Indoor dining to resume in north-central Illinois including Kendall County
Restaurants in Region 2, which includes Peoria and Bloomington, will be allowed to resume indoor service at 25% capacity, or 25 people, whichever is less, according to the state’s public health...
View ArticleRogers Park residents, leaders fight closure of High Ridge YMCA
People gather to protest against the upcoming closure of the High Ridge YMCA during a rally at the corner of Touhy and Western avenues in Chicago on Jan. 17, 2021.
View ArticleMan lived inside O’Hare for 3 months before detection, prosecutors say
Singh reportedly found an airport ID badge in the airport and was “scared to go home due to COVID.”
View Article15-year-old struck 4 times, critically injured in Little Village shooting,...
Chicago police are investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Little Village late Saturday and no arrests have been made, officials said.
View ArticleChicago police: Death of man while trying to move filing cabinet ruled...
A 42-year-old man was crushed by an object when he tried to move a filing cabinet through an opening in the wall of a meat-packing plant, officials said.
View ArticleSecond person arrested and accused of pretending to be an ICE agent in Orland...
Prosecutors said three offenders wearing ski masks and Immigration and Customs Enforcement jackets put a gun to the victim’s head outside an Orland Park apartment building, handcuffed him and drove him...
View ArticleA post-holiday COVID-19 surge? Nothing significant seen yet in Illinois, but...
Illinois has so far avoided a holiday-related COVID-19 surge, though some metrics saw brief increases in some parts of the state.
View ArticleColumn: After the US Capitol attack, a renewed look at Martin Luther King...
King believed violence pushes a movement backward, not forward.
View ArticleDaywatch: Vaccine rollout pace lags, bill to end cash bail awaits Pritzker’s...
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View Article17-year-old boy fatally shot on Northwest Side is among the more than 20...
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed late Sunday in Belmont Central, according to Chicago police, one of more than 20 people who had been shot in the city during the long holiday weekend as of Monday...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 50 new deaths, 3,385 new confirmed and...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMLK Day in Chicago
People through out Chicago celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with rallies, speeches and volunteerism, Jan. 18, 2021.
View ArticleWoman shot in Aurora in one of several suburban carjackings over the weekend
Suburban police departments are beginning to examine whether there's cause for concern that carjackings could be on the rise after five agencies responded to carjacking cases in a single weekend.
View ArticleDays into 2021, Chicago carjacking numbers not slowing: Search our map to see...
On the heels of record number of Chicago carjackings in 2020, the trend appears to be continuing into the new year.Through Jan. 10, the latest city data, the Chicago Police recorded 61 carjackings....
View ArticleAnjanette Young rallies against Chicago police misconduct following raid on...
Social worker Anjanette Young called for change as she recalled the night when Chicago police officers mistakenly raided her home.
View ArticleCarjackings more than double in Chicago during 2020, police say, perhaps as...
An analysis of police data shows 2020 came to a close with carjackings more than doubling in the city over the prior 12 months.
View ArticleChicago moves to Tier 2 in state coronavirus plan
Some restrictions under the state’s coronavirus recovery plan are easing up in Chicago and surrounding counties after a change in the qualifying metrics brought on by more hospital staffing, the...
View ArticleOn MLK Day, Chicagoans of all ages reflect on how to apply civil rights...
At Martin Luther King Day events in the Chicago area, participants looked to the future while acknowledging the sorrow over a year marked by a deadly worldwide pandemic, unrest sparked by police...
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