9 people, 1 dog shot overnight in Chicago
Nine people were shot overnight in Chicago and a dog also was struck by gunfire, according to Chicago police.
View ArticlePeople participate in the second annual Drag March for change
People joined the second annual Drag March for change on June 13, 2021. The event was led by drag performers of color and built on last year’s demands for more gigs, inclusion and respect in the...
View ArticleDrag queens lead hundreds through North Side streets in a Black Lives Matter...
The second annual Drag March for Change, led by drag performers of color, built on last year’s demands for more gigs, inclusion and respect in the primarily white, male, cisgender Northalsted...
View ArticleNed Beatty, actor known for ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Network,’ dies at 83
Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including “Deliverance,” “Network” and “Superman,” was a booming, indelible presence in even the smallest...
View ArticleColumn: What we’re getting wrong about Juneteenth
Juneteenth does not represent the end of slavery in America, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleChild care access was a crisis before COVID. Can the supply meet the new...
If parents can't find suitable child care and then can't work, "the impact on the economy is writ large.”
View ArticleDaywatch: Heightened risks for the unvaccinated, the child care and worker...
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View ArticleSecurity guard shoots, critically injures man in the Loop, charges pending,...
Security guard, 23, arrested after allegedly shooting a man in the Gold Coast late Sunday, Chicago police said.
View Article‘Dreyana Grooms’ aims to shoot in Chicago this summer. Dreyana Grooms is...
How a North Side filmmaker and South Side girl acquitted of murder met and collaborated on a film about her life.
View Article2 men charged in connection with teen girl’s fatal shooting in Terre Haute,...
State police said over the weekend that two men have been arrested in a recent shooting that killed a 15-year-old high school girl in a small town in western Indiana.
View Article16-year-old girl among 2 shot Sunday night in Lawndale, police say
A 16-year-old girl and a 46-year-old man were shot and wounded Sunday night in the Lawndale neighborhood, Chicago police said.
View ArticleNorth Chicago man found shot to death in car after crash into building
A North Chicago man was found shot to death behind the steering wheel of a car that had crashed into a building, Waukegan police said Monday.
View ArticleFounder of new West Side center for transgender people: ‘I took that bullet...
Zahara Bassett, a Black transgender woman, is opening Life is Work Center to help other transgender people of color avoid the dangers she faced.
View ArticleNo Jazz, Gospel or Blues fests as ‘Open Chicago’ reopening plans expand
The curtailing of some of the headliner events of Chicago’s outdoor season may seem unexpected but was months in the planning, say DCASE and Jazz Fest officials.
View ArticleWoman killed, person injured after driver plows SUV into parked car, sending...
The suspect was pulled from his car by protesters after the Sunday night crash and is now in custody and being treated for injuries at a hospital.
View Article7 people rescued, expected to recover following 2 separate Lake Michigan...
Seven people were rescued from Lake Michigan early Monday following two separate calls for water rescues about 40 minutes apart, Chicago police said.
View ArticleColumn: ‘We talk a lot about how to solve violence in Chicago. Ask these...
A hundred T-shirts on display at an Auburn-Gresham high school show that many of Chicago's kids refuse to accept violence as normal. Because it's not.
View ArticleRockton chemical plant fire
An evacuation was ordered for northern Illinois near Rockford as a chemical fire at Chemtool Inc., in Rockton, grew to an extra-alarm fire.
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lightfoot will join CPS CEO Janice Jackson to provide an...
Mayor Lightfoot will join Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Jackson to provide an update on CPS. Watch live here.
View ArticleMotor scooter rider dies after being struck by van in Lake Zurich
Police identified the victim as John Welbourn, 63.
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