Co-workers enjoyed ‘lavish lifestyle’ following theft at South Loop social...
Co-workers enjoyed ‘lavish lifestyle’ following theft at South Loop social service agency, prosecutors say
View ArticleDowned trees in Chicago: Search our map to see where they are
High winds of more than 60 mph that knocked out power to about 1,000 Commonwealth Edison customers overnight also wreaked havoc on Chicago trees, resulting in 67 calls to Chicago's Department of...
View ArticlePolice involved in Parkway Gardens shooting, no one shot
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating a police-involved shooting Thursday afternoon near Parkway Gardens Apartments after a police officer discharged his weapon during an armed...
View ArticleAt Illinois’ biggest nursing home, workers and residents still not vaccinated...
City View Multicare Center, in Cicero, suffered a heavy toll earlier in the pandemic, with 249 infections among residents and workers, and 15 deaths, according to state records.
View ArticleChicago aldermen begin debate on reparations for descendants of slaves
Chicago aldermen considered ways to provide reparations for descendants of slaves Thursday in the first meeting of a special City Council subcommittee on the issue. The Subcommittee on Reparations...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago aldermen consider guaranteed basic...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleOne year after the St. Patrick’s party raged, Chicago bars say they can’t...
St. Patrick's Day festivities in March 2020 took place at COVID-19's onset, but in 2021, Chicago bars and restaurants are keeping customers in line.
View ArticleFully vaccinated but scared to remove your mask? Experts say getting back to...
Illinois public health officials reported Thursday that more than 1.3 million residents — just over 10% of the state’s population — have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
View ArticleColumn: Biden signs popular American Rescue Plan, making GOP look bad. That’s...
President Joe Biden has signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, guaranteeing that struggling Americans will receive swift financial help and states will have the resources to administer...
View ArticleDaywatch: Biden sets May 1 target to have all adults vaccine-eligible,...
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View ArticleDutch inventor of audio cassette dies at age 94
Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, the medium of choice for millions of bedroom mix tapes, has died, said Philips, the company where he also helped develop the compact disc. Ottens...
View ArticleShots fired by police, gun recovered
A police officer fired a weapon during a confrontation with a gunman near the Parkway Gardens apartments in the 6300 block of South King Drive.
View ArticleCity investigators cite 8 businesses for COVID-19 violations
The citations resulted from 73 investigations by the city’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection between March 4 and March 7.
View ArticleHow did life change during the last year of the pandemic? Here’s what readers...
Readers share how their lives are different now versus the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they view the future
View ArticleColumn: ‘From 11 to 2 on Sundays I was straight’: After Harvard, young...
Don Abram plans to collect 66 stories of Black queer Christians — 66, he notes, is the number of books in the Bible — in the hopes that the stories will open closed minds.
View ArticleMan arrested in Mississippi on murder warrant in January killing in Calumet...
A man was extradited from Mississippi this week after being arrested in the Calumet Heights killing of a 32-year-old man that also left another man wounded in January, authorities said.
View ArticleA year of COVID-19 deaths: 10 stories of how Illinois families are facing...
More than 20,000 have died in Illinois, but that number, horrifying as it is, doesn’t begin to capture the loss felt by those left behind.
View ArticleColumn: Inspired by a man outside Starbucks who needed money, Chicago artist...
Musicians with Chicago ties donate T-shirt designs and Scott Marvel screen prints them in his Norwood Park basement to raise money for the homeless.
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to possessing two dozen illegal guns sold out of his...
Man pleads guilty to narcotics and gun-trafficking charges that included the sale of multiple guns from the back of a food truck, a transaction captured on video by the ATF.
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