Ex-boyfriend arrested after mother and 1-year-old son shot inside their West...
A woman’s ex-boyfriend broke a window in her basement apartment from the outside and started shooting into the home late Tuesday, wounding the woman and her 1-year-old son, and leaving the woman’s...
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker raises possibility of a lottery to encourage more people...
As coronavirus vaccination numbers continue to dip, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said this week the state continues to explore incentives — including a possible lottery — to encourage holdouts to get...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Pritzker raises possibility of lottery to...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMonty and Rose chick survives migration and becomes first piping plover to...
Nish’s nesting site has some similarities with Montrose. A busy public beach isn’t too far away.
View ArticleOswego police turn findings on Portillo’s drive-thru fight over to Kendall...
Oswego police said they concluded their initial investigation Tuesday into a fight last month between a customer and an employee of a Portillo’s restaurant.
View ArticleCultural Center reopens
The Chicago Cultural Center reopened after having been closed to the public since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleDefense says second man accused in 2019 double slaying of Lake County teens...
Defense lawyers for John Silva portrayed him as someone along for the ride, not the mastermind behind the double slaying of two Lake County teens in a botched 2019 drug robbery.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker signs 3-year cocktails-to-go extension that includes...
Cocktails-to-go will be available for another three years in Illinois under an extension signed Wednesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
View ArticleUber driver from Hobart, Indiana, who was shot in Cicero on Monday evening,...
A Hobart, Indiana, man who was shot in the head while making an Uber pickup in Cicero on Monday evening has died, authorities said.
View ArticleThe Spin: Will Illinois have a vaccine lottery? Pritzker says maybe | The...
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View ArticleBud Billiken Parade returning after COVID-induced absence in 2020, organizers...
The beloved Bud Billiken Parade is coming back to the South Side this summer, but with new COVID-19 safety measures in place.
View ArticleIllinois moves up on LGBTQ Business Climate Index, but more work needs to be...
Legislative support and protection for LGBTQ rights helped improve Illinois’ ranking on the third annual report assessing states’ performance on LGBTQ inclusion.
View ArticlePolice continue to investigate shooting in parking lot of Woodman’s in North...
Police are continuing to investigate after two people were shot Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of Woodman’s Market in North Aurora, police officials said.
View ArticleCPS launching anti-bias initiative and joining Lady Gaga’s Born This Way...
A new program expected to launch this fall will make it easier for students and teachers to report bias-based incidents.
View ArticleMayor Lightfoot knocks elected school board compromise for Chicago Public...
The mayor said the bill would bring "the most consequential change" to how CPS is governed.
View ArticleThree hurt when squad car with lights and sirens activated smashes into car,...
Two police officers and a man were seriously injured in a crash that caused a police squad car to flip over, authorities said.
View ArticleColumn: Naomi Osaka was brave to put her well-being ahead of her job. If only...
The workplace has long presented unique challenges for Black women, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleColumn: As vaccine incentive, Joe Biden must offer to reinstate Donald Trump...
As Joe Biden continues his push to get 70% of American adults vaccinated against the coronavirus by July 4, one incentive he should offer is to reinstate Donald Trump as president.
View ArticleFor 50 years, it provided a lifeline to blind adults with developmental...
"There's nowhere else to go," one parent said of losing the long-running services.
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