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View ArticleGen Z college grads struggle to launch careers in pandemic economy. ‘I chose...
With more companies cutting jobs and some ramping up qualifications for open positions, recent college graduates in the Chicago area are worried they’ll fall behind in their careers.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,818 new known COVID-19 cases and 35 more...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleFormer Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke withdraws appeal of his...
An Illinois appellate court has allowed former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke to withdraw his appeal of conviction in the on-duty 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald.
View ArticleSt. Malachy and Holy Cross partnership
St. Malachy Catholic school on Chicago’s West Side has been supported by Holy Cross Parish in Deerfield for almost four decades.
View ArticleBoy, 3, finds unattended gun, shoots himself in foot on Far South Side,...
Chicago police are responding to a report of a child shot on the Far South Side.
View ArticleOfficials to remove dams
During the next three years, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to remove dams in Batavia, Carpentersville, North Aurora and Montgomery on the Fox River; near Park Ridge and Rosemont on...
View ArticleNo charges against McHenry deputy who put arm around woman’s throat during...
McHenry County prosecutors declined to charge a sheriff’s deputy with a crime for a holding a woman by her throat during an arrest that was recorded on police body camera video.
View ArticleThe ‘Shoebox Scandal,’ 50 years later: That time when the Illinois secretary...
The “Shoebox Scandal” shocked the state 50 years ago. There was $750,000 in a hotel and at least $50,000 in Secretary of State Paul Powell’s Capitol office.
View Article$4,000 reward offered for information about shooting that seriously wounded...
A $4,000 reward has been offered for information about a shooting that seriously wounded a 10-year-old girl who was in a Far South Side Park with her older sister and friends.
View ArticleChicago woman kept off Southwest flight from LaGuardia to Midway until...
A Chicago woman was not allowed to board a Southwest Airlines flight from LaGuardia to Midway this week after airline personnel determined her black halter top was too revealing.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,905 new known COVID-19 cases and 31...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot among Black mayors throughout the country featured in...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is among a dozen African American mayors from throughout the country featured in a series of new campaign spots for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running...
View Article1 killed, 3 injured in West Side shooting
One person is dead and three others are injured, including a 17-year-old girl, in a shooting on the West Side Saturday evening, according to officials.
View ArticleAurora couple charged with child labor trafficking
A couple from Aurora have been charged with child labor trafficking for allegedly forcing an undocumented Guatemalan teenager to work and keeping her earnings, federal authorities said.
View Article‘Running is not canceled.’ But the Chicago Marathon is smaller, quieter and...
Like most crowd heavy experiences canceled or postponed by the pandemic, the experience, often marked with loud music and encouraging crowds along the way, is not the same.
View ArticlePolice: Woman riding in car shot in head on Lake Shore Drive
Police: Woman riding in car shot in head on Lake Shore Drive
View ArticleState police release dashcam video in fatal struggle over gun during Harvey stop
Illinois State Police released dashcam video of a traffic stop that resulted in a fatal struggle over control of a gun in Harvey. (Illinois State Police)
View ArticleState police release dashcam video in fatal struggle over gun during Harvey stop
Dashcam video taken during a fatal traffic stop in Harvey last week was released by Illinois State Police on Sunday.
View Article4 displaced after Humboldt Park fire
Four people were displaced after a fire destroyed a Humboldt Park home Sunday night, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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