‘You can’t possibly imagine.’ Family talks about woman killed by SUV driver...
Family talks about woman who was killed by SUV driver in Chicago.
View ArticleViral video claims people were caught on Chicago River bridge as it was being...
Chicago police and transportation officials said Tuesday they believe the people in the viral video — decidedly carefree despite their precarious position — actually climbed the upraised bridge,...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Notre Dame and Michigan State become latest...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleState panel votes to remove statues of Stephen Douglas and a former...
State panel votes to remove statues of Stephen Douglas and a former lieutenant governor from Capitol grounds because of ties to slavery.
View ArticleTime Out Market Chicago re-opens next week for first time since March with...
Time Out Market food hall in the West Loop announced that it plans to reopen next Wednesday, joining a trickle of bars and restaurants around the city attempting to restart service.
View ArticleFour shot Wednesday in attacks on West, South sides
Two people were shot Wednesday morning on the South Side in the Park Manor neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleWoman arrested after confrontation with Black man over whether he could be on...
A Northfield woman was charged with battery after a confrontation in Winnetka over whether a Black man and two women were allowed to be on the pier, police said.
View ArticleMetra is falling further behind budget amid COVID-19 ridership decline....
As the pandemic persists and people stay home, Metra is falling further behind its revenue schedule. The Chicago area’s commuter rail system upped its projected two-year budget deficit to $682.5...
View ArticleLawyers for indicted Ald. Edward Burke to challenge evidence against him, but...
After months on the back burner, the bribery case against Chicago Ald. Ed Burke is expected to heat up this week when his lawyers file long-awaited motions challenging the government’s wiretaps and...
View ArticleColumn: Trump will NOT hurt the Postal Service or get help from Russia — as...
Trump will NOT hurt the Postal Service or get election help from Russia — as long as we let him win.
View ArticleFeds say more than 60 defendants in Chicago charged with gun, drug offenses...
More than 60 people arrested in Chicago have been hit with federal charges under Operation Legend since the U.S. Department of Justice launched the program here four weeks ago, the city’s top federal...
View ArticleAs detectives seek public’s help in last week’s shooting of 12-year-old boy,...
A 9-year-old boy and a woman were shot on the West Side on Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleCook County Sheriff Tom Dart urges Gov. J.B. Pritzker to extend eviction...
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart urged Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday to extend the state’s eviction moratorium that’s been in place during the coronavirus pandemic, citing concerns that households need...
View ArticlePolice in Chicago Public Schools will get more training and oversight in...
Resource officers can't have a proven allegation involving verbal or physical interactions with youth or excessive force in the last five years.
View Article4 Chicago aldermen want to force special City Council meeting on looting,...
Four Chicago aldermen have filed notice to force a special meeting of the City Council later this week to address looting and call for the National Guard to be deployed.
View ArticleMary, Seat of Wisdom in Park Ridge delays school reopening after...
A Chicago-area Catholic school has delayed the start of its school year after an administrator tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
View ArticleFDA approves U. of I.’s ‘potentially game-changing’ COVID-19 saliva test as...
A saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by the University of Illinois has received emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug administration, creating the potential for widespread use of a test...
View ArticleProtesters allege rampant physical and verbal abuse by Chicago police at...
Activists aired a litany of abuse complaints against Chicago police Wednesday, alleging that cops have responded to recent protests by beating peaceful demonstrators, blinding them with pepper spray,...
View ArticleIllinois Democrats promote racial, social justice at DNC but face divisions...
Illinois Democrats focused on racial and social justice on the third day of the party’s virtual national convention on Wednesday, branding President Donald Trump as a “racist” who has worked to inflame...
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