18 Chicago police officers disciplined after video shows cops lounging around...
Eighteen Chicago police officers have been disciplined for their roles in last year’s incident at U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush’s South Side campaign office
View ArticleRahm Emanuel donates $100,000 to a City Colleges of Chicago scholarship he...
The money will assist students advancing to four-year schools from the community colleges.
View ArticleColumn: Trump must admit he was lying about a ‘stolen election’ before more...
Donald Trump's "stolen election" lie is why we have thousands of National Guard droops in Washington, D.C., for Joe Biden's inauguration. That lie will inspire domestic terrorists. Trump must admit...
View ArticleColumn: Staring through the window at the gym, thinking: One day, but not yet
Before the pandemic made “alone together” a slogan for our times, the gym offered precisely that appeal, of being with other people while doing your own private thing, columnist Mary Schmich writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Lightfoot pushing for restaurants to reopen, Biden unveils COVID...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleCassoulet inspires $5,000 Kickstarter zine campaign by Honey Butter Fried...
Sunday Dinner Club, the formerly secret dining society, has made their coveted cassoulet an event every winter for 16 years
View ArticleIllinois House speaker’s chief of staff tests positive for COVID-19 after...
Members of both the Illinois House and Senate and their staff were asked to self quarantine after people who were at the lame duck session in Springfield this week tested positive for covid-19.
View Article2 dead in separate shootings in North Austin neighborhood, police say
Two men were fatally wounded Thursday afternoon in separate shootings in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago police said.
View ArticleMan drank and smoked marijuana for hours before killing man in Logan Square...
Murder charges have been filed against a man who is accused of fatally shooting another man in Logan Square last month.
View ArticleCTU says reopening talks approaching ‘eleventh hour’ as community groups...
More than two dozen community groups on Friday demanded Mayor Lori Lightfoot send all Chicago Public Schools students back to remote learning until coronavirus rates subside, in the latest salvo...
View ArticlePritzker mobilizes 250 National Guard members to protect state capital amid...
Pritzker mobilizes 250 national guard members to protect state capital amid FBI warning of potential armed protests
View ArticleIllinois confirms first case of more contagious COVID-19 variant, health...
Illinois has recorded its first case of a more contagious version of COVID-19, state and Chicago public health officials disclosed on Friday.
View ArticleThree shot on West Side
Chicago police are on the scene where several people have been wounded after a shooting on Friday on the West Side.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State confirms first case of more contagious...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleEarly COVID-19 vaccine data shows more people on city’s North Side, lakefront...
Chicago health officials recently released initial COVID-19 vaccine data, offering a glimpse at how many residents have received the first dose of the immunization, according to their home ZIP codes.
View ArticleProsecutors say grand jury in ComEd bribery case not compromised by pandemic
Federal prosecutors said Friday the grand jury hearing evidence in the alleged ComEd bribery scheme involving then-House Speaker Michael Madigan was not affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleFormer Chicago Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno granted bail
Ex-Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno was granted bail Friday after spending about a week in Cook County Jail for picking up DUI and reckless driving charges in violation of his bond for a pending insurance fraud...
View ArticleTaco bar in Downers Grove, Claudia finds a home and Rooh adds street food:...
How Chicago restaurants are adapting to bring customers back in during the coronavirus pandemic. A running list.
View ArticleThree taken to hospitals after West Side shooting
Three people were shot in a shooting on the West Side and all were taken in critical condition to area hospitals.
View ArticleIllinois will begin phase 1b of COVID-19 vaccinations Jan. 25: Can it pick up...
Many hope Illinois will hasten COVID-19 vaccinations in the next phase, which will include people ages 65 and older and essential workers, such as teachers and public transportation and grocery employees.
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