Daywatch special edition: The Failures Before the Fires
Good morning, Chicago. Here is a special newsletter edition on The Failures Before the Fires, a Chicago Tribune and Better Government Association investigation.
View ArticleTwo Southland school districts that increased in-person teaching see rise in...
Two Southland school districts that have increased in school teaching say higher numbers of students, staff isolating due to COVID-19 largely attributed to prep sports
View ArticleMan arrested in Jefferson Park after wielding ax on CTA Blue Line
A man was arrested in Jefferson Park on Saturday after police learned he had been wielding an ax in a Blue Line train car, police said.
View ArticleMezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig dies at 94
Christa Ludwig, a renowned interpreter of Wagner, Mozart and Strauss who starred on the world’s great stages for four decades, died at her home in Klosterneuburg, Austria. She was 94.
View ArticleMan held without bail on first-degree murder charge in Berwyn good Samaritan...
A judge ordered a man held without bail in connection with the fatal stabbing of a good Samaritan who tried to protect a teen girl who was being physically assaulted in Berwyn on Friday.
View ArticleNo bail for alleged getaway driver in Jaslyn Adams slaying, high-speed chase...
Both gunmen remained at large, while East Garfield Park man faces a first-degree murder charge in Jaslyn’s death April 18.
View ArticleMan, 20, accused of gunning down Chicago rapper Tray Savage, signed to Chief...
Demitri Jackson was recently arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, on a murder warrant related to the June 2020 shooting death of Kentray Young.
View ArticleColumn: Every mayor for the last 30 years has failed to keep his or her...
As summer approaches, we are braced for an onslaught of violence, while hoping that it isn’t as bad as the last one.
View ArticleNew transgender studies center in Chicago aims to combat misinformation and...
“Trans people have become objects of curiosity, but that knowledge hasn’t been for trans people,” TJ Billard says.
View ArticleDaywatch: The latest COVID challenge in schools, new transgender studies...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleMan found dead on CTA train at Addison Red Line station
A man was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead on a Red Line train in Lakeview early Monday, police said.
View ArticleTeen charged in three armed carjackings of ride-share drivers in Morgan Park...
A teenager has been charged in three different carjackings of rideshare drivers at gunpoint in December in the Morgan Park Police District, Chicago police said.
View ArticleColumn: Joe Biden isn’t coming for your meat. But Republicans want you to...
President Joe Biden has no plan whatsoever to reduce Americans’ consumption of red meat. But Republicans want Americans to start consuming large amounts of human flesh.
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. Pritzker, health officials discuss COVID-19 resources and...
Gov. Pritzker is expected to discuss expanding COVID-19 resources and vaccine accessibility in communities across Illinois. Watch live here.
View ArticleColumn: A full bodysuit can’t combat sexualization in gymnastics. Only adults...
I'm all for uniforms that make athletes comfortable. But I'm leery of any message that girls ought to cover up, lest they tempt someone to rape them.
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lightfoot, city and industry leaders launch ‘Chicago Works’
Mayor Lightfoot will join City and industry leaders to launch ‘Chicago Works.'. Watch live here.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleMan tried to rob on-duty Chicago detective, stabbed, kicked him as he was...
DNA from a bloody knife linked a young man with a prior robbery conviction to a brutal February attack on a Chicago police detective working on a homicide investigation, prosecutors said.
View ArticleSchool officers won’t be back in Chicago Public Schools buildings this spring...
With limited attendance and less than two months of school left, CPS determined the officers "were not necessary at this time."
View ArticleEvanston dealing with storms fueled by climate change
Evanston, Chicago and other suburbs have taken steps in recent years to upgrade sewer systems in an effort to reduce flooding. But those same towns are now examining how heavier and more frequent...
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