Beecher fire destroys family home of South Chicago Heights nonprofit director
Fire crews aggressively attacked the fire, according to a news release from Beecher Fire Department, but were forced to spend “a great deal of time chasing the fire through the many concealed spaces of...
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View ArticleDemocratic Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx facing challenge from...
Democratic incumbent Kim Foxx faces Republican Pat O'Brien for the job of Cook County's top prosecutor.
View ArticleJudge Michael Toomin, who presided over high-profile cases from Jussie...
After a decade presiding over the juvenile courts, the county Democratic party declined to endorse Toomin, and he faced a groundswell of progressive activists alleging he had not done right by the...
View ArticleFreshmen U.S. Reps. Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten look to hold on to...
Rep. Lauren Underwood takes on state Sen. Jim Oberweis, of Oberweis Dairy fame, for the U.S. House seat in Illinois' 14th Congressional District in the north and western suburbs. And in the west and...
View ArticleHouse Speaker Michael Madigan and federal corruption investigation loom over...
Did Democrats increase their supermajority? Or did the Madigan effect boost Illinois Republicans?
View ArticleHolcomb wins reelection as Indiana governor: AP
Gov. Eric Holcomb won reelection and President Donald Trump appeared likely to also win the state.
View ArticleCoronavirus pandemic not at all under control: AP survey of Illinois voters
AP’s VoteCast is a survey of the American electorate conducted in all 50 states by NORC at the University of Chicago for The Associated Press and Fox News. The survey of an estimated 140,000 registered...
View ArticleChicago-area voters shatter records as they cast ballots with ‘a sense of...
In Chicago, more than 1 million city residents had voted early, by mail or in person on Election Day
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot confronts activist in defense of Cook County Judge...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot mixed it up with an activist outside a Far North Side polling place over Cook County Judge Michael Toomin, accusing the woman of having her facts wrong and tossing in a shot at the...
View ArticleIllinois election live updates: As polls close across state, AP projects...
Here are the latest election updates from across the Chicago area and Illinois.
View ArticleAP: Durbin wins Illinois U.S. Senate reelection as polls close
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin won reelection to a fifth term on Tuesday, continuing a pattern of Democratic dominance in the state, according to the Associated Press.
View ArticleBillionaire Republicans test Speaker Madigan’s strength in Illinois Supreme...
Speaker Madigan tested by billionaires in Illinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride retention battle.
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View ArticleMarijuana ballot measures ahead in several Chicago suburbs including...
From legal cannabis sales to raising taxes for schools, many voters faced referendum questions on this fall's ballots.
View ArticleReferendum that would have closed late-night Tai’s Til 4 fails in Chicago’s...
Longtime late night Chicago bar Tai’s Til 4 will get to keep the party going until 4 a.m. in the Lakeview neighborhood, after an effort by neighbors to vote the precinct dry failed Tuesday by a wide...
View ArticleDaywatch: Presidential race hinges on Midwest, Pritzker’s tax amendment runs...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View Article1 dead after tractor-trailer and passenger car collide on Eisenhower, state...
One person was killed when a passenger vehicle collided with the rear of a parked tractor-trailer on Interstate 290 Wednesday morning.
View ArticleCasten declares victory over Ives in west, northwest suburban congressional race
Rep. Sean Casten declared victory over Jeanne Ives for U.S. House in Illinois' 6th Congressional District in the western suburbs.
View ArticleCPS releases ventilation and air quality assessments, says most classrooms...
According to CPS, 94% of the more than 36,000 spaces in school buildings that were assessed are cleared for the return of students.
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