Chicago River dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day weekend, prompting selfies and...
The Chicago River glowed Kelly green downtown this St. Patrick’s Day weekend after all.
View ArticleCicero man faces murder charge in shooting of 68-year-old Bridgeport man, a...
A Cicero man is facing one count of first-degree murder after Chicago police say they identified him as the person who fired shots, killing a 68-year-old man in Bridgeport last month.
View ArticleMichigan hospital system investigating after photos from operating room...
Members of the group behind the posts described themselves as 35 obstetrics and gynecology residents training at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids.
View ArticleNaperville police add extra patrols in Washington Street area after report of...
Naperville police are adding extra patrols in the area of North Washington Street after receiving a report of a man trying to lure a child into a van.
View ArticleSouth Side mass shooting leaves 15 people shot, two of the fatally
A "pop-up" party at South Side Think Tank, a business that operates as a tow company and apparent event space on the South Side, left at least 15 people were shot, two of them fatally.
View ArticleHuge crowd gathers in downtown Naperville for rally demanding full-time...
Several hundred people with children attending nine or more different school districts gathered in downtown Naperville Sunday for a rally demanding their districts reopen on a full-time basis.
View ArticleCicero firefighter hospitalized after inhaling ‘intensely’ hot smoke in house...
A firefighter was in serious condition after he inhaled hot smoke while battling a house fire in Cicero on Saturday, officials said Sunday.
View ArticleOfficer shot and wounded outside South Side police station, authorities say
A Chicago police officer was shot Sunday afternoon outside a police station in the city’s Gresham neighborhood, police said.
View Article2 people who were fatally shot have been identified in South Side mass...
At least 15 people were shot, two fatally, during a party at a Park Manor business early Sunday, officials said.
View ArticleBlustery winds set to give way to rain and snow this week
After a blustery but otherwise unremarkable Sunday, Chicagoans leaving the house Monday may want to take a parka. And an ice scraper. And galoshes.
View ArticleCicero man accused of shooting lifelong Bridgeport resident identified in...
Gerardo Campos, 26, is accused of fatally shooting Alva Besst, a lifelong Bridgeport resident, on Feb. 16.
View ArticleRiver North bar cited for COVID-19 violations during weekend celebrations for...
Clutch Bar was cited for operating beyond capacity — with 60 patrons in a space for 50 — and allowing more than six people at a table and spacing tables too close together, according to Chicago’s...
View ArticleColumn: Breonna Taylor. We must never stop saying her name
Taylor's name stands for innocent victims of an inequitable system, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleCOVID-19 cancels spring break on college campuses as students seek other ways...
Smaller breaks, gift cards, special events and free T-shirts are among ways colleges are trying to compensate.
View ArticleDaywatch: Mass shooting leaves 2 dead in Chicago, COVID-19 cancels college...
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View Article4 people, including 2 bystanders — one of them 13— shot during South Shore...
Armed robbers firing indiscriminately shot two people even after the man and woman handed over their cash in Sunday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood and also wounded two bystanders, one of...
View ArticlePortage Park shooting, crash leaves 4 seriously injured
Chicago police are investigating a shooting and a fiery crash between a car and a city street sweeper that caused both vehicles to burst into flames and sent four people to the hospital with serious...
View ArticleViewing ‘Chicagohenge’: How it works
During equinoxes, the rising and setting sun lines up with Chicago's east-west street grid, creating spectacular views as the sun is framed in Chicago's skyline
View ArticlePolice investigating Portage Park shooting, crash with street sweeper that...
Chicago police are investigating a shooting and a crash between a car and a street sweeper in the Portage Park neighborhood Monday morning that caused both vehicles to catch fire and sent four people...
View ArticleBeach Park man charged in beating, choking and threatening of girlfriend,...
A Beach Park man has been charged with beating and choking his girlfriend, and then threatening to kill her with scissors, the Lake County sheriff’s office said Monday.
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