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View ArticleJoe Scheidler, of Chicago, ‘godfather of pro-life activism,’ dies at 93
Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League and known as the “godfather of pro-life activism,” died of pneumonia in his Chicago home on Monday, his family said. He was 93.
View ArticleChicago City Hall, Cook County building closed Wednesday as ‘precautionary...
Chicago’s City Hall and the Cook County building downtown will be closed to the public on Wednesday as a “precautionary step” because of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, officials said.
View ArticleSouth Side native-turned-general commands 25,000 troops providing security...
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, a Chicago native, commands 25,000 troops to secure Biden inauguration
View ArticleColumn: As first lady, Melania Trump always stood by her man
Now Melania Trump is telling us to choose love over hatred. Most of us aren't buying it, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleAurora man charged with first-degree murder in connection with fatal shooting
A 20-year-old Aurora man faces first-degree murder charges in connection to a fatal shooting in the city Friday.
View ArticleIHSA approves a plan for winter sports — except for basketball — to begin and...
Badminton, boys swimming, boys and girls bowling, and girls gymnastics are all lower-risk winter sports.
View ArticleWith possible teacher strike vote looming, CPS chief says union talks need to...
No one can promise a COVID-free environment but CPS is doing all it can to decrease the risk, the CPS CEO said.
View ArticleChicago police supervisor sues city, alleging special citywide unit...
A Chicago police supervisor filed a lawsuit against the city Tuesday alleging he was removed from a citywide police unit because he wouldn’t be pressured to have officers working under him make...
View Article34 Chicago police officers to help keep Washington safe on unprecedented...
Chicago police officers have been traveling to the nation's capital for Inauguration Day for decades, but Wednesday's is bound to be a dramatically different experience.
View ArticleMale with gunshot wound found dead in Skokie hotel room
A man with a gunshot wound was found dead Tuesday evening at a Skokie hotel, according to police.
View Article$11 billion in damage from last summer’s derecho: ‘Historically it produced...
Starting on Aug. 10, a speedy line of storms with remarkable endurance covered 770 miles in 14 hours. Beginning in southern South Dakota and hitting gusts higher than 90 mph, the derecho flattened...
View ArticleColumn: On this Inauguration Day we’re not getting a perfect president. But...
Inauguration Day 2021 won’t be all poetry, smiles and tradition. But the day does mark a significant change.
View ArticleUniversity of Illinois tuition hike, delayed because of COVID-19, will kick...
U. of I. has projected COVID-19-related losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
View ArticleDaywatch: Chicago may reopen indoor dining soon, South Side native commands...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleFamily law attorney under indictment in sex assault cases arrested on new...
Chicago police Wednesday announced new charges against a family law attorney who already faces charges of sexually attacking both fellow attorneys and a client of his law firm, with the most recent...
View ArticlePassenger pushed steering wheel as joke in Porter County crash that killed...
The front seat passenger of a car that went off the road and struck a utility pole, killing a DeMotte teen, pushed the steering wheel as a joke, according to a crash report.
View ArticleValparaiso High School teacher charged after police raid underage drinking...
Officers with the Valparaiso Police Department were called around 12:20 a.m. Sunday to Bernardi’s home after receiving an anonymous tip about an ongoing drinking party.
View ArticleDuPage man’s life sentence in marijuana case commuted by Trump
A DuPage County man serving a life sentence for conspiracy to distribute marijuana had his sentence commuted Tuesday by President Donald Trump, according to the White House and websites devoted to the...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 4,822 new confirmed and probable COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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