3 men shot while working at CHA building on Near West Side
Someone shot three men behind a Chicago Housing Authority building Tuesday morning on the Near West Side.
View ArticleDolton man faces weapons, drugs and speeding charges after being clocked at...
Wiggins has been preliminarily charged with Possession of a Handgun No Permit, a Class A misdemeanor; reckless driving, a Class C misdemeanor; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C...
View ArticleEx-state rep, Berrios' son-in-law plead not guilty to federal bribery charges
The son-in-law of onetime Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges alleging he bribed a state representative and state senator for help on legislation...
View ArticleWatch live: Chicago health officials deliver a COVID-19 update
Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady is expected to deliver a COVID-19 update at 2 p.m. Watch live here.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker’s cousin gives $500,000 to group opposed to governor’s...
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s cousin Jennifer Pritzker donated $500,000 on Tuesday to a group pushing for the defeat of the governor’s signature agenda item on the Nov. 3 ballot — a proposed state...
View ArticleEx-Merrillville priest accused of abuse, faking assault is defrocked, church...
Hutsko gained national attention in August 2018, after claiming an unknown assailant attacked him inside the church, yelling, “This is for all the kids!” alluding to the Catholic Church’s decades-long...
View ArticleAbbott gets emergency FDA approval for antibody test that detects recent...
Abbott’s latest antibody test — meant to show whether a person has recently had COVID-19 — has gained emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
View ArticleChicago aldermen reject Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed ordinance that would...
Chicago adermen on Tuesday rejected a Mayor Lori Lightfoot-introduced ordinance that would have rolled back part of tougher City Hall lobbying rules for elected officials that the City Council passed...
View ArticleChicago Public Schools will announce ‘very soon' if in-person classes will...
The second quarter begins Nov. 9 and CPS has not yet said if schools will reopen then.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State tops 9,000 fatalities as Indiana added...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticlePainting, cleanup of alleged murder scene of Lake County teens detailed by...
During Connor Kerner’s murder trial Tuesday, Kerner's grandfather described the painting and cleanup that took place in his garage while he was on vacation and his own work to patch a damaged spot in...
View ArticleIllinois’ COVID-19 death toll pushes past 9,000
The number of deaths attributed to the coronavirus in Illinois surpassed 9,000 on Tuesday.
View ArticleWhere does Illinois early voting and vote-by-mail stand? Here is the latest data
With early voting locations across Illinois open and a record number of people having applied for mail-in ballots, the Nov. 3 election is underway. Here is where the state stands with early voting,...
View ArticleJonathan Zaragoza’s Mexican pop-up El Oso debuts Thursday: How Chicago...
How Chicago restaurants are adapting to bring customers back in during the coronavirus pandemic. A running list.
View ArticleProsecutors say ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris victimized underage boys even after...
Jerry Harris, the breakout star of the Netflix docuseries “Cheer,” is a sexual predator who used his fame to continue to victimize young boys even after learning he was under investigation, federal...
View ArticleNaperville family put in national spotlight when Dick Durbin tells their...
A Naperville family became the focal point of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s comments Tuesday during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
View ArticleIndiana numbers show Lake County seeing large jump in new COVID-19 cases
People “are tired of hearing about COVID,” he said. “There’s no universal treatment, there’s no vaccine. People are attempting to go back as if nothing has happened.”
View ArticleNorth Side man and woman, both 69, dead in homicide-suicide, Chicago police say
A woman killed by a man who later killed himself were found in their North Side apartment Monday night.
View ArticleIndiana, 3 other states added to Chicago’s travel quarantine list this week....
Chicago health officials put Wisconsin back on the city's travel quarantine list, while also adding back Idaho and Puerto Rico. Montana and Minnesota were added for the first time. Here’s what you need...
View ArticleCook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s latest campaign ad highlights 4 men...
Four men wrongfully convicted in a murder decades ago endorsed Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for reelection in her latest digital ad on Tuesday, pinning the blame for their ordeals on her...
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