Highland Park High School student tests positive for COVID-19: District...
A student at Highland Park High School tested positive for COVID-19.
View ArticleForecasters: 'Significant frost risk’ overnight throughout much of northern...
Forecasters recommend bringing sensitive plants indoors Sunday night because a widespread frost and temps in the 30s are possible in the Chicago area overnight.
View ArticleTrump leaves hospital briefly to greet supporters outside; White House doctor...
The White House physician said Sunday that Trump could be discharged from the hospital as early as Monday.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleAn Illinois university got major pushback for cutting religion, French and...
One tenured professor losing his job said people "disregard terms like humanities and liberal arts" but that teach critical thinking.
View ArticleOver some Democrats’ objections, Cook County Board approves a property tax...
A south suburban gun club stands to receive a Cook County property tax incentive under a resolution the Board of Commissioners recently approved, but divisions remain over whether — during an...
View ArticleColumn: Trump supporters risk their lives for him. Most wouldn’t get the same...
The Trump backers whom he has misled won't get the same topnotch health care if they get COVID-19, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Trump leaves hospital briefly to greet supporters, census outreach...
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View ArticleFree ride over for Metra UP commuters as ticket verification begins at...
The free ride may be over Monday for Chicago commuters on Metra's three Union Pacific lines with the installation of manned ticket verification booths on train platforms at the Ogilvie Transportation...
View ArticleIn the final days of the census, outreach workers struggle against apathy and...
In the final days of the census, outreach workers struggle against apathy and distrust
View ArticleOlder people will soon receive health coverage in Illinois regardless of...
In December, Illinois will be the first state in the nation to provide Medicaid-like coverage for hundreds of undocumented immigrant seniors 65 and older.
View ArticleColumn: Trump puts Secret Service agents at risk with COVID Car Ride — but...
As President Donald Trump battles COVID-19, questions have come up about the accuracy of his health updates and his ride to wave to supporters outside Walter Reed Medical Center.
View ArticleConvicted bookmaker with mob links and ties to Hired Truck probe charged with...
A convicted bookmaker with longstanding ties to the Chicago Outfit has been charged once again with running illegal sports betting business.
View ArticleLate freeze shortens fall harvest for Indiana apple orchards
During what would normally be primetime for Midwest apple-picking, orchards around Indiana are running out of apples early this season following a late spring freeze that obliterated much of the...
View ArticleAurora man found guilty of sexually assaulting child
An Aurora man was found guilty by a Kane County jury of sexually assaulting a child, officials said.
View Article21-year-old man fatally shot on Edens Expressway on Northwest Side
A man, 21, was shot to death along the Edens Expressway early Monday, investigators said.
View ArticleChicago aldermen advance new members for Northwest Side home equity board
Chicago aldermen on Monday advanced a group of appointees to a Northwest Side taxpayer-funded commission that guarantees home sale prices for members in several bungalow belt neighborhoods, a program...
View ArticleFacing $1.2 billion shortfall, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot schedules Oct. 21...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will unveil her 2021 budget and explain how she intends to fill a $1.2 billion deficit on Oct. 21, according to her administration. Lightfoot initially planned to give her budget...
View ArticleHammond man charged with murder outside Gary bar
Craft, wearing body armor, turned and exchanged fire with the officers. He was shot in the leg before he stumbled, falling near another officer and was arrested, police said.
View ArticleGOP-aligned group files lawsuit challenging ballot language on Pritzker’s...
The Illinois Policy Institute, a GOP-aligned group opposed to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated-rate income tax plan, filed a lawsuit suit Monday contending the explanation of the proposed...
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