Winter high school sports ‘put on hold’ by Gov. Pritzker and Illinois...
Winter high school sports seasons in Illinois were “put on hold” by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health after basketball was moved from medium risk to high risk.
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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...
The governor ordered new restrictions for Chicago that will prohibit indoor dining and bar service and limit gatherings to 25 as of Friday.
View ArticleWaukegan police shooting victim says, ‘We had our hands raised’; Rev. Al...
Tafara Williams said 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 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.
View ArticleFor 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 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 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.
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