Aldermen criticize slow pace of Chicago police reform, want cops to answer...
Chicago aldermen want hearings on the pace of Chicago Police Department reform.
View ArticleFuneral services announced for Elias Valdez, 15, as investigation into his...
Family and friends of Elias Valdez will say their final goodbyes later this week as the teenager is laid to rest.
View ArticlePolice: Chicago man facing attempted murder charges after accusations he shot...
Police say a Chicago man is facing attempted murder charges after being accused of shooting father, son during May home invasion in Oak Park
View ArticleChicago police boss David Brown’s time in Dallas included defusing a tense...
Unlike 2012 in the Dixon Circle community, it wasn’t top cop Brown who had sought to set the record straight immediately after this Sunday's shooting in the South Side’s Englewood neighborhood. He left...
View ArticleBody found in Lake Michigan near Belmont Harbor identified as 15-year-old...
The teen, Patrick Louis Tedeski, was a 15-year-old from DePaul College Prep.
View ArticleState police investigating wrong-way fatal crash on Interstate 80/94
State police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred early Monday as the result of a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80/94 in Lansing
View Article‘It almost sounded like a hurricane’: Derecho weather events in the Chicago...
What is a derecho? This type of weather event is a widespread summer storm capable of traveling thousands of miles with hurricane-force winds of up to 100 mph. A Spanish word, derecho (deh-ray’-cho) is...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court consolidates lawsuits challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s...
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday moved to transfer a downstate legal challenge to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus-related orders by Republican state Rep. Darren Bailey to Sangamon County and...
View ArticleAfter Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s ‘quite shocked’ President Trump hadn’t...
Shortly after presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, President Donald Trump again invoked the law and order theme he’s...
View ArticlePritzker’s rule to penalize businesses that don’t enforce face mask rule...
A bipartisan panel of state lawmakers on Tuesday let stand Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s emergency rule that would penalize businesses with fines of up to $2,500 for not enforcing mandatory face mask rules.
View ArticleThe Spin: Biden bypasses Tammy Duckworth, picks Kamala Harris as his veep |...
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View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 3 states removed from Chicago’s travel...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleDowntown Chicago access restricted from 9 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday
Closures include portions of Lake Shore Drive, some expressway ramps and Divvy availability. Bridges will again be raised.
View ArticleTens of thousands in northern Illinois still without power Tuesday following...
Hundreds of thousands were still without power Tuesday after more than 100 severe weather reports were logged during Monday afternoon’s severe storms, including a possible tornado in Rogers Park,...
View ArticleResidents and protesters clash at rally in Englewood
Area residents call for protesters to leave their neighborhood before a rally outside the Chicago police 7th District station in the 1400 block of West 63rd Street on Aug. 11, 2020, in Chicago.
View ArticleResidents and protesters clash at rally in Englewood
Residents call for protesters to leave the neighborhood before a rally outside the CPD 7th District station on Aug. 11, 2020. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on California Sen. Kamala Harris as VP pick:...
Hours after Kamala Harris was named Joe Biden’s running mate, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered up a stark warning to the California Democratic senator’s detractors: “This is not a woman to be...
View ArticleWoman, 45, dies after falling off boat into 59th Street Harbor
A 45-year-old woman is dead after she fell off a boat early Wednesday into 59th Street Harbor, according to Chicago police.
View Article14-year-old boy shot on West Side
A 14-year-old boy was injured in a shooting early Wednesday, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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