Designer puppies, private jets and a Jamaican villa: Chicago rappers charged...
Chicago drill rapper G Herbo, 25, has been named in a federal fraud case brought in Massachusetts alleging he, his music promoter and other members of his crew used stolen IDs to charge more than $1...
View Article$1 million grant to establish Chicago center named for first African American...
A century after his death, a $1 million grant awarded in the name of the Venerable Augustus Tolton — the country's first Black Catholic priest — seeks to build on the principles Tolton embodied that...
View ArticleInvesting in structures for outdoor dining
Bien Trucha is just one of many restaurants across the state that is struggling during the coronavirus pandemic and could use assistance. Many restaurants have invested thousands of dollars into...
View ArticleMerrillville man, 22, dead after standoff in Hobart: police
Negotiators tried to contact the man for approximately two hours before entering the house and finding him dead of a gunshot wound to the head, Gonzales said.
View ArticleIHSA confirms winter sports will not begin until 2021: ‘I just think they’re...
The IHSA announced all low-risk sports will not begin till at least January 2021. Where that leaves boys and girls basketball, deemed high-risk sports by the Illinois Department of Public Health, is a...
View ArticleNaperville rejects mask mandate
In a 5-4 vote, the Naperville City Council rejected a mandate that would make people wear a mask in public when a 6-foot distance cannot be maintained.
View ArticleIllinois reports 238 COVID-19 deaths, the most in a single day since the...
Illinois public health officials reported 238 coronavirus deaths Wednesday, the most in a single day since the pandemic began.
View ArticleThe Spin: Illinois marks highest coronavirus daily death count since the...
Illinois earlier today reported its single highest death count from COVID-19 since the pandemic began — 238 coronavirus deaths, which also marks the highest number of single day fatalities from the...
View ArticleIn Illinois, more than one-third of PPP funds, meant for small businesses,...
More than one-third of the funds Illinois businesses and nonprofits received through the federal Paycheck Protection Program went to less than 2% of participants, according to data released by the...
View ArticleProsecutors: Chicago police officer accused of sexually assaulting teen and...
Winford L. Neely, 39, of the Sauganash neighborhood, was charged with five counts of criminal sexual abuse for alleged assaults on victims dating back to 2013, according to Cook County prosecutors.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 9,757 new COVID-19 cases and 238 additional...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleColumn: Rahm Emanuel belongs in America’s political past, not in Joe Biden’s...
The former Chicago mayor is the antithesis of Black Lives Matter, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: A third of PPP money went to large businesses in Illinois, see how...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View Article‘Inexcusably reckless’: Michigan police search for person who climbed...
The incident apparently occurred in early November. Alarms were triggered hours apart, but no one was caught, the Mackinac Bridge Authority said Wednesday.
View ArticleDan Ryan express lanes closed for half-hour after state police see passenger...
A man was treated for a medical emergency after state troopers saw him shooting at another vehicle early Thursday on the Dan Ryan Expressway at 33rd Street, according to Illinois State Police.
View ArticleNorthwestern-led researchers unveil data dashboard that aims to spot COVID-19...
A Northwestern University-based research team has unveiled an online COVID-19 data dashboard that aims to show more quickly where infections are surging in states and across the world.
View ArticleColumn: Former Fulton Market restaurant and Schlitz tavern is safe from...
At first a permit to demolish a Fulton Market district Victorian building, originally a Schlitz tavern and later the home of the Italian restaurant La Luce, “sort of slipped through,” said Ward Miller,...
View ArticleDo you have questions about the coronavirus vaccine? Send them to us and...
With news of the upcoming vaccines for COVID-19 changing daily new questions are constantly emerging. We want to know if you have any questions. Post them here and we’ll take the questions to medical...
View Article4 killed when driver tries to evade police in Berkeley and car is hit by...
Four people died in a crash this week in west suburban Berkeley after the driver attempted to evade local police, police said Thursday.
View ArticleBest Chicago architecture of 2020: The design of St. Regis Chicago, a new...
On our Top 10 for Chicago architecture: New skyscrapers, the pandemic-ready Rush University Medical Center and the preservation of both the old Cook County Hospital and the Chicago house of Emmett Till.
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