Seven wounded in city shootings on West, South sides, including 3 in West...
Chicago police are on the scene where several people have been wounded after a shooting on Friday on the West Side.
View ArticleThree taken to hospitals after West Side shooting
Three people were shot in a shooting on the West Side and all were taken in critical condition to area hospitals.
View ArticleIllinois will begin phase 1b of COVID-19 vaccinations Jan. 25: Can it pick up...
Many hope Illinois will hasten COVID-19 vaccinations in the next phase, which will include people ages 65 and older and essential workers, such as teachers and public transportation and grocery employees.
View ArticleImmigrant homeless in Chicago denied government help depend on community...
For the aging immigrant men who make up much of Pilsen's homeless population, the usual road to stability is “nearly unattainable” because they can't access government-funded programs, advocates say.
View ArticleCourtney Key was found dead on Christmas, shot in the head and dragged by a...
Courtney “Eshay” Key was proud to be a trans woman and was always straightforward about it.
View ArticleLightfoot calls for healing, unity against systemic racism at city’s annual...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pushed for racial healing and unity at the city’s 35th Annual Interfaith Celebration commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., along with keynote speaker Atlanta Mayor Keisha...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State confirms first case of more contagious...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleIllinois State Capitol prepped for protests
250 National Guard members are mobilized to protect state capital amid FBI warning of potential armed protests.
View ArticleFederal charges filed against Hammond man Kash Lee Kelly for Capitol...
Kash Lee Kelly, 32, of Hammond, is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful entry and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
View ArticleCTU says reopening talks approaching ‘eleventh hour’ as community groups...
More than two dozen community groups on Friday demanded Mayor Lori Lightfoot send all Chicago Public Schools students back to remote learning until coronavirus rates subside, in the latest salvo...
View ArticleAuthorities investigating ‘suspicious package’ at Far South Side Metra facility
A Far South Side Metra facility was evacuated and Metra Electric District trains were halted Friday afternoon after an employee noticed a suspicious package, Metra officials said.
View ArticleCTU protests lock-out
Locked-out Chicago Teachers Union teachers and supporters stage a car caravan from Union Park to the Loop.
View ArticleIllinois House speaker’s chief of staff tests positive for COVID-19 after...
The chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and new Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch told lawmakers Friday morning that she, along with two others, tested positive for the...
View ArticleIndoor dining, bar service could resume sooner under Pritzker’s latest plan;...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday that limited indoor restaurant and bar service will be able to resume sooner than previously allowed under his regional reopening plan, though no regions have...
View ArticlePritzker mobilizes 250 National Guard members to protect state capital amid...
About 250 Illinois National Guard members will be mobilized to protect the state capital in light of recent warnings about the potential for armed protests across the country, Gov. J.B. Pritzker...
View ArticleIllinois confirms first case of more contagious COVID-19 variant as...
Illinois has recorded its first case of a more contagious version of COVID-19, state and Chicago public health officials disclosed on Friday.
View ArticleThe Spin: Kinzinger says he was armed during Capitol riot | Illinois National...
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View ArticleCook County watchdog report finds Stroger Hospital nurse was high during...
A Stroger Hospital nurse allegedly got high on cannabis and struggled through an emergency room shift last year that entailed administering intravenous injections, according to a report from the Cook...
View ArticleNew state House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch made commitments for reform to...
In becoming Illinois' first Black speaker of the House, Emanuel 'Chris' Welch has made a lot of promises to break from the past under power broker Michael J. Madigan. Can he keep them?
View ArticleIllinois sitting on $62 million in cannabis revenue meant to foster...
Despite promises that cannabis legalization in Illinois would fund more minority business participation and neighborhood improvements, the state has yet to spend $62 million collected for those purposes.
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