Chicago adds North Carolina, Hawaii and Nebraska to travel quarantine order,...
The city of Chicago added North Carolina, Hawaii and Nebraska to its mandatory quarantine order, while warning that a recent spike in cases in Indiana could soon put that state on the list.
View ArticleIllinois warns extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits would last only...
Illinois hasn't been approved for the extra $300 weekly unemployment benefits authorized by President Donald Trump, but is already warning jobless workers the program will be limited.
View ArticleHawaii added for first time to Chicago’s travel order of 22 states and...
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 county official and McCook Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski pleads guilty to...
Former county official and McCook Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski pleads guilty to extortion charges
View ArticleHusband, wife found slain in Markham home; family member in custody
The suspect, whose name is being withheld until charges are approved, was arrested just a few hours after police discovered the couple’s bodies inside the home they shared in the 16600 block of Sawyer...
View Article14 COVID-19 cases reported among 94 Maine South students exposed to virus via...
Fourteen Maine South High School students are known to have tested positive for COVID-19 out of more than 90 students who were identified as exposed to the virus during multiple gatherings in...
View ArticleFormer Portage Clerk-Treasurer Christopher Stidham’s criminal case stumbles...
Stracci said he made the request to avoid any appearance, “and that’s all we believe it would be,” of impropriety in the case.
View ArticleNorthwestern University president apologizes and reduces tuition after...
If NU ran out of quarantine space, "how do you send people home who are infected?" President Morton Schapiro asked. "I don't know what we would have done."
View ArticleChicago-area counties boost election judges’ pay, ramp up recruitment efforts...
Some Illinois counties are facing dire shortages of election workers ahead of early voting, prompting increased pay for poll workers and ramped-up recruitment of volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleColumn: Emmett Till house poised to take first step toward official landmark...
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks will consider a recommendation to confer landmark status to the red brick two-flat in Chicago's West
View ArticleIn Chicago visit, Dr. Birx raises alarm over growing COVID-19 positivity...
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx expressed concern during a visit to Chicago Tuesday about the growing number of counties in Illinois where 5% to 10% of COVID-19 tests are...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,492 new known COVID-19 cases and 39 more...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleTwo women kidnapped and driven to ATMs in Hyde Park to withdraw cash, police say
An intruder entered the apartment of two women in Hyde Park and forced them to drive to ATMs to withdraw cash, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleProviding comfort or promoting racism: Lake County politicians predictably...
A number of Lake County Republicans thought Trump’s trip was the right move for the nation’s leader, while some local Democrats questioned the reasons for the visit.
View ArticleLive updates: Trump defends police during Kenosha visit; Jacob Blake’s family...
President Trump visits Kenosha today over the objections of the city’s mayor and Wisconsin’s governor.
View Article17-year-old activist Caleb Reed was shot to death by a friend who was aiming...
Murder charges have been filed in the death of 17-year-old activist Caleb Reed, who was shot in the head earlier this summer as he walked with friends in West Rogers Park.
View ArticleR. Kelly timeline: Chicago upbringing, rapid rise to stardom and years of...
Timeline of R. Kelly's life, rise to stardom and controversies and legal saga surrounding sexual abuse
View Article2020 becomes Chicago’s hottest summer on record, despite few record-setting days
Chicago’s meteorological summer didn’t set too many records as it happened, but higher-than-normal temperatures stacked up to make for the hottest summer on record, according to the National Weather...
View ArticleSaying their white colleagues are ’now uncomfortable,’ Illinois Legislative...
Amid a nationwide reckoning on race, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday floated an expansive agenda for legislative changes on police accountability, economic access and health care.
View ArticleFamily demands answers after Chicago police fatally shoot man when shots are...
Chicago police fatally shoot person on Pilsen street after shots fired at officers, department says
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