Column: George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter thought his murder would change...
The anti-change coalition is a powerful foe, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleColumn: On a walk in a park in a different part of town you can learn...
Column: Here’s an idea for how to make your summer more interesting: Visit a park outside your neighborhood. Walk around. Look around. Talk to a stranger. It will expand your world.
View Article‘I don’t have seizures anymore!’ 11-year-old Indiana boy with severe epilepsy...
An Indiana boy plagued by debilitating seizures has newfound freedom following a rare and risky surgery at University of Chicago Medicine to disconnect the two sides of his brain.
View ArticleDaywatch: COVID numbers hit 2-month low, Democrats want to redraw Illinois...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleLongtime Virginia Sen. John Warner dies at 94
Former GOP Sen. John Warner of Virginia, military expert once married to Elizabeth Taylor, dies at 94, former aide says.
View ArticleSamuel E. Wright, who voiced Sebastian in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ dies at 74
Samuel E. Wright, the actor who voiced Sebastian in “The Little Mermaid,” has died. He was 74.
View ArticleOwner cited, dog walker charged after pit bull, Akita dogs attack multiple...
The owner of two dogs, a pit bull and an Akita, that attacked other pets and their owners Monday night in northwest suburban Palatine, killing one dog, has been cited and the person who was walking...
View Article3 injured as explosion rocks Berwyn building across the street from MacNeal...
At least three people were injured in an explosion at a building Tuesday afternoon in the 3300 block of South Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn, fire Chief Tom Hayes said.
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 ArticleSocial Graces: Here’s how not to feel guilty posting on social media about...
You and your friends are vaccinated and see each other in person and go to events together, but you don’t want to be judged on social media.
View ArticleSupporters of an elected school board rally outside CPS headquarters
CPS families, community organizers and elected officials gathered Wednesday morning on Madison Street outside the Chicago Board of Education’s Loop headquarters and reiterated their plea for a fully...
View ArticleShe’s losing her job because she won’t get a COVID-19 vaccine. Will more...
Workplace vaccination requirements are expected to become increasingly contentious as more offices reopen. The issue could be especially pressing in the health care industry.
View ArticlePeoria drops Thomas Jefferson from name of school
The name of a Peoria school will change from Thomas Jefferson to a civil rights activist.
View ArticleHalf of Cook County suburban mass vaccination sites closing as health...
Half of Cook County’s six mass vaccination locations in the suburbs will close permanently on Thursday, officials said as the waning need for a centralized rollout has given way to a new strategy of...
View ArticleGeneral loses command, multiple soldiers reprimanded for mishandling of sex...
A top general has lost her command and multiple soldiers have been reprimanded following an investigation into allegations that an Army Reserve unit based in Darien mishandled sexual assault complaints...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in 1992 murder of boy years after DNA linked him to crime...
A man whose DNA linked him to the brutal 1992 slaying of a 6-year-old boy — and exonerated another man who was in prison for the killing — pleaded guilty to attempted murder Tuesday.
View ArticleFeds say Park Ridge trucking boss paid $280,000 in bribes to secure contracts...
A Park Ridge trucking boss has been charged in federal court in Chicago with paying at least $280,000 in bribes to a national transportation firm executive in order to secure millions of dollars in...
View ArticleThompson Center gets zoning change allowing for skyscraper weeks after death...
The City Council on Wednesday approved new zoning for the James R. Thompson Center that would allow one of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers to replace — or be built next to — the state-owned building...
View ArticleState to offer vaccination clinics at Union Station, TravelCenters of America...
Illinois offers COVID-19 vaccination clinics to travelers at Union Station and highway stops downstate over Memorial Day weekend
View ArticleCalls for an elected school board in Chicago intensify, state Senate leader...
Most debate now is between a fully elected board and a hybrid that would include appointees.
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