R. Kelly lawyers say ‘gamesmanship’ behind prosecutors’ failure to turn over...
Less than three months before indicted singer R. Kelly is set to go on trial on federal racketeering charges in New York, his lawyers are accusing prosecutors of “gamesmanship” for improperly...
View Article5-year-old girl, 26-year-old man shot in Gresham
A 5-year-old girl and a 26-year-old man who was with her were shot Sunday night in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Toni Preckwinkle visit vaccination site in...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will visit the Tinley Park Convention Center vaccination site at 10:30 a.m. Watch live here.
View ArticleWatch live: Lightfoot, Arwady give a COVID-19 vaccination update
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dr. Allison Arwady will give an update on the city’s vaccination effort. Watch live here.
View ArticleMan barricaded himself after Little Village homicide, arrest made in...
A man was in police custody Monday after a fatal shooting Sunday morning in Little Village and a standoff with a man suspected in the killing, according to police.
View ArticleSnowstorm approaches Chicagoland
A winter storm warning is in effect for 4 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Tuesday for Cook, DuPage and Will counties, with other parts of the Chicago area under warnings until midday Tuesday.
View ArticleColumn: CPS should be making remote learning decisions based on safety, not...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is worried school instability will send families packing. But the only concern right now should be staying safe in a pandemic.
View ArticleLatest COVID-19 relief money covers just a quarter of pandemic costs at...
Schools can use the funds for emergency grants for students, remote learning technology, PPE and other costs.
View ArticleTwo teens seriously injured in Lake Villa ATV accident
A teenager was airlifted to a hospital Sunday after being ejected from an inner tube that was being towed by an ATV and a second teen also suffered serious injuries in the accident, officials said.
View ArticleColumn: A major Chicago snowstorm? That’s what the media want you to believe!
Chicago's first major winter storm is expected to dump as much as 9 inches of snow. And once again, those of us who don't believe snow is real are being silenced by the media.
View ArticleTinley Park’s convention center to open Tuesday as COVID-19 vaccination site
Tinley Park’s convention center will open Tuesday as suburban Cook County’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination site, officials said Monday.
View ArticleIllinois reports 2,944 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, lowest...
Illinois public health officials on Monday reported the fewest number of new coronavirus infections since mid-October, when the massive fall surge was just getting underway.
View Article$55.6 million O’Hare cargo project bond package advances with bolstered...
Aldermen Monday gave the go-ahead to a $55.6 million O’Hare International Airport cargo expansion project bond package they had previously stalled due to concerns over low minority participation.
View ArticleAurora woman dies in house fire
An Aurora woman died early Monday morning in a house fire in the city’s near West Side.
View ArticleOn MLK Day, Chicagoans of all ages reflect on how to apply civil rights...
At Martin Luther King Day events in the Chicago area, participants looked to the future while acknowledging the sorrow over a year marked by a deadly worldwide pandemic, unrest sparked by police...
View ArticleWhiting blaze damages six-unit apartment building, barbershop
Neither residents nor any Whiting firefighters were injured during the blaze, which started around 9:11 p.m. Sunday and was extinguished around 1 a.m. Monday, Cunningham said, but the building suffered...
View ArticleWalgreens, Jewel-Osco, Walmart and Cook County now scheduling COVID-19...
Walgreens, Jewel-Osco, Walmart and suburban Cook County are now scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments for eligible Chicago area residents.
View ArticleHighland jogger robbed; stolen car later found in Hammond after another...
Two of the men got out of the vehicle and, while pointing guns at the jogger, demanded him to give them whatever he had on him, Banasiak said.
View ArticleChicago man charged with reckless homicide after two die in Aurora crash
A Chicago man has been charged with reckless homicide in connection to a crash in Aurora Saturday that left two people dead.
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