Hospital staff shortages
As doctors and nurses on the front lines fight the pandemic’s surge, roughly 1 in 5 Illinois hospitals reports a “critical” staff shortage each day.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools chief gets $40,000 raise as district also aims to...
In some jobs in CPS, pay for women and employees of color lag behind male and white counterparts, a pay study found.
View ArticleErrant police raid on Anjanette Young’s home
Body camera footage shows Chicago police officers conducting an errant raid on social worker Anjanette Young’s home on Feb. 21, 2019.
View ArticleJudge declares Jackie Wilson innocent in Jon Burge-related cop killings and...
Wilson, who served more than three decades behind bars for a 1982 cop killing, was officially declared innocent Friday after years of alleging he was tortured and framed for a shooting his brother...
View ArticleColumn: As the light returns, it’s time to make a list of what we’ve missed,...
The winter solstice is the moment we begin the slow climb out of the darkness. This year the shift feels psychological as well as astronomical.
View ArticleThe Spin: Illinois surpasses 15,000 COVID-19 deaths | City won’t seek...
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View ArticleRecord number of COVID-19 deaths hit Illinois nursing homes
An unprecedented 605 resident deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in the past seven days, state figures showed Friday — far more than the previous high of 480 two weeks ago.
View ArticleCity of Chicago failed to provide Anjanette Young’s lawyer with all video...
The city of Chicago disclosed Friday that it failed to give social worker Anjanette Young’s attorney all of the body camera footage of a wrongful police raid on her home, a new misstep in the handling...
View ArticleClergy, doctors and activists take on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access...
Leaders working to inoculate communities of color are often battling an entrenched mistrust of science and medicine, the fallout of long-term systemic racial disparities in health care and historical...
View ArticleShootings leave 1 dead and 11 wounded, including 6 at Burnside party
Six people were wounded Saturday morning at a gathering on the South Side, Chicago police said.
View Article1 dead in Ukrainian Village crash; driver held
A man is dead following an early morning two-vehicle crash in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Chicago police said.
View ArticleFirst Chicago vaccine recipients report feeling ‘great’ after historic shots
Chicago healthcare workers who got first Illinois COVID-19 vaccines report no side effects so far
View ArticleGeneral apologizes for bad information on state vaccine shipments: ‘I failed....
The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the U.S. has apologized for “miscommunication” with states.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 7,562 new confirmed and probable COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLibertyville hospital to resume vaccinations after temporarily pausing ‘out...
A Libertyville hospital will resume vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus on Sunday following a temporary pause of the program after four staff members had reactions after receiving the shot, hospital...
View ArticleMurder charges filed for suspect who fatally ‘ambushed’ ex-girlfriend with...
A man is accused of lying in wait for his ex-girlfriend before ambushing her, fatally running her over as she left work in July on the South Side, Chicago police said.
View ArticleFrom ‘war workers’ to ‘Good Times,’ Jane Byrne and demolition: Timeline of...
Built over two decades starting in 1942, the story of the towers and row homes of Cabrini-Green have mirrored Chicago’s troubled history of grappling of racism and poverty. Here is how the story unfolded.
View Article‘The face of Cabrini-Green’: A lost child, a legacy of failure and a changing...
When 9-year-old Janari Ricks was shot and killed at Cabrini-Green this summer, the slaying sparked memories of the complex's troubled past and put a spotlight on a changing neighborhood.
View ArticleLake County among Indiana police departments to begin using new roadside drug...
The device called the SoToxa Mobile Test System is a handheld analyzer that uses an oral fluid swab to detect the presence of drugs. Results are available roadside within five minutes.
View ArticleBursts of snow predicted in Chicago area Monday morning
Classic Chicago winter weather is on the horizon this week with bursts of snow predicted for late Sunday into Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
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