Truck carrying 14,000 chickens breaks down on I-90. Mechanics, Addison Fire...
A semi broke down on Interstate 90 with a trailer full of 14,000 chickens. An Addison mechanic and the Fire Department worked to hose the birds down and keep as many of them alive as possible.
View ArticleColumn: Sen. Joe Manchin and the ghosts of Dixiecrats past
Joe Manchin knew he could could cause more harm to Democrats by pretending to be one, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleColumn: A pig roast. A ride in a Mustang convertible. A music teacher leaves...
Beloved music teacher leaves life still searching for joy.
View ArticleFormer Chicago alderman aiding corruption probe made audio and video...
Then-25th Ward Ald. Daniel Solis recorded Madigan on numerous occasions as the speaker allegedly sought business for his private law firm, two sources with knowledge of the probe said.
View ArticleCTA moving 127-year-old Lakeview apartment building away from ‘L’ tracks as...
The CTA is moving a historic three-story Lakeview apartment building about 30 feet to the west in August to preserve it as part of the ambitious Brown Line flyover project under construction near the...
View ArticleDaywatch: Ex-alderman secretly recorded Madigan, ninth Illinoisan charged in...
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View ArticleUS troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring home...
Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring home captives.
View ArticleMan shoots CTA bus after driver tells him to wear mask, police say
A 38-year-old man was arrested after he hit a CTA bus with gunfire in the West Pullman neighborhood late Tuesday after a bus driver told him he couldn’t get on if he wasn’t wearing a mask, police said.
View ArticleMan’s burned body found in vacant lot in South Deering neighborhood
A man’s body was found Tuesday night after he was burned near a vacant lot in the South Deering neighborhood, authorities said.
View Article9-year-old boy among 13 shot between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in...
A 9-year-old boy was among at least 13 people shot between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in Chicago, one of them a man shot to death when he answered his front door in the Gresham neighborhood,...
View ArticleChicago to see summerlike temperatures through the week until cold front...
Summerlike temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s are expected throughout the week, with chances of showers and thunderstorms before temperatures drop to more normal temperatures late in the...
View ArticleGresham standoff ends with no one in custody after 2 are shot in garage and...
A man who triggered an hours-long standoff with police by shooting two men was at large Wednesday morning after officers on patrol in the Gresham neighborhood fired at him when they saw him shooting...
View ArticleSinger R. Kelly tells judge he wants to dump his Chicago-based lawyers ahead...
Indicted R&B; star R. Kelly formally told a federal judge in New York on Wednesday that he wishes to dump his Chicago-based attorneys just two months before they were scheduled to lead his defense.
View ArticleYou can ask your doctors if they’ve gotten the COVID-19 vaccine, but you may...
Most employers in the health care industry are not requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for their staff, so some patients have a new question for their doctor: Are you vaccinated?
View ArticleStudent killed in Chicago-to-Evanston shooting spree will receive posthumous...
Yiran Fan, from China, was among five random victims fatally shot before the gunman was killed by police.
View ArticleMore than a year after unrest in Aurora, officials and community members...
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year led to calls for change around the country, including a push for police reform in Aurora.
View ArticleBody pulled from Chicago River on North Side
A body was found floating in the North Branch of the Chicago River Wednesday afternoon, officials say.
View ArticleMan sentenced to 30-year prison term for 2016 assaults in Calumet City
Chicago man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacks on women inside vacant Calumet City homes in the summer of 2016
View ArticleSocial Graces: Where should you put your mask when dining at a restaurant?
Where should you put your mask when dining out at a restaurant?
View ArticleMan beat ex-wife in Lakeview East neighborhood, told her ‘I’m going to kill...
A man was charged with attempted murder after hitting his ex-wife in the head and body with a “long stick or pipe” in mid-May in the Lakeview East neighborhood, just after she had dropped off their...
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