Skiers compete in the junior national qualifier at the Norge Ski Jump
Several dozen skiers participated in the ski jumping junior national qualifier on Jan. 31, 2021, at the Norge Ski Jump. This year marks the 116th year of the competition. The club has seen a huge surge...
View ArticleColumn: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is dangerously kooky. Apparently, that’s...
Her extreme right, conspiratorial positions probably were an asset to her victory.
View ArticleDaywatch: CPS and union talks fall apart, second storm in a week drops more...
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View ArticleWisconsin to let residents sign up online to get coronavirus vaccines
The state is working with Microsoft to set up an online signup system, which will launch in 10 communities on Feb. 15.
View ArticleChicago digs out from snowiest storm in 5 years, some closures persist Monday...
The storm that blanketed Chicago during a 30-hour weekend stretch left the most snowfall in the city in five years, canceling school or sending to students to remote learning at many private schools...
View ArticleChicago’s 10 largest snowfalls since 1886 — and how the Tribune covered them
With a major winter storm blanketing the area, here is a look back at Chicago’s largest blizzards and how the Tribune covered them.
View ArticleNearly 80 community groups now calling for ouster of controversial president...
Nearly 80 organizations have joined a chorus of calls that the head of the Chicago police union be fired over allegations he made racist remarks in a series of social media posts.
View Article3 men charged in Chicago carjackings, police say
Three men have been charged in connection with two separate carjackings, including a robbery and theft of a Jaguar one afternoon last week in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said Monday.
View ArticleWorth Township trustee pleads guilty to tax charge stemming from ongoing...
A Worth Township trustee with political links to top Democrats pleaded guilty Monday to a federal tax charge and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
View ArticleColumn: Against a backdrop of anti-Semitism and discord, Jewish group hosts a...
American Jewish Committee in Chicago is launching a four-part, interfaith series targeting hateful rhetoric. The first session will focus on dignity.
View ArticleLynwood man charged with attempted murder in Orland Park shooting
A Lynwood man has been charged in connection with a Jan. 27 shooting in Orland Park that wounded two Blue Island residents
View ArticleChicago records highest number of January homicides in 4 years
Chicago is off to another violent start to a new year with 51 homicides in January, the most slayings recorded for the month in five years.
View ArticleWith CTU set to call a strike as early as today, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says...
Both CPS and the teachers union say they want to avoid a strike, but they're inching closer every day.
View ArticleDustin Diamond, ‘Saved by the Bell’ actor, dies at 44
Dustin Diamond, known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers in the hit sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” died on Monday morning following a hospitalization in January. He was 44
View ArticleWhat did you spend your stimulus money on? Tell us in a Tribune survey
Negotiations over another round of stimulus checks follow two previous rounds of COVID-19 economic impact payments to most American households. We’d like to hear how you used the — to pay bills, donate...
View Article1 person killed, 1 injured in shooting at shopping mall in northern Wisconsin
Police in a northern Wisconsin town identified late Sunday a person shot and killed at a mall and said they were looking for a teenager in connection to the shooting.
View ArticleSnowstorm hampers Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccination effort, less than 15,000...
Only 14,422 coronavirus vaccines were administered in Illinois on Sunday, well below the seven day rolling average of 43,378 doses.
View ArticleLa Grange police charge a man with robbing a 7-11 store Sunday morning
La Grange police have charged a man with robbing a 7-11 convenience store early Sunday, but do not know if he was involved in two prior robberies in January at a different 7-11 in La Grange.
View Article‘The kids, the kids ... I am numb’: 4 little girls and their mother dead in...
Four children under the age of six and one adult have died in a Des Plaines residential fire on Wednesday morning, according to Des Plaines Fire Chief Daniel Anderson.
View ArticleDes Plaines probes space heater as possible cause of fire that killed mom, 4...
A space heater may have started the deadly Des Plaines fire that trapped and killed four young girls and their mother, and there were no working smoke detectors on their floor, the Des Plaines Fire...
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