Mayor Lori Lightfoot declines to comment on sex assault allegations against...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot declined Monday to comment on sexual assault allegations against former Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson by his former driver, saying she can’t talk about pending...
View ArticleChicago police release surveillance photos, video in 2019 homicide in South...
The Chicago Police Department released surveillance footage and still photographs Monday from a 2019 killing in the city’s South Shore neighborhood, hoping someone recognizes a man who emerges from a...
View ArticleWith a ‘new wave’ of coronavirus, Pritzker places southern Illinois under...
Southern Illinois is the latest region to have its reopening scaled back after reaching a state-set COVID-19 positivity rate threshold, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday, while warning that “in...
View ArticleColumn: Trump calls Fauci an ‘idiot,’ says rallies are ‘BOFFO’ while...
As hospitals fill up with COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin and Chicagoans face a second surge of coronavirus cases that could lead to new shutdowns, President Donald Trump is calling medical...
View ArticleTwo men charged with attempted murder in Aurora
Two men have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in early October on Aurora’s southeast side, officials said.
View ArticleR. Kelly lawyers denied chance to question inmate who attacked singer in...
Attorneys for R. Kelly will not get the chance to question an inmate who confessed to attacking the singer at a downtown jail in August, a federal judge ruled Monday.
View ArticlePlainfield man, juvenile arrested on home invasion charges by Naperville police
A Plainfield man and his juvenile accomplice were arrested Friday night on home invasion and residential burglary charges in Naperville, police said.
View ArticleArchdiocese of Chicago removes retired pastor Daniel McCarthy from Norwood...
Daniel McCarthy, a pastor emeritus at St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish and a chaplain at some Chicago schools, faces an allegation that he sexually abused a minor about 50 years ago, the Archdiocese...
View ArticleDad of teen killed in Calumet Township home says son had new job, was getting...
After working at a fast-food place in Griffith for a bit, he was about to start a job working in the deli at the Highland Strack and Van Til because it paid more, he said.
View ArticleElected officials, community groups demand more from CPS reopening plans, say...
Elected officials, community groups demand more from CPS reopening plans, say families have ‘great trepidation about returning to schools this fall’
View ArticleFor first time in nearly 20 years, Cook County opens suburban housing voucher...
At least 10,000 people have applied to join suburban Cook County’s housing voucher program since officials announced on Monday morning its waitlist will open up for the first time in nearly two decades.
View ArticleIllinois community colleges see big drop in enrollment amid the coronavirus...
Compared with last year, about 37,200 fewer people enrolled in classes this fall at Illinois' community colleges.
View ArticlePatriarch gets probation, home detention, in sports gambling scheme allegedly...
Eugene “Geno” Del Giudice, 85, was sentenced to probation with three months of home detention Monday for his role in an illegal sports betting operation that allegedly included the brother of Chicago...
View ArticleHouse GOP leader Durkin: Confused about graduated-rate tax amendment? Vote no
Amid multi-million-dollar TV ad campaigns from both sides of the issue, Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin said Monday that voters who are confused about Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s...
View ArticleEarly voting expands with opening of more polling places in suburban...
More polling places opened in suburban Cook County, as well as in DuPage, McHenry, Lake, Kane, Will and Kendall counties.
View ArticleThe Spin: Pritzker, Lightfoot sound ‘alarm’ on COVID-19 surge | Lightfoot...
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View ArticleAs Chicago proposes making Pilsen one of the city’s largest landmark...
Chicago officials propose making part of Pilsen a historic landmark district, but property owners and residents fear landmarking would force people from the area.
View ArticleAs COVID-19 surges, so do Illinois teacher retirements; number has jumped...
A typical summer sees about 390 Illinois teachers retire but this year it's been more than 560.
View ArticleAmid ‘second surge’ of pandemic, state and city officials warn of further...
With coronavirus cases rapidly rising across Illinois and Chicago suffering what Mayor Lori Lightfoot called a “second surge” of the pandemic, officials on Monday cracked down on businesses in southern...
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