State’s Attorney Kim Foxx bristles at insinuation her office’s handling of...
After looters caused mayhem on the Magnificent Mile early Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police Superintendent David Brown pointed fingers at a now-familiar target: Cook County prosecutors...
View ArticleStorms sweep through Chicago area, with high winds downing trees and utility...
High winds and rain tore through the Chicago area Monday afternoon, with gusts reaching close to 100 mph in some parts of northern Illinois.
View ArticleSwift-moving storm downs trees, power lines in south suburbs
A fast-moving storm with strong winds downed trees and power lines in some south and southwest suburbs Monday afternoon.
View ArticleDamaged homes, injuries, power outages reported as storm whips through Lake...
Storm causes damage, injuries, flooding in Lake County.
View ArticleMan charged in Englewood shooting that sparked Sunday night looting in...
A 20-year-old Englewood man who allegedly fired on police — and was shot by officers in return — was charged with attempted murder.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter protest: ‘We don’t need police. We need care.’
About 100 people gathered outside the Central District Station on Monday evening to demonstrate against the police-involved shooting in Englewood.
View ArticleLive updates: Here’s the latest on the aftermath of overnight looting and...
Here are the latest updates on looting in Chicago and the aftermath.
View ArticleWoman killed in Near North hit and run, police say
A woman is dead after a man driving a silver Ford Explorer hit her while she was standing on a corner in the Near North neighborhood Monday night, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleDaywatch: How a long night of unrest followed a police shooting, a derecho...
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View ArticleEnglewood residents say downtown looting should not tarnish their...
Joyce Brown had just left the University of Chicago Medical Center, joyful her grandson would recover from being shot, when she heard about the looting downtown early Monday. "We saw it on the news and...
View ArticleTornado in Rogers Park
A video of a tornado taken on Aug. 10, 2020, on Birchwood Avenue in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood by Sabina Tuladhar.
View ArticleChicago firefighters, Lightfoot agree on tentative short-term contract with...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has reached a tentative agreement with Chicago firefighters on a union contract that includes $95 million in back pay, her administration said.
View ArticleFamily of 7 displaced by fire that moved from outdoor grill to house,...
A grill that accidentally set fire to a home on Naperville’s near east side Tuesday left a family of seven displaced and a firefighter injured, Naperville Fire Bureau Chief Thomas Moran said.
View ArticleRunning list: Chicago-area restaurants closed permanently due to coronavirus...
Here is a running list of Chicago area bars and restaurants that have closed for economic reasons due to the coronavirus pandemic
View ArticleMan held on $1M bond in Englewood shooting that allegedly sparked looting in...
The man whose shooting by police in Englewood on Sunday allegedly sparked looting in downtown Chicago was ordered held on a $1 million bond Tuesday.
View ArticleColumn: Mies van der Rohe’s workhorse tower gets a vibrant remake as a dorm...
Mies' workhorse buildings deserve love too. His nine-story tower on IIT's South Side campus emerges from a gut rehab as a fresh new dorm.
View ArticleTraveling outside Illinois? Chicago takes three states off quarantine list,...
Those who travel from Chicago to any of the states the city has deemed a COVID-19 risk must implement a mandatory two-week quarantine upon their return or face hefty fines. Here's what you need to know.
View ArticleFormer Country Club Hills school administrator claims district rescinded...
Country Club Hills School District 160's former director of student services alleges in a federal lawsuit that she was quarantining at home in early April while “severely ill” with the coronavirus and...
View ArticleIn the wake of controversial Englewood shooting, Mayor Lightfoot says all...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city shouldn’t be sending police officers out on the street without body-worn cameras but defended the department’s account of a shooting in Englewood that allegedly...
View ArticleNew Trier alumni ask high school to move to remote learning, say in-person...
To roepen schools "is entirely beneath the stature and dignity of our storied alma mater," the alumni wrote.
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