Sun and snow melt: Chicago is warming up after bitter cold and heavy snow
Is that ... the sun? Over Chicago? Is the snow ... melting?
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago lakefront reopening after 11-month...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleFederal housing agency failed West Calumet families, leaving kids exposed for...
A damning federal report concluded several agencies missed “multiple opportunities” to shield children living at the former West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago from lead and arsenic poisoning.
View ArticleChicago lakefront, playgrounds, indoor pools to reopen after COVID-19...
The city’s lakefront, playgrounds and indoor aquatics centers will begin to reopen after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close nearly a year ago, the Chicago Park District announced Tuesday.
View ArticleNo charges against Rochester officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death
No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude, a Black man, until he stopped breathing.
View ArticleMore than 2,200 homeless Chicagoans, shelter staff receive COVID-19 vaccine:...
Homeless Chicagoans are receiving COVID-19 vaccines as part of a city strategy to aggressively reduce transmission of the virus and work toward an equitable distribution of the vaccine, city officials...
View ArticleStuck in the same building during COVID-19, Chicago neighbors are falling in...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has Chicagoans cooped up in their homes, some neighbors have gotten closer — and ended up in relationships.
View ArticlePritzker calls for loans to help municipalities hit with high utility bills...
Severe cold and heavy snow in February that spurred a sharp increase in utility bills prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday to call for a $15 million low-interest loan program for municipalities...
View ArticleHammond man sentenced to 26 years in robbery spree
He and two accomplices -- the woman and a second girlfriend -- were charged in a string of seven armed robberies in Hammond dating between Nov. 13 to 19, 2015, documents state. Smith committed the...
View ArticleArlington Park horse racing track is up for sale
Arlington Park horse racing track is up for sale, Churchill Downs says
View ArticleChicago firefighter charged with attempting to kill wife
Joseph X. Ramirez’s wife suffered head injuries during the incident shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday in the Edison Park neighborhood.
View ArticleChicago US Attorney John Lausch to stay on the job until successor installed
Chicago’s top federal prosecutor will stay on the job — for now.
View ArticleThe Spin: Chicago U.S. Attorney John Lausch gets reprieve from Biden...
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View ArticleChicago COVID-19 vaccine shipments ‘back on track’ following massive winter...
Chicago has caught up on its delayed vaccine shipments from last week’s snowstorm as of Tuesday, public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said while again stressing the need for more doses.
View ArticleColumn: With friends like Heidi Cruz’s, who needs enemies?
The Cruzes are selfish and tone-deaf, but let's not laud those who leaked her trip texts, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Madigan calls on successor to resign after 2 days, Chicago US...
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View ArticleHow fast is the snow going to melt? What are the flooding concerns? We asked...
After record-breaking snow and cold to start February, the end of the month appears to flip the script to above-normal temperatures. So what does that mean for all the snow still on the ground? The...
View ArticlePolice investigating death on Blue Line tracks at Pulaski station
Chicago police are investigating the death of a man who apparently fell on the Blue Line tracks Tuesday night at a West Side “L” station.
View ArticleSchiller Park woman rescued after awning collapses, pins her for 10 hours
Ten hours after an ice- and snow-covered awning collapsed, pinning a Schiller Park woman under its weight, firefighters used an airbag system to free her in a rescue caught on camera late Tuesday.
View ArticleAnjanette Young police raid prompts Chicago aldermen to push for search...
Aldermen introduced a plan on Wednesday to significantly tighten the rules the Chicago Police Department must follow to obtain and execute search warrants in response to the high-profile wrongful raid...
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