11-year-old girl, man seriously wounded in Chicago gas station shooting,...
An 11-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man were seriously injured Monday night when someone fired on the man at a gas station in the West Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said.
View ArticleAurora firefighters battle multifamily home fire near downtown
Aurora firefighters battled a fire Tuesday morning at a vacant multifamily home near the city’s downtown.
View ArticleJudge balks at potential plea deal for ‘serial stowaway’ in most recent...
The Chicago-area woman known as the “serial stowaway” for her history of sneaking onto flights was poised to plead guilty in her latest case after working out a deal, but a Cook County judge indicated...
View Article1 dead after 3 semitrailer truck crash on Tri-State Tollway near Hickory Hills
One person was killed early Tuesday when two semitrailers collided, blocking several lanes on the northbound Tri-State Tollway, officials said.
View ArticleIllinois set to receive more than 100,000 doses of new Johnson & Johnson...
Illinois is expected to receive more than 100,000 doses of the recently approved Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine this week, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
View ArticleColumn: One family’s weekly trips to fill Chicago’s Love Fridges is a...
Michelle DiGiacomo collected grocery gift cards, but she's disabled and needed a volunteer to do the shopping. Annie Swingen's family stepped in.
View ArticleRegistration for United Center COVID-19 vaccinations to open Thursday, site...
Illinois residents who are 65 or older can start making appointments for the United Center mass vaccination site Thursday morning, officials announced.
View ArticleChicago man arrested on federal charges of inciting looting during unrest in...
A Chicago man was arrested Tuesday on federal charges alleging he called for and participated in looting during the civil unrest that gripped the city last August.
View ArticleHouse fire that killed mother, daughter in Gresham neighborhood now...
Investigators believe the fire that killed a mother and daughter in the Gresham neighborhood was intentionally set.
View ArticleValparaiso University shows COVID-19 spike; classes return to online and...
Valparaiso had 60 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases and a total of 78 confirmed cases, according to the university’s dashboard. The university has had a total of 240 cases since school resumed Aug....
View Article16-year-old charged after carjacking, attempted Eisenhower Expressway escape...
A 16-year-old male has been arrested and faces felony charges in a carjacking and attempted escape that left another teen dead on the Eisenhower Expressway in September, Chicago police said Tuesday.
View ArticleVernon Jordan, civil rights activist and former President Clinton adviser,...
Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and a former advisor to President Bill Clinton, has died, according to a statement from his daughter.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Registration for United Center vaccinations...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleAdvocate Aurora Health working on mass vaccination site at conference center...
Advocate Aurora Health is working on a mass vaccination site to be hosted at the conference center next to Wrigley Field, potentially giving the city another prominent location for shots distribution,...
View ArticleFans in stands? Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she thinks Chicago Cubs, White Sox...
Good news, Chicago baseball fans: Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that the Cubs and White Sox will be able to host fans this season. But the mayor declined to offer a timeline on when, noting the...
View ArticleThe pandemic is crushing sleep. Here are 5 tips to help you get better shut-eye.
Waking up at the same time every day and setting a cutoff for caffeine and booze are among the ways to improve your sleep.
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View ArticleIllinois Democrats set to choose chairman to succeed Madigan as legal...
Top Illinois Democrats will meet virtually Wednesday night to select Michael Madigan’s successor as state party chairman in an increasingly contentious race that has been further complicated by legal...
View ArticleWrigley Field campus could become city’s next COVID-19 mass inoculation site,...
Plans surfaced Tuesday that Advocate Aurora Health is working to host a mass vaccination site at the Wrigley Field campus.
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