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View ArticleLoyola grad’s body found in Surfside building collapse, police say
The body of a Loyola University Chicago graduate missing since the June 24 collapse of a condominium building in Florida has been found and identified, according to police.
View ArticleMan shot while driving in North Park calls 911 after making it to gas station
A man driving in the North Park neighborhood was shot by someone in another car and was able to make it to a nearby gas station before calling for help, police said.
View ArticleMan shot and killed by police on Chicago's West Side
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed Friday morning after displaying a gun when he was approached by law enforcement officers in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, authorities...
View ArticleTop Lightfoot aides took days off leading into violent Fourth of July weekend...
The city canceled days off and extended shifts for Chicago police over the holiday weekend.
View ArticleIllinois becomes first state to require teaching of Asian American history in...
Under the measure Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday, every public elementary and high school in the state will be required to include a unit on the history of Asian Americans and Pacific...
View ArticleChicago weather: High waves keep swimmers out of Lake Michigan much of...
Chicagoans looking to take a dip in Lake Michigan Friday had to wait until the afternoon when a swim advisory was lifted.
View ArticleThe Spin: Rules for thee but not for me? No days off for cops but Lightfoot’s...
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View Article‘26th and Cal’ eyes a post-pandemic return to normal, warily
COVID-19 brought seismic changes to the Cook County court system. And after more than a year, a reopening reckoning is close at hand.
View ArticleCHA and Operation Warm shoe giveaway
The "Summer Kicks" event at Fosco Park Fieldhouse on the Near West Side, where new tennis shoes were distributed by the Chicago Housing Authority in partnership with the Chicago Park District and...
View ArticleHead of Chicago’s largest police union suggests progress on a new contract
A video posted online Friday by the head of the Chicago Police Department’s largest union appears to indicate it’s close to reaching an agreement with Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration.
View ArticleMan wanted on warrant shot to death during confrontation with cops on West...
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed Friday morning after displaying a gun when he was approached by law enforcement officers in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, authorities...
View ArticleChildren get ‘summer kicks’ in shoe-giving initiative by CHA and Operation Warm
National nonprofit Operation Warm has extended its operations, moving from handing out coats in the winter months to adding a distribution of summer shoes for children.
View ArticleAs Illinois eases COVID-19 school rules, teachers unions stress the need for...
The federal guidance still calls for 3 feet of social distancing in schools.
View ArticleRemoval of dangerous Hammel Woods Dam in Will County is scheduled to begin...
The removal process of the dangerous and environmentally unfriendly Hammel Woods Dam on the DuPage River in Shorewood, where two people drowned in 2019, will begin Monday.
View ArticleNear West Side man charged, held without bail in connection to Englewood...
A man was arrested Thursday and charged with the murder of a woman in the Englewood neighborhood last fall.
View ArticleMan charged in fatal Puerto Rican Day shooting of father of 2, who...
An arrest has been made in a shooting incident during the Puerto Rican Day parade in Humboldt Park last month that resulted in the deaths of a mother of two and her children’s father.
View ArticleMan thanks carjacking victim for saving his life before being denied bail
Man thanks carjacking victim for saving his life before being denied bail.
View ArticleRomeoville man denied bail in shooting after peace event; victim paralyzed...
Romeoville man denied bail in shooting after peace event; victim paralyzed below the waist.
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