Joliet picks Chicago over Hammond as water provider
Joliet City Council members Thursday picked Chicago over Hammond as its source for the city’s future water needs.
View ArticleRaul Montes Sr., longtime Little Village activist who also worked for Chuy...
Raul Montes Sr., longtime Little Village activist, died from COVID-19
View ArticleCheerleader sues Northwestern University, says she was groped and harassed by...
"The cheerleaders were being presented as sex objects to titillate the men that funded" sports programs, the lawsuit claims.
View ArticleWater affordability proposal hits City Council again in bid for long-term...
An ordinance introduced in city council this week would ban water shut-offs and allow participants of a new program to pay discounted utility rates, in what aldermen and activists say would codify...
View Article‘Operation Safe Pump’: Chicago aldermen creating safe spaces to pump gas due...
Chicago’s spike in carjackings has some residents so rattled that aldermen are working with private security to make sure residents can pump gas in peace.
View ArticleChicago police fear retaliation following fatal shooting of ‘very close...
Chicago police are warning of the “high likelihood” of retaliation because of the shooting of a man killed in a South Loop barbershop who a police alert identifies as a “very close associate” of...
View ArticleIndoor dining limits for Chicago restaurants will remain in place for now,...
Chicago will keep the current indoor dining limits at restaurants in place even if the state allows the city to loosen capacity rules on Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State administers record number of vaccines...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleWinter storm warning declared as heavy, wet snow 5-9 inches deep to blanket...
Another strong winter storm is expected this weekend with snow potentially reaching up to 9 inches in the Chicago area, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleMeet Keith Gill, the man who drove the GameStop Reddit mania and made millions
Meet Keith Gill – the newly minted millionaire and financial folk hero who sparked the GameStop trading frenzy that caused big losses for established hedge funds this week.
View ArticleWest Side vaccine champion
Johnathan Daniels, an employee at the Loretto Hospital accounting department, has become the hospital's biggest - and youngest - advocate for COVID testing and vaccinations.
View ArticleThe Spin: Chicago aldermen launch ‘Operation Safe Pump’ amid carjacking spike...
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View ArticleColumn: Fresh snow, ‘Bridgerton’ and taking down the Christmas tree: 9 things...
The new White House press secretary and an old poem also join the list.
View ArticleIllinois expands options for dentists to administer COVID-19 shots as...
As Illinois continues to lag behind many other states in the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations, state officials announced Wednesday that dentists will now be able to volunteer to administer shots at...
View Article‘These delays are lethal.’ Advocates urge Illinois to get more pharmacies...
Advocates are urging Illinois to use local pharmacies to help vaccination efforts at assisted living facilities, as other states have done.
View ArticleNo deal on CPS schools reopening, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot insists in-person...
With the looming threat of a teachers strike, Lightfoot said late Friday she had no school reopening agreement to announce.
View ArticleAs the pandemic changes the way people shop, food co-ops offer some the...
While customers say the Dill Pickle is a fixture in the Logan Square food economy, residents around the region — from Rogers Park to Lombard to Woodstock — are in different stages of trying to launch...
View ArticleCatholic schools on South and West sides hit hard by pandemic get $1.8...
An emergency donation of $1.8 million to the Archdiocese of Chicago from the nonprofit Big Shoulders Fund will keep the doors open at several West and South side Catholic schools with budgets hard-hit...
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccines show what’s possible. Now, former Obama staffer says it’s...
Brian Wallach was diagnosed with ALS at 37. Three years later, he says COVID-19 vaccines show an ALS cure can be achieved.
View Article‘If not now, when?’ CPS leader says data show Chicago schools can reopen...
CPS hasn't seen "superspreader events" in schools, CEO Janice Jackson says.
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