doctors, nurses and other health workers yearn for a return to normalcy too.
View Article‘Politicians ran Chicago into the ground.’ When Trump talks about Chicago —...
Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump's attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and others....
View Article2 critically ill from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, fire officials say
Two adults were taken to a hospital in critical condition and a cat died after lethal levels of carbon monoxide were found Oct. 27, 2020, in a South Side family home, according to the Chicago Fire...
View ArticleColumn: Biden closing campaign on note of unity, while Trump sticks with...
As we enter the final week of the presidential election, it seems valuable to note the closing campaign messages coming from President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Put simply,...
View ArticleTinley Park man, 18, charged after accidentally shooting friend, police say
A Tinley Park man has been charged after accidentally shooting a friend in the face with a handgun he thought was unloaded, according to police.
View ArticleSuburban voters weighing in on cannabis, school building projects and other...
Voters in Chicago's suburbs will weigh in this election season on dozens of issues from school funding and marijuana to taxes and the structure of their local governments.
View ArticleRemembering loved ones lost to COVID-19 with ofrendas for Day of The Dead
Mexican American families pay homage to the victims of the coronavirus through Day of The Dead altars as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
View ArticleCook County launches jobs training, placement program for suburbs as stricter...
The day stricter state-imposed coronavirus restrictions took hold in suburban Cook County, officials announced a jobs program funded by $4 million in federal stimulus money to train and employ...
View ArticleFew details released by police after man shot to death in Hoffman Estates...
Hoffman Estates police are investigating the Tuesday death of a man in the northwest suburb as a homicide.
View ArticleIHSA board goes against Gov. Pritzker, will start boys and girls basketball...
The IHSA made a stunning announcement Wednesday to defy Gov. J.B. Pritzker and start the boys and girls basketball seasons as scheduled.
View ArticleDemocratic group files second complaint against Willie Wilson’s third-party...
The state’s Democratic County Chairs' Association has filed a second federal elections complaint against third-party U.S. Senate candidate Willie Wilson, alleging his self-funded campaign failed to...
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