Eisenhower Expressway stretch is ‘most congested US road’ — and Chicago’s...
Even with the coronavirus pandemic making for far fewer drivers on the roads a new report found a stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway as the most congested commute in the U.S.
View ArticleOne of the biggest high school districts in suburban Chicago is moving toward...
"We’re hoping we can start doing almost everything we would in a normal year," one suburban official said.
View ArticleDaywatch: United Center mass vaccination site opens, Eisenhower Expressway...
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View Article2 teens, 14 and 15, wounded in separate Chicago shootings
Chicago police are investigating two shootings, one Monday afternoon and the other early Tuesday that each left a teenager injured, among attacks that also left four people dead and eight others...
View ArticleFamilies who’ve been coping with the pandemic for a year still need to keep...
Families have gone through major shakeups in their routines during the pandemic. Therapists share ideas on how adults and children can cope.
View ArticleJudge warns ‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ after Facebook posts where he claimed he was...
Judge warns ‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ over claims he was riding horses and swore at a prosecutor.
View ArticleHe’s one in a million: Rare yellow cardinal has taken a liking to backyard...
Illinois' yellow cardinal is one in a million, and he's making himself at home in Rushville, 200 miles southwest of Chicago, while attracting a mate.
View ArticleColumn: Meghan Markle saw herself as biracial, but the royals saw her as Black
Maybe Meghan Markle knows now that racial ambiguity doesn't exist in the real world, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleHalf of Illinois residents 65 and up have now received at least one dose of...
Half of Illinois residents age 65 and over have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, state public health officials reported Tuesday.
View ArticleThe power of mRNA, the threat of mutations and the difficulty of the last...
Things we’ve learned about COVID-19 a year into pandemic.
View ArticleMan charged in death of former Valparaiso football player has lengthy...
Online court records note that Blake, charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon in the death of Noah Beller, 19, of Valparaiso, was released from prison on...
View ArticleNebraska, Texas moved up Chicago’s emergency travel order as 9 states bumped...
Travelers heading to Chicago from Nebraska and Texas will be subject to additional coronavirus mitigations under this week’s update of the city’s emergency travel order, which also removed restrictions...
View ArticleSen. Tammy Duckworth takes to Twitter to announce reelection bid
First-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth used a brief message on Twitter on Tuesday to officially announce her bid for reelection in 2022.
View ArticleColumn: 2 guitar-playing, Beatles-loving doctors and their search for a liver...
Rick Foulkes and Rita Rossi-Foulkes are pinning their hopes on an unknowable, fickle resource: Human kindness. (Human kindness on Twitter, no less.)
View ArticleNaperville woman accused of casting a ballot for someone else in 2020 general...
A Naperville woman was one of five people charged with voter fraud in the 2020 general election.
View ArticleChicago man, 22, charged in East Chicago shooting after a ‘situation’ between...
When he got out of the car near the emergency room, he was “gasping for air” and had a “weird feeling in his neck,” charges show. He felt a bullet in his neck and “popped it out” then collapsed.
View ArticleNew wrinkle in Jussie Smollett case, as prosecutors allege attorney has...
The actor has chosen a new defense attorney to take the lead on his case, but prosecutors alleged the new lawyer has a critical conflict of interest.
View ArticleWonder Lake man pleads guilty to attempted predatory criminal sexual assault...
In a negotiated deal with Lake County prosecutors, John Kline, 74, entered the plea in a case dating back to 2014 based on an alleged incident with a 7-year-old girl that took place in Round Lake.
View ArticleChicago’s warm weather ties record, but wind, thunderstorms threaten to...
Unusually warm days may be short-lived in Chicago, with gusty winds, scattered showers and a cold front moving in by Friday.
View ArticleBribery charge retrial pits government, former Portage mayor: James Snyder...
Jackie Bennett, Snyder’s attorney, said the allegation against Snyder “is absolutely, positively and unequivocally false.” He called the prosecution’s case a “conspiracy theory” and that “all the...
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