Man, 32, charged in shooting death of Valparaiso teen over paternity test:...
A fight over paternity test results and the money paid for them led to the fatal shooting of a 2020 Valparaiso High School graduate who played on the school’s varsity football team, according to...
View ArticleIllinois’ first case of Brazilian COVID-19 variant identified in Chicago
The state’s first case of the coronavirus variant from Brazil has been identified in Chicago, city and state public health officials confirmed Friday.
View ArticleMedical examiner report shows Frankfort native, Lipinski aide was legally...
The Miami-Dade County medical examiner report said Zachary Plantz had a blood-alcohol count of 0.247% at the time of his death.
View ArticleCPS high schoolers get first chance to opt for in-person classes, while...
High school students don't have a return date but CPS hopes to bring them back next month.
View ArticleWith 1 million Illinoisans now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, here’s a look...
Illinois set a new record for daily shots administered while also passing two COVID-19 vaccination benchmarks: More than 3 million doses administered and 1 million people fully vaccinated.
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View ArticleColumn: How has a year in the pandemic changed you? The Year of COVID...
The questionnaire is a chance to take inventory of how the past year changed you, or didn’t, and to think ahead to the coming year.
View ArticleHow does a mass vaccination site work? Here’s a look inside one at a former...
Illinois has 18 mass vaccination sites running across the state. To see how they work, the Tribune visited a new site set up inside a vacant K-Mart in Des Plaines . The vaccination site, on Oakton...
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccines given to hundreds of University of Illinois employees who...
Officials blamed the snafu on miscommunication.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: New daily record set with 131,882 vaccines...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleChicago police officer dies of apparent suicide on Far Southwest Side
A Chicago police officer was found dead of an apparent suicide at his home in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on the city’s Far South Side Friday night, sources said.
View ArticleProcession for Chicago police officer
A Chicago police officer was found dead of an apparent suicide at his home in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on the city’s Far Southwest Side, sources said.
View ArticleRide-share driver victim of carjacking in Lawndale neighborhood
A ride-share driver was a victim of a carjacking Saturday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood, Chicago police said.
View ArticleWoman shot after refusing to let an ex-boyfriend inside her East Chatham...
A 26-year-old woman was shot through her front door after she refused to let an ex-boyfriend inside of her residence Friday night in the East Chatham neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleBond set at $50,000 for man shot by rail police officer during struggle that...
A train passenger on the South Shore Line, irate over being asked to pay for a ticket, allegedly clawed at a transit police officer’s eyes before the cop shot him in the stomach Thursday morning,...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 134,239 COVID-19 vaccines administered — a...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
Corrections and clarifications for Saturday, March 6, 2021.
View ArticleNo bail for second man charged with murder of 32-year-old killed in West Side...
A parolee accused of fatally shooting another man last month on the West Side was held without bail Saturday after prosecutors said he fired the shot that killed the victim and was found with the...
View Article‘Unattended cooking’ blamed for blaze that left child, 2 adults injured on...
Two adults and a child were injured during an apartment fire at a Southwest Side apartment building Saturday, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
View ArticleMan found dead with gunshot wound in Englewood building fire, police say
When Chicago police officers responded to a fire Saturday afternoon at an abandoned building in Englewood, they found a man dead with a gunshot wound to his back, Chicago police said.
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