Dr. 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 ArticleWoman who told police her baby was in stolen SUV is charged with filing a...
A 30-year-old woman is being accused of filing a false report after Chicago police say she told authorities that someone took her SUV with her 7-month-old boy inside. The child was later found to be in...
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 ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 6,110 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticlePritzker defends tighter restrictions in Chicago in face of pushback from...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker defends decision to tighten coronavirus restrictions in Chicago, adds Lake and McHenry counties to list orf regions under rollback
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 ignores Gov. Pritzker’s guidelines, 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...
View ArticleSocial Graces: What to do if you’re kicked out of your quarantine pod
Here's how to handle getting removed from a quarantine pod.
View ArticleKamala Harris pitches ‘Kim Foxx is smart on crime’ message in robocall to...
Some Cook County residents will be hearing from Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on why the former prosecutor thinks state’s attorney Kim Foxx’s progressive vision is the right choice...
View ArticleEPA says it has finished cleanup at Superfund site near Gary/Chicago...
The cleanup at Midco II, 5900 Industrial Highway, included consolidating and covering contaminated soil and sentiment on-site, addressing soil vapors and treating contaminated groundwater.
View ArticleBiological mom, man held after 7-year-old taken from Chesterton facility: police
Witnesses told police an older juvenile ran into the building, grabbed the boy and fled, getting into a white van.
View ArticleAntibody drug tested in Cook County may be helpful to some COVID-19 patients,...
A new antibody-based drug shows promise in treating outpatients who have mild to severe COVID-19, according to initial results of research conducted in part at Cook County Health and Northwestern...
View Article‘Giving condolences is not enough.’ Hadiya Pendleton’s mom urges people to...
The mother of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old girl whose shooting death in 2013 sparked a national outcry, appeared with Chicago police brass Wednesday as they announced the recovery of 9,000 guns in...
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