Column: Atlanta shooting suspect’s ‘bad day’ and the whitewashing of white crime
The 21-year-old white man who went on a shooting spree at several Georgia spas, killing eight people, including six Asian women, was having a bad day, you see.
View ArticlePalatine man driving on revoked license accused of sixth DUI, police say
A Palatine man is facing charges of aggravated DUI — his sixth DUI since 2007 — after he hit a fire hydrant earlier this week while driving with a revoked license, police said Wednesday.
View ArticlePritzker expected to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility starting April 12 to...
The vaccine eligibility expansion is part of a revised reopening plan that also includes slightly increased capacity limits for retail stores, theaters and outdoor venues, among other changes, sources...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Pritzker expected to expand COVID-19 vaccine...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleColumn: Suburbanites didn’t want a child rapist and murderer in their...
Residents of the struggling Chicago neighborhood have enough to worry, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Illinois to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone over 16 — except...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleSalt may be a savior for roads, but it imperils Chicago-area water and...
Road salt saves drivers, but changes which organisms thrive in increasingly salty environments and threatens the already-stressed groundwater reserves on which many Illinois residents still rely.
View ArticleUChicago Medicine’s Dr. Emily Landon to answer reader questions about...
The head of infection control and prevention efforts will answer reader questions about COVID-19 vaccinations in a Facebook Live conversation Tuesday.
View ArticleNurse delays retirement to fight COVID-19
Sue Surane, 68, planned to retire in early 2020. Instead, the emergency room nurse at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove pulled 60-hour workweeks to fight COVID-19. Still, she has no...
View ArticleReplacing lead service lines in Galesburg
As Illinois still faces widespread threat of lead in drinking water, one of the first communities to begin tackling the problem is Galesburg. They're on track to replace all of the city’s lead service...
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccine: How many people are eligible because of preexisting...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Wednesday that Chicago will allow people with preexisting conditions to be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on March 29. The move comes nearly a month after Gov. J.B....
View ArticleSuspect in 2 killings at Roundy’s warehouse in Wisconsin identified, but...
Police identified the suspect as Fraron Cornelius, of Wauwatosa, who they said later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a police pursuit.
View ArticleParking meters coming to Chicago’s Montrose Harbor as part of Mayor Lori...
As part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 plan to close Chicago’s budget deficit, the city will soon install parking meters near popular Montrose Harbor. Lightfoot’s budget plan included a provision to...
View ArticleCharges announced in LaSalle County double homicide; ex-husband of slain...
The ex-husband of slain Sheridan couple's daughter charged on suspicion of double homicide, held on $5 million bond, authorities say.
View ArticleGroups oppose bid to require city approval for museums like those planned for...
A fight is brewing over an alderman’s proposal to require special approval for museums to open in Chicago residential neighborhoods, which cultural groups worry will put the brakes on projects such as...
View Article‘Serial stowaway’ ordered held on $100,000 bail as lawyer blames TV news...
“Serial stowaway” Marilyn Hartman went to O’Hare International Airport for the first time in a year after she saw a TV news broadcast about her that triggered a regression in her mental health, her...
View Article‘I can’t leave them yet’: A year after her planned retirement, a nurse stays...
New Lenox nurse Sue Surane, 68, planned to retire a year ago. Instead, she stayed on to help train staffers in infectious disease protocols.
View ArticleRead Gov. Pritzker’s metrics-based reopening plan ‘A Bridge to Phase 5’
Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a revamped plan for gradually reopening the state: ‘A Bridge to Phase 5.′
View Article55 mph wind gusts, 13-foot waves, flooding, expected to continue in Chicago...
A wind advisory and a lakeshore flood advisory were triggered by the windy, rainy and cold Thursday weather, which could see wind gusts of 55 mph and waves on Lake Michigan of 10 to 13 feet.
View ArticleIowa man gets 45 years in Gary gas station slaying
Dontrall Jer’i Phillips, 25, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced Thursday to 45 years in prison for his role in the April 12, 2015, shooting death of Donald Fuzzell in a botched robbery at a Gary gas...
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