Jussie Smollett lawyers say recording mistake, which captured witness talking...
Chicago police investigating the Jussie Smollett case apparently inadvertently taped 37 seconds of a private conversation between a key witness and his lawyer last year — a tape that has since made it...
View ArticleNew Illinois rules about wearing a face mask in public are in effect. Here’s...
Beginning on May 1, all Illinois residents over the age of 2 must wear a face mask when they can’t maintain a 6-foot social distance in public.
View ArticleIllinois coronavirus graphs: 7,613 deaths, 190,508 confirmed cases and 2.98...
As the coronavirus spreads, the Tribune is tracking Illinois cases here.
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code: Search for your neighborhood
Search COVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code
View ArticleMother of Chicago rapper slain on Gold Coast pleads for no retaliation. ‘I am...
Standing on the Gold Coast block where her son was slain days ago, the mother of Chicago rapper FBG Duck pleaded Friday that there be no retaliation from members of his gang, as police fear.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker issues rule to penalize businesses that don’t enforce mask...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday his administration is filing new emergency rules to require businesses to enforce mask requirements that include the possibility of fines up to $2,500.
View ArticleInvestigation continues into Wednesday stabbing death of 15-year-old Glenview...
Police continue to investigate the homicide of a Glenbrook South High School sophomore in Glenview.
View ArticleCoronavirus at Illinois long-term care facilities: 25,464 confirmed cases and...
The Pritzker administration released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois. The data shows at least 189 long-term care facilities in...
View ArticlePortage mom gets 20 years for neglect in death of 19-month-old daughter
A Portage woman whose toddler died after being shaken by her then-boyfriend was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after a Porter County judge rejected an earlier plea agreement.
View ArticleWoodstock man dies after arm gets stuck in machine in Volo industrial accident
A 33-year-old Woodstock man was killed at an excavation company in Volo after sustaining a traumatic injury to his arm shortly after noon Friday.
View ArticleAnother McCormick Place trade show cancels, bringing total number of scrapped...
A packaging technology trade show that draws tens of thousands of attendees to Chicago every other year has canceled its in-person gathering due to the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleRead the indictment of south suburban mayor charged in red-light camera...
The mayor of south suburban Crestwood has been indicted on federal charges that he accepted bribes to promote red-light cameras in his village. Read the indictment here.
View ArticleJudge rebuffs request of Cook County public defender, activists to order...
A Cook County judge on Friday denied a request by the public defender’s office and a coalition of activist groups to immediately make Chicago police give suspects speedy access to phone calls after...
View Article2 dead at Marion federal prison during COVID-19 surge despite restrictive...
A second coronavirus-related death following a weekend surge of positive COVID-19 cases at the Marion federal prison has inmates with medical conditions worried about their health in a prison that is...
View ArticleFrom hybrid model to remote learning: Inside Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago...
In the days and hours before she gave up on in-school learning at Chicago Public Schools this fall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot was getting squeezed from the outside and the inside. In the end, with many...
View ArticleChicago’s FBI boss seeks to calm city over Operation Legend; says new agents...
The surge of federal agents who have arrived in the city to help Chicago police fight violence as part of Operation Legend will go as far as handing out business cards to residents and community...
View ArticleHow Chicago restaurants are adapting to draw you back in: Etta opening a...
Etta opening a second restaurant, this one in River North, two Schwa vets launch a pasta shop in West Town and Shaw's brings back brunch.
View ArticleCook County to provide $20 million in CARES Act money to rental aid for...
Cook County government will give out $20 million in federal CARES Act funds to suburban residents struggling to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Friday while emphasizing...
View ArticleIllinois’ new COVID-19 plan: How the state will manage any outbreaks, in 3...
Amid an uptick of COVID-19 cases, Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out a new approach to managing any resurgence across Illinois.
View ArticleBody of 16-year-old boy found in Lake Michigan near Belmont Harbor, police say
A person’s body was found Friday morning in Lake Michigan near Belmont Harbor, days after a teenage boy disappeared in the lake less than a mile south.
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