Kendall County placed under tighter COVID-19 restrictions
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced increased COVID-19 rules for Kendall County and the 19 other north-central Illinois counties that make up Region 2 after multiple days of high test positivity rates.
View ArticleVoters in Chicago, surrounding suburbs hit the polls on the final weekend...
With Election Day fast approaching, voters in Chicago and beyond were hustling Sunday to cast their ballots ahead of a general election that many say could have seismic implications both locally and...
View ArticleOak Forest police: Officer, suspect exchange gunfire
As a truck was preparing to tow the vehicle, someone tried to enter the car, police said.
View ArticleFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks at a Mount Greenwood rally in...
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks at a President Donald Trump rally on Nov. 1, 2020, at Firewater Saloon in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago. Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years...
View ArticleTrump has made double the number of campaign stops as Biden in race’s final...
In the final three weeks of the 2020 race for the White House, Republican President Donald Trump has made more than twice the number of campaign trail stops as Democratic nominee Joe Biden.Since Trump...
View ArticleIllinois is nearing its contact tracing hiring goal. Is it too late?
As Illinois finally nears its goal of employing 3,800 people to track down and warn the contacts of people infected with COVID-19, experts say that number may no longer be sufficient to help control...
View ArticleColumn: Win or lose on Tuesday, those who stood against Trump can stand with...
We can stand tall knowing that we fought against Trump’s despotic abuse of power with courage and valor.
View ArticlePlans for Clarendon Park Community Center are chugging along as railroad club...
If the railroad club had to relocate, members estimated it could take years to get the display, anchored at the center since 1963, up and running again. The club estimates the current railroad, with...
View ArticleDaywatch: All Illinois regions face tighter COVID restrictions, Trump doubles...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleMan on electronic monitoring in Cook County now wanted in Ohio, where he is...
A Chicago man who was charged in connection with a fatal November 2019 knife attack was pulled over in Ohio where he drew a gun on sheriff's deputies and fled, officials said.
View ArticleJudge Diane Gordon Cannon, longtime Cook County jurist, dies after long...
Cook County Judge Diane Gordon Cannon, a veteran jurist with a controversial reputation at the county’s largest criminal courthouse, died Saturday after a long medical leave, authorities confirmed to...
View ArticleLibertyville jewelry store robbed of $150,000 worth of items
A jewelry store in the 500 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville was robbed, with the items taken being valued at about $150,000. The person who committed the robbery looked at jewelry in the...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 6,222 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 ArticleIndiana’s COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths increasing; Lake County reports...
The 1,759 coronavirus hospitalizations as of Sunday trailed only one day in mid-April and marked an 80% jump for COVID-19 patients in the past month, the state health department reported in its daily...
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago Medicine looking for 2,000 participants for COVID-19...
University of Chicago Medicine will soon begin testing another potential COVID-19 vaccine, and is looking for up to 2,000 people to enroll in the phase three clinical trial.
View ArticleCook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx challenged by Republican candidate...
Democratic Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is facing Republican challenger Pat O’Brien in a high-profile contest that has focused on whether the incumbent has made needed changes to a broken...
View ArticleAurora man charged with murder after Elgin man found dead in house being...
An Aurora man has been charged with murder after a man was found dead inside a home under renovation in Aurora Township.
View ArticleChicago labor unions say a general strike is an option if there are threats...
"We are prepared to engage in mass non-violent protest," the unions said in a joint statement.
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