Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 6,652 new COVID-19 cases and 88 more deaths...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View Article16-year-old charged in murder, carjacking attempt in Bridgeport killing...
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and attempted carjacking in an attack that was caught on video and left a Bridgeport man dead near his Bridgeport home in December, according to Chicago...
View ArticleChicago can keep impounded cars even when owners file for bankruptcy, Supreme...
The case involved several people whose cars were impounded by the city of Chicago who then filed for bankruptcy and hoped to get their vehicles back.
View ArticleChicago health commissioner: City will keep using COVID-19 tests that FDA...
Chicago’s health commissioner Thursday defended the city’s widespread use of COVID-19 tests that the FDA recently warned could bring back false negative results if given to people not showing symptoms.
View ArticleChicago bar offers $10,000 in gift cards to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations
Chicago bar Village Tap offers gift cards to people who get COVID-19 vaccine: “By getting vaccinated, you are showing you care about us and you are doing your part to help all of us move one step...
View ArticleA paralyzed Jacob Blake says he didn’t expect to be shot by Kenosha police,...
"I’m not really worried. I’m walking away from them, so it’s not like they were going to shoot me."
View ArticleFeds allege man in ‘CFD’ hat at Capitol mob attack is retired Pennsylvania...
Federal authorities on Thursday alleged a Pennsylvania man is the person photographed at last week’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol wearing a ‘CFD’ hat.
View ArticleBond revoked for Hammond man seen at Capitol riot while awaiting federal...
Federal authorities revoked bond Thursday for a Hammond man after a prosecutor said he has seen evidence that shows Kash Lee Kelly in Washington, D.C., and inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6...
View ArticleAurora man dies after shooting in Montgomery
Montgomery police have identified the man killed in a shooting late Tuesday morning on the Route 30 bridge over the Fox River in the village.
View ArticleChicago’s $9 million delinquent water bill relief program looks for more takers
A $9 million Chicago program to help homeowners behind on their water and sewer bills has seen less than half of those eligible for the city assistance sign up in the nine months since the initiative...
View ArticleStudent draws lessons from current events for MLK speech competition: ‘If Dr....
The event provides fourth and fifth grade CPS students an opportunity to remember and pay tribute to the late civil rights leader.
View ArticleVaccine trial participants who received placebo now hop the line for the real...
Many of those who received a placebo are now being offered a vaccine — in some cases, earlier than they would otherwise have been eligible.
View ArticleRapper Vic Mensa says burglars stole $40,000 worth of donated items from his...
Chicago rapper Vic Mensa announced this week on social media that on New Year’s Eve someone stole $40,000 worth of items that had been donated to his charity SaveMoneySaveLife Foundation.
View ArticlePlainfield Township supervisor indicted in $1.4 million embezzlement from...
A suburban township supervisor has been indicted on federal charges alleging he stole almost $1.4 million from a private firm where he served as chief financial officer.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot vs. Pritzker on bars, restaurants | Biden expected to...
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View ArticleWoman injured, residents displaced after Evanston apartment fire
One woman was injured and a family was displaced after a fire broke out at an Evanston apartment building Thursday afternoon.
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago scholar killed in shooting spree remembered as ‘a kind...
Under a small tent adorned with bouquets of white flowers, a handful of students and university members braced the drizzling rain to remember Fan as a brilliant student and colleague who was dedicated...
View ArticleAs new COVID-19 cases emerge in Chicago Public Schools, families plead for...
CPS says teachers who've been locked out defied the terms of their contract.
View ArticleCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appoints new director of human...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has appointed a former top lawyer from the clerk’s office to serve as the next director of the county’s Department of Human Rights and Ethics.
View ArticleEmanuel ‘Chris’ Welch says he’s Illinois House speaker because ‘my colleagues...
Emanuel "Chris" Welch found himself still several votes short of being elected speaker of the Illinois House hours before a new legislature was seated. He started making his case to individual lawmakers.
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