As new COVID-19 cases emerge in Chicago Public Schools, families plead for...
CPS says teachers who've been locked out defied the terms of their contract.
View ArticleCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appoints new director of human...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has appointed a former top lawyer from the clerk’s office to serve as the next director of the county’s Department of Human Rights and Ethics.
View ArticleEmanuel ‘Chris’ Welch says he’s Illinois House speaker because ‘my colleagues...
Emanuel "Chris" Welch found himself still several votes short of being elected speaker of the Illinois House hours before a new legislature was seated. He started making his case to individual lawmakers.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 6,652 new COVID-19 cases and 88 more deaths...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View Article18 Chicago police officers disciplined after video shows cops lounging around...
Eighteen Chicago police officers have been disciplined for their roles in last year’s incident at U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush’s South Side campaign office
View ArticleRahm Emanuel donates $100,000 to a City Colleges of Chicago scholarship he...
The money will assist students advancing to four-year schools from the community colleges.
View ArticleColumn: Trump must admit he was lying about a ‘stolen election’ before more...
Donald Trump's "stolen election" lie is why we have thousands of National Guard droops in Washington, D.C., for Joe Biden's inauguration. That lie will inspire domestic terrorists. Trump must admit...
View ArticleColumn: Staring through the window at the gym, thinking: One day, but not yet
Before the pandemic made “alone together” a slogan for our times, the gym offered precisely that appeal, of being with other people while doing your own private thing, columnist Mary Schmich writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Lightfoot pushing for restaurants to reopen, Biden unveils COVID...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleCassoulet inspires $5,000 Kickstarter zine campaign by Honey Butter Fried...
Sunday Dinner Club, the formerly secret dining society, has made their coveted cassoulet an event every winter for 16 years
View Article2 dead in separate shootings in North Austin neighborhood, police say
Two men were fatally wounded Thursday afternoon in separate shootings in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago police said.
View ArticleMan drank and smoked marijuana for hours before killing man in Logan Square...
A West Side man drove around with friends for hours, drinking and smoking marijuana, before shooting to death a man he saw driving in Logan Square last month and thought was a rival gang member,...
View ArticleWatch live: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker discusses COVID-19 restrictions,...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is set to give a COVID-19 update Friday.
View ArticleDaily Illinois coronavirus graphs: 123 new deaths, 6,642 new confirmed and...
As the pandemic continues, the Tribune is tracking Illinois deaths, cases, test results and more here.
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code: Search for your neighborhood
Search COVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a daily update on cases,...
Here's where Illinois' 11 regions stand on the key metrics that would prompt the state to restrict activities to contain an outbreak.
View ArticleEarly COVID-19 vaccine data shows more people on city’s North Side, lakefront...
Chicago health officials recently released initial COVID-19 vaccine data, offering a glimpse at how many residents have received the first dose of the immunization, according to their home ZIP codes.
View ArticleProsecutors say grand jury in ComEd bribery case not compromised by pandemic
Federal prosecutors said Friday the grand jury hearing evidence in the alleged ComEd bribery scheme involving then-House Speaker Michael Madigan was not affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleFormer Chicago Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno granted bail
Ex-Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno was granted bail Friday after spending about a week in Cook County Jail for picking up DUI and reckless driving charges in violation of his bond for a pending insurance fraud...
View ArticleTaco bar in Downers Grove, Claudia finds a home and Rooh adds street food:...
How Chicago restaurants are adapting to bring customers back in during the coronavirus pandemic. A running list.
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