One dead, another injured in Waukegan motel shooting
Waukegan police are investigating the apparent shooting death of one man and the wounding of another early Tuesday.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says President Donald Trump’s threat to cut...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired back at President Donald Trump’s weekend threat to cut federal funding for public schools that teach the 1619 Project, calling it “more hot air.”“We’re a democracy,”...
View ArticleTarget reinstates car seat recycling program with contactless trade-in option
Target reinstated its car seat recycling program this month despite COVID-19 uncertainty.
View ArticleAcclaimed Italian-influenced Korean restaurant Passerotto closing, in part...
Passerotto in Andersonville will close Saturday, just two years after opening.
View ArticleWaukegan pedestrian struck, killed by car
Investigators said it appears that a motorist driving a 2014 Chrysler 300 in the westbound lane struck the pedestrian, who was in the roadway.
View ArticleMan charged in ‘violent’ attack on Wilmette Public Library employees, police...
A 26-year-old man is facing two counts of aggravated battery after allegedly beating two Wilmette Public Library employees Friday Sept. 4 afternoon.
View ArticleChicago adds Kentucky to city’s travel quarantine order, removes California...
The city of Chicago added Kentucky to its mandatory quarantine order and removed California and Puerto Rico, officials announced Tuesday. The new addition will be effective Friday, when the list will...
View ArticleSuspect arrested for August shooting in which Elgin man was injured, police say
Dru K. Jarvis, a Lake in the Hills man, has been arrested on three counts of felony aggravated battery in connection with an August shooting in which an Elgin man was injured, Elgin police said.
View ArticleAurora man dies in head-on crash
A 20-year-old Aurora man died Monday when his motorcycle collided head-on with a vehicle on the city’s near East Side, police said.
View ArticleSuspect in fatal Waukegan party shooting where North Chicago woman was shot...
Damar McDonald, 32, of Waukegan, arrived at the Waukegan Police Station Saturday and surrendered to authorities in connection with an arrest warrant issued for him on Aug. 24, according to a release.
View ArticleAppellate court upholds $18.5 million verdict to family of 6-year-old who...
A state appeals court has upheld an $18.5 million verdict in the 2014 drowning death of a 6-year-old boy from Justice.
View ArticleFemale body washed ashore at Evanston’s Dempster Beach
A female body washed up on the Lake Michigan shore at an Evanston beach Tuesday morning.
View ArticleAldermen to consider $3.8 million settlement with former Chicago cop who says...
Aldermen are poised to approve a $3.8 million settlement this week for a former Chicago police officer who said she was reassigned to a patrol shift in a dangerous neighborhood because she complained...
View ArticleChicago violence: 51 shot, 9 fatally, most over Labor Day weekend since 2016
At least 51 people were shot, nine fatally, in shootings over the Labor Day Weekend, according to data kept by the Tribune. Two women also were stabbed to death over the holiday weekend.The youngest...
View ArticleCharges announced in fatal stabbing Sunday of woman working at Wicker Park...
Charges have been filed against an 18-year-old Chicago man in the weekend slaying of an employee at a Walgreens in the Wicker Park neighborhood, police announced Tuesday.
View ArticlePolice: 14-year old boy instigated Maine South ‘Zoom bombing’ incident where...
Maine Township District 207 has identified a student who gave out passwords enabling a Zoom bombing incident with hate speech.
View Article8-year-old girl killed: Chicago police release photos of vehicle tied to slaying
An 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed on Labor Day has been identified and Chicago police investigating the shooting have released images of a vehicle they believe was used in the early evening...
View ArticleStatewide coronavirus relief fund winding down despite ‘tremendous need’
A fund established in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic to give a boost to nonprofit organizations in providing relief to those grappling with the physical and financial consequences of...
View ArticleBradley University enacts 2-week quarantine for all students and bans social...
Students at Bradley are banned from social gatherings, restaurants and bars.
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