Illinois health department sets aside vaccine appointments for college students
Illinois is launching “College Vaccination Days” — appointments set aside at vaccination sites for college students.
View ArticleWhere CPS students intend to go back to in-person learning: Search for your...
The next step in opening Chicago Public Schools to in-person learning is on track to start Monday with high school students eligible to head back to classrooms for the first time since schools shut...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago officials change city’s vaccine...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLoretto Hospital to resume distributing COVID-19 vaccines after city paused...
City officials will again provide COVID-19 vaccines to Loretto Hospital after pausing the program last month to review allegations of dosages improperly being provided to connected people.But, the city...
View ArticleAs anger lingers, Adam Toledo police shooting video leaves Chicago with...
The release of troubling video of 13-year-old Adam Toledo being fatally shot by a Chicago police officer rocked the city from the mayor’s office to the streets of Little Village, but also left it in an...
View ArticleWaukegan man given 10-year sentence for road-rage shooting
A 28-year-old Waukegan man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a 2019 road-rage shooting near a Waukegan middle school.
View ArticleChicago would create public database of closed complaints against police...
A joint City Council committee debated an ordinance on Friday that would mandate an online database of closed complaints against Chicago police officers dating back almost 30 years, a plan Mayor Lori...
View ArticleColumn: The journey of Heather McGhee, the Chicago-born author of ‘The Sum of...
The author, who grew up on the South Side and in Evanston, traveled around the country to understand how race infuses questions of “belonging, competition and status,” and how restrictive policies...
View ArticleMan hit by South Shore Line train has died, train officials say
A man died Friday afternoon when he was hit by a South Shore Line electric commuter train near the Skyway on the city’s South Side.
View ArticleIllinois lawmakers considering legislation that could hike ComEd bills less...
Nine months after Commonwealth Edison admitted to a bribery scheme that padded its profits and helped topple former Speaker Michael Madigan, there's a push for legislation that could cost customers more.
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View ArticleIllinois law aimed at preventing people with HIV from transmitting the virus...
The law makes it a felony for an HIV-positive person to have unprotected sex without first disclosing his or her HIV status.
View ArticleVideo ‘made my blood boil’: Protesters march in Logan Square to demand...
The gathering was the first major demonstration against CPD since the city released the troubling video of Toledo’s killing.
View Article1 dead, at least 3 wounded in gun violence since Friday evening, police say
An 18-year-old man was fatally wounded, and at least three other people were injured in separate shootings since Friday evening on the West and South sides, Chicago police said.
View ArticleHigh-ranking Cook County sheriff’s executive resigns following allegations of...
A high-ranking staffer at the Cook County sheriff’s office has resigned after allegations he made unsolicited and suggestive comments to a woman he worked with, officials said.
View ArticleCook County prosecutor blamed for errant in-court description of Adam Toledo...
A day after Cook County prosecutors partially disavowed statements they made in court about the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, the office declined to elaborate on what exactly went wrong...
View ArticleElectrical issue possible cause for fire in O’Hare walkway famous for bright...
A fire broke out in a well-known underground walkway at O’Hare International Airport Saturday morning.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State reports 160,014 vaccine doses...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Chicago leader says 20-year-old son was one of 2 arrested...
A Tribune reporter at the scene observed a cop struggling with a person on the ground just north of Logan Square Park around that time, prompting dozens of remaining protesters to sprint over.
View ArticleFrost, then snow by Tuesday? Mother Nature reminds us it’s Chicago.
A late-season snow system may make its way into the area Monday night into Tuesday when temperatures drop and frost moves in, forecasters warned.
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