Standoff ends in Calumet City; man in custody from Sunday afternoon shooting
Police in Calumet City say an overnight standoff at a home ended about 7:30 a.m. Monday with the suspect, a 52-year-old man who fled to the home, being taken into custody.
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lightfoot will join CPS CEO Janice Jackson to provide an...
Mayor Lightfoot will join Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Jackson to provide an update on CPS. Watch live here.
View ArticleCoach houses, basement and attic apartments make a return to Chicago
Coach houses, basement and attic apartments back in Chicago.
View ArticleRead CPS CEO Janice Jackson’s announcement she’s leaving Chicago’s public...
Jackson recalled being in a CPS Head Start classroom as a child.
View ArticleMan dead after being pinned by ‘L’ train at Red Line station in Chatham
A man died early Monday after he was pinned between a Red Line train and a platform at the 87th Street CTA station, police said.
View ArticleChicago reopenings latest: Music Box Theatre books ‘In the Heights’ with...
Below is an updating list of all of the museums, theaters and more that have reopened as well as concerts, festivals and other events that have been rescheduled or confirmed for 2021.
View ArticleExpectant mother Jayme Campbell
Jayme Campbell, 27, is an expectant mother with three sons, ages eight, four and two. "People should know what we go through, all while worrying if our children will be safe and live good lives," she...
View ArticleColumn: College decision day means Facebook feeds filled with proud parent...
Parents want to share the happy news about where their kids are headed in the fall, particularly after a year filled with bad news. But it's important to follow your kid's lead on this one, experts...
View ArticleRacism’s toll on Black women includes staggering maternal death rates
A Chicago mother puts a sharp focus on Black maternal health
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lightfoot will join CPS CEO Janice Jackson to provide an...
Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson will be leaving the district later this year and is expected to make a public announcement on Monday. Watch live here.
View ArticleWoman known as ‘serial stowaway’ to stay jailed after latest O’Hare arrest
The woman known as the “serial stowaway,” accused of sneaking through airport security and onto flights, will remain in custody as her latest cases are pending, a Cook County judge ruled Monday.
View ArticleGreen Bay casino gunman had been fired and banned from property, police say
The 62-year-old attacker walked into the Duck Creek Kitchen and Bar and shot two people at a waiter station at close range, then shot a man outside the restaurant, police said.
View ArticleDancer Jacques d’Amboise dead at 86
Jacques d’Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world’s premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet and spent the last four and a half decades providing free...
View ArticleCPS CEO Janice Jackson announces departure; Chicago schools face leadership...
Jackson led CPS through a teachers strike and then the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleGary man charged with attempted murder after attacking wife, court records say
The woman told police Okafor got angry on April 27 after she left the apartment to go to the beach in the city’s Miller section with her sister, charges state.
View ArticleValparaiso man killed in South Haven standoff with police
Tuzinski died at 11:50 p.m. Saturday at Northwest Health-Porter, according to a release from the coroner’s office. An autopsy was conducted Monday morning and those results, as well as toxicology...
View ArticleMan told witness ‘watch what I’m going to do’ before he drove pickup into...
Attempted murder charges have been filed against a man who allegedly drove his car into a group of picnicgoers Saturday, Chicago police said.
View ArticleWalgreens offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccinations at mobile clinic in Chicago
Walgreens is now offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccinations through a mobile clinic in Chicago, in an effort to reach people in underserved communities.
View ArticleGary officials looking for causes of weekend fires; city firefighters, other...
Between 15 and 18 fires were called in from all over Gary starting around 10:50 p.m. Saturday, Gary Fire Deputy Chief Mark Jones said. No injuries were reported in any of the fires, which were mostly...
View ArticleIt’s official: the Thompson Center is up for sale
After years of talk, the James R. Thompson Center is officially up for sale. The state began soliciting bids for the 17-story, state-owned Loop building Monday.
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