Ex-Tribune newsman David Ibata, pioneer in online journalism and advocate for...
David Ibata, a longtime Tribune reporter and editor who was a pioneer in the area of online journalism and an advocate for Asian American journalists, died recently at age 66.
View ArticleAldermen advance plan to extend Chicago affordable homes program
Chicago aldermen took steps Tuesday to ensure the ongoing affordability of dozens of homes purchased through a city affordable housing program.
View Article‘A bunch of smoke and mirrors.’ Rhoni Reuter’s brother says convicted...
The brother of Rhoni Reuter said Tuesday the woman convicted of killing his sister should “accept the consequences for (her) action” rather than seek exoneration through a court process that has now...
View ArticleThe Spin: Pritzker talks about pandemic, veers from election questions on...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleCook County’s first jury trial after COVID-19 closures set for Monday, as...
A gun case stemming from a 2019 arrest in South Shore is slated to be Cook County’s first pandemic-era jury trial, officials confirmed Tuesday, though the defendant’s own lawyer said he has serious...
View ArticlePolice shooting suspects
Surveillance video shows suspects in the shooting of a Chicago police officer shot on March 15, 2021. This video was edited by the Chicago Police Department.
View ArticleCity official says former Portage Mayor James Snyder told him to recant grand...
In February 2019, Reeder, who is now superintendent of the streets and sanitation department for the city, said he wanted to recant what he told a grand jury regarding Snyder’s push to purchase garbage...
View ArticleChicago police find SUV believed used in shooting of off-duty officer,...
The SUV Chicago police believe was used in the shooting of an off-duty officer on Monday was found abandoned Tuesday on the South Side, authorities said.
View ArticleRemains found in Kane County identified as those of Aurora woman missing for...
On Tuesday, Aurora police and the Kane County coroner announced that remains found in Kane County late last year have been identified as those of an Aurora woman, Tyesha Bell, missing for almost 18 years.
View ArticleMan dead after vehicle hits light pole in Park Manor neighborhood
Chicago police are investigating the crash of a car into a light pole on the South Side that ended with a 52-year-old man dead.
View ArticleIneligible employees at Chicago’s Trump Tower received COVID-19 vaccinations,...
A West Side hospital that primarily serves Black and Latino residents acknowledged on Tuesday improperly vaccinating workers last week at Trump Tower downtown.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker to direct flags be returned to full staff one year after...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker will direct all U.S. flags on public buildings to be returned to full staff on April 17, one year after he ordered them lowered to half-staff in honor of those who died due to COVID-19.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Ineligible Trump Tower employees received...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCPS sets April 19 as ‘target date’ for high school reopening but teachers...
Officials called it a "top priority" to reopen but didn't commit to the date absolutely.
View ArticleBerwyn man denied bail in charges of kidnapping, sexually assaulting...
A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied bail for a Berwyn man charged with the March 8 carjacking, sexual assault and armed kidnapping of a female ride-share driver.
View ArticleAfter nearing a deal for probation, ‘serial stowaway’ is arrested again at...
Two weeks after a judge rejected a plea deal that would have given her probation for attempting to sneak onto a flight at O’Hare International Airport, “serial stowaway” Marilyn Hartman was arrested...
View ArticleColumn: Gospel artist Kirk Franklin and the hard truth about toxic...
“It’s not fair to judge anyone" on such a phone rant, relationship expert Love McPherson told Dahleen Glanton.
View ArticleIllinois legislators begin redistricting process amid census delays that...
Legislators begin Illinois redistricting process amid census delays.
View ArticleIllinois universities aim to reopen completely this fall. Is that a...
Fall 2021 could look more like fall 2019 than fall 2020, one official said.
View ArticleColumn: What are you going to do when you’re fully vaccinated?
As more of us get vaccinated, the urge to start doing again grows — but the answers about what is safe still feel murky.
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