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View ArticleAt least 4 dead, 4 wounded in Englewood shooting
Multiple people were shot Tuesday morning at a gathering in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, with four believed dead at the scene, according to Chicago police, citing preliminary...
View ArticleAndersonville couple’s giant Pride paintbrush draws crowds: ‘This is a time...
A couple in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood made a giant rainbow paintbrush that sparked conversation about the LGBTQ community for Pride Month.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleMore evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US in December 2019, including 5 cases...
Federal health officials are increasingly accepting a timeline in which small numbers of COVID-19 infections may have appeared in the U.S. in December 2019.
View ArticleAs legislature reconvenes, Illinois is poised to become the first state in...
Phasing out the combustion fuels — coal by 2035 and gas a decade later — is a key element of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plans to move Illinois into a clean energy future.
View ArticleTinley Park security guard fatally shot outside Northwest Indiana bank...
A slain bank security guard and retired Cook County sheriff deputy from Tinley Park is being remembered as a devoted family man
View ArticleColumn: ‘A tapestry of class and dignity.’ A new Chicago mural pays tribute...
Michelle Lyn Murff, a music and fine arts teacher at Alice L. Barnard Elementary School, hopes the mural will inspire her students and the community.
View ArticleMan charged with murder in December shooting had been free on gun charge,...
A man convicted of attempted burglary four years ago who was free on bond in a weapons charge last year has been charged with murder and attempted home invasion in Humboldt Park in December, police said.
View ArticlePaul Weldon, third-generation leader of Maywood-based auto parts company,...
Paul Weldon was the third-generation leader of Van Bergen & Greener, a Maywood-based automotive parts manufacturer whose roots date back more than a century.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot calls for federal action following Englewood mass...
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View ArticleAuthorities identify shooting victim found in car after crash into Waukegan...
Following the completion of an autopsy by the Lake County coroner’s office, the man has been formally identified as Tyron Patrick. The coroner’s office said Tuesday that Patrick, 34, died from multiple...
View ArticleJury hears second defendant’s 2019 police interview in Lake County teens’...
Bruce Koenig, a former FBI agent and cellphone audio forensics expert said he examined two recordings from Silva’s phone.
View ArticleWives of Chicago twins who cooperated against El Chapo arrested on money...
The wives of Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores, who cooperated against Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested Tuesday on money laundering charges.
View ArticleHouse fire in Elmwood Park leaves 2 hospitalized
One man is in serious condition and had his condition stabilized after a house fire broke out Tuesday in Elmwood Park.
View ArticlePriest returned to Norwood Park parish by archdiocese after ‘insufficient...
The Archdiocese of Chicago returned the Rev. Daniel McCarthy to his Norwood Park parish after an investigation found “insufficient reason to suspect” allegations of sexual abuse a child were true,...
View Article6 people injured in porch stairs collapse on West Side
Six people were injured, at least one of them seriously, Tuesday afternoon when stairs and a porch collapsed in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, according to authorities
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines cancels 500 flights due to computer network issue
The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily halted all Southwest Airlines flights over a computer issue Tuesday afternoon.
View ArticleWheaton man linked to five Aurora holdups could face charges in Naperville,...
The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office is reviewing armed robbery cases in Naperville for possible additional charges against a Wheaton man arrested in connection with a string of Aurora hold-ups,...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot now pitching a midnight curfew on packaged liquor sales,...
The mayor’s compromise measure still needs to be approved by the City Council.
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