Illinois begins offering COVID-19 vaccine to people with health conditions...
Illinois is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to people under age 65 with health conditions Thursday, but it likely will be difficult for Chicago-area residents to find shots in coming days.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Pritzker expects 100K daily vaccine doses by...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleTeachers get second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and ‘peace of mind’ at Our Lady...
In an effort to vaccinate teachers and staff within the Archdiocese school system, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy hosted an on-site vaccination day Wednesday afternoon. The vaccines were administered...
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View ArticlePolitical operative connected to ex-Ald. Solis charged in CPS contract fraud
A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Ald. Daniel Solis has been charged in a scheme to steer a massive Chicago Public Schools contract to a Cleveland-based...
View ArticleCPS looks to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees without medical or...
CTU had pushed for teachers to get vaccines before they resume in-person learning.
View ArticleFormer Democratic lawmaker, two sons hit with tax charges in ComEd lobbying...
Former Democratic lawmaker Eddie Acevedo, two sons hit with tax charges in ComEd lobbying probe
View ArticleColumn: It’s time to rethink Black History Month
Let's focus on improving the present rather than looking back at the past, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Illinois expands vaccine access but Chicago will not, lakefront on...
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View ArticleMan pleads guilty in 2019 fatal shooting of Illinois state trooper
One of two men charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of an Illinois State Police trooper in East St. Louis has changed his not guilty plea, the St. Clair County state’s attorney’s office said.
View ArticleWisconsin residents flocked outdoors during pandemic, finds report, whose...
The nonpartisan policy think tank suggests that state and local officials should consider increasing investments on parks, public lands, boat ramps and other green space.
View ArticleYou’ve gotten your second COVID-19 vaccination. When will your life get back...
There are reasons to be hopeful that life can improve after the second COVID-19 vaccination shot, but experts are telling people to continue masking and social distancing after they are considered...
View Article2 officers, 1 other driver injured in rear-end crash on Near North Side,...
Two Chicago police officers were injured in a rear-end crash across the street from Holy Name Cathedral early Thursday, police said.
View ArticleColumn: After giving away 25,000 meals, Evanston’s Gyros Planet and Taqueria...
Erika Castro and Pablo Sanchez used their restaurant to combat hunger caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but their bills have outpaced their business.
View ArticleWoman who sued DuPage County sheriff to receive methadone treatment in jail...
A federal judge has thrown out a Chicago woman’s request to ensure she can receive an addiction-fighting medication during a jail stint that begins Thursday, but the practical effect of the decision...
View ArticleChicago will start trashing ‘dibs’ parking placeholders starting next week
Move your ‘dibs’ items before Tuesday, or the city will trash your shoveled parking spot placeholders, Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation warned Thursday.
View ArticleActivists ‘disappointed and not surprised’ after $181.7M of Cook County’s...
Over the past 11 months of the pandemic, Cook County directed more than 40% of its federal stimulus money toward labor costs for the sheriff’s office, drawing alarm from Black activists who have...
View ArticleMotorist, 24, shot on Dan Ryan Expressway
A 24-year-old man was shot while on the Dan Ryan in the city’s Stateway Gardens neighborhood on Thursday.
View ArticleU.S. Reps. Marie Newman and Marjorie Taylor Greene feud over LGBTQ rights
U.S. Rep. Marie Newman has a transgender pride flag outside her Washington office across the hall from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's sign that reads, "There are TWO genders MALE & FEMALE. ‘Trust...
View ArticleFather of murdered Elgin toddler waits outside prison on day killer freed: ‘I...
Jesse Kley stood outside Dixon Correctional Center Thursday morning with one goal in mind — that the Elgin man who murdered his toddler daughter 24 years ago see the face of the child’s father and...
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