Cook County Board enacts suburban residential tenant, landlord ordinance...
Cook County Board commissioners are set to vote on a proposed suburban residential tenant and landlord ordinance on Thursday following a preliminary signoff that they hailed as a victory for hundreds...
View ArticleMan shot to death at South Loop business, police say
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday afternoon in the South Loop, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleAt Pentagon’s request, Gov. J.B. Pritzker sends 500 Illinois National Guard...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is sending roughly 500 Illinois National Guard members to Washington, D.C., to aid in the security of the nation’s capital at the request of the Defense Department, state officials...
View ArticleOrland Park police continue probe into shooting, have ‘viable leads’
Orland Park police said they are using surveillance camera footage in investigation of a Wednesday shooting that wounded two Blue Island residents
View ArticleThe Spin: Illinois population continues to drop, CMAP study finds | At...
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View ArticlePolice: Woman, 23, shoots man, 30, after Southwest Side fight; both being...
A 23-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man are being questioned by detectives after Chicago police say the two were in a physical argument Thursday that escalated when the woman pulled out a gun and...
View ArticleColumn: Cafe owner goes around buying all of vendors’ tamales and giving them...
Robert Magiet has been showing up at tamale vendors stands at 5:30 a.m. and buying their full inventory so they can go home and get out of the cold. He's also baking and delivering free pizzas for...
View ArticleDes Plaines probes space heater as possible cause of fire that killed mom, 4...
A space heater may have started the deadly Des Plaines fire that trapped and killed four young girls and their mother, and there were no working smoke detectors on their floor, the Des Plaines Fire...
View ArticleIs the COVID-19 pandemic growing or shrinking in Illinois? New website tracks...
A group of Illinois COVID-19 researchers has launched a webpage to try to help residents see and make sense of the latest pandemic trends, including one of the easiest metrics to understand: the...
View ArticleChicago health commissioner urges patience with teacher vaccines as some CPS...
Dr. Allison Arwady said the city wants teachers vaccinated but that they can't be prioritized ahead of others in the current phase.
View ArticleGunshot victims crash, seek help at Home Depot
Two men bleeding from gunshot wounds ran into a nearby Home Depot for help after the attack in the West Chatham neighborhood Thursday evening on the South Side.
View ArticleBlaming teachers union, CPS cancels Friday in-person classes as it races to...
If CPS disciplines or locks out teachers who refuse to show up, "our action then becomes a strike,” the union says.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 4,191 new COVID-19 cases and 103 more...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCicely Tyson, groundbreaking Tony award-winning actor, dead at 96
Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor died Thursday at age 96. Tyson’s memoir, “Just As I Am,” was published this week.
View ArticleColumn: In defense of Marjorie Taylor Greene: Think of all the times she...
In defense of Marjorie Taylor Greene: Think about all the times she HASN’T wanted to execute Democrats or thought the Parkland shooting was a staged hoax.
View ArticleColumn: Trying to get a COVID vaccine is like playing roulette
The only predictable thing about the COVID vaccine rollout at this point is its unpredictability.
View ArticleRep. Adam Kinzinger’s criticism of Trump puts focus on divide in Illinois GOP...
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s vote to impeach Donald Trump and criticism of Republican congressional colleagues who support the former president has highlighted a split in the state GOP as it gets set to...
View Article10 years ago, it was ‘Snowmageddon’: ‘Do you understand what’s going on on...
40 hours of snow, 70 mph winds and lightning: the Groundhog Day Blizzard, as it was officially named, was a ‘battle with nature.’
View Article10 years ago, ‘Snowmageddon’ hit Chicago
Meteorologist Tom Skilling and Cole Jarvis, who was stuck on Lake Shore Drive when the storm hit, remember 'Snowmageddon.' (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
View ArticleDaywatch: CPS calls off 3rd day of in-person class, a look back at Chicago’s...
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