Lake County business owner pleads guilty to evading $2.5 million in taxes
A Lake County business owner whose family runs a lucrative gambling parlor pleaded guilty Thursday to skirting nearly $2.5 million in federal and state taxes by hiding income through a complex web of...
View ArticleLightfoot shrugs off backlash over granting interviews to only reporters of...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday doubled down on her choice to only give one-on-one interviews to journalists of color for her two-year anniversary by again pointing the finger at what she described as...
View ArticleBuckingham Fountain to restart on Saturday
Buckingham Fountain is prepped for its return this weekend. It will be switched on in Grant Park, May 22, 2021, for the first time since 2019, according to the Chicago Park District.
View ArticleDance coach vocal about ending gun violence is shot to death blocks from his...
An esteemed dance coach who had mourned the loss of at least two students to gun violence in recent years was fatally shot outside a coffee shop Wednesday, just two blocks from his dance studio,...
View ArticleMemorial Day observances modified for second year because of COVID-19. Here’s...
As the Chicago area reopens, some normalcy returns to Memorial Day. Here’s a list of holiday weekend activities.
View ArticleOn second anniversary in office, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces $10M...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will spend up to $10 million on seven community projects, the city announced Thursday. Lightfoot said the city will give up to $1.5 million for one project in each of seven...
View ArticleIllinois will repay Fed loans with state funds, dropping appeal over rules on...
llinois will tap state coffers to repay roughly $2 billion in remaining debt on emergency coronavirus loans from the Federal Reserve, abandoning plans to use federal COVID-19 relief money
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 89,832 administered vaccine doses, 1,542 new...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot at the 2-year mark | FOP issues vote of ‘no confidence’...
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View ArticleAs Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot marks a turbulent two years in office, some...
Two years ago, as Chicago’s city government reeled from a public corruption scandal that’s still ongoing, Lori Lightfoot rode her status as a former federal prosecutor and political newcomer past a...
View ArticleLobbyist in ComEd case says evidence against him is lacking
A former lobbyist and consultant indicted in the ComEd bribery scandal challenged the federal charges facing him Thursday, saying there is insufficient evidence to allege jobs given by the utility to...
View ArticleWith lake levels dropping, some Lake Michigan beaches are making a comeback —...
The shift doesn’t mean shoreline communities are in the clear. Many are still working to preserve what’s left of disappearing bluffs, repair crumbling paths or get ahead of the next rise.
View ArticleCalling out Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s policies, dozens march through Logan...
Lightfoot's policies on policing, housing and education come under fire.
View ArticleReturn visits to hospital for additional care were common for many early...
A Northwestern Medicine study, published Friday in a peer-reviewed science journal that focuses on aging, found that more than 20% of the surviving COVID-19 patients who were admitted to the hospital...
View ArticleDaywatch: Two years of Lightfoot, Lake Michigan beaches are making a comeback...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court ruling backs Aurora marijuana facility in defeat for...
An Illinois Supreme Court ruling will allow Curative Health Cultivation LLC to continue growing marijuana at its Aurora facility.
View Article1 killed, 2 critically injured in West Humboldt Park crash, police say
One woman died and two others were critically injured when their blue Hyundai Elantra hit a light pole Thursday night in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleThree men killed before 7 a.m. Friday in separate Chicago shootings
Three men were killed within less than five hours early Friday in separate Chicago shootings that also left two other men injured, including a man shot as he changed a tire in the Englewood...
View ArticleChicago man found guilty of sexual assault at Hyatt House in Oak Brook faces...
A Chicago man faces at least 84 years in prison after being found guilty of a 2019 sexual assault of an employee at the Hyatt House in Oak Brook.
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