Monarch butterflies in Chicagoland
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View ArticleMan who waved gun in sandwich shop is shot dead by police in Forest Park,...
An armed man was fatally wounded by police Wednesday night after officers were called to a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop in Forest Park because of a person who entered the restaurant with a gun, officials...
View ArticleIllinois reports another 118,544 vaccine doses administered and 27 cases of...
Illinois reports another 118,544 vaccine doses administered and 27 cases of COVID-19 variant first seen in California
View ArticleMichigan sees alarming spike in COVID-19 infections, but tighter restrictions...
In what authorities have been warning for months might happen in the U.S., the resurgence is being fueled by loosened restrictions, a more infectious variant and pandemic fatigue.
View ArticleMaywood man charged in 2020 fatal shooting on the West Side
Maywood man charged in 2020 homicide that happened in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleChicago police officer facing dismissal for allegedly lying about fatal...
A Chicago police officer facing firing over accusations he lied about a fatal shooting of a man by another cop on the West Side intends to resign from the Police Department at the end of next month.
View ArticleAttorneys seeking ‘non-trial resolution’ in case against Hammond man for his...
Prosecutors and Kelly’s attorney filed a joint status report Thursday stating that discussions “to attempt a non-trial resolution of the case are ongoing.”
View Article‘He’s not the guy’: Chicago man sues city claiming he has been detained...
A Chicago man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging Chicago police have detained him more than 60 times in the past 15 years because he has the same name and birth date as someone with a downstate...
View ArticleRound Lake Park man traded vaping materials with teens for sex acts, illicit...
Gurnee police say that have arrested a Lake County man who gave minors vaping materials in exchange for illicit images or sexual acts.
View ArticleBail denied for man who prosecutors say fatally shot girlfriend as she sat in...
A man fired 10 shots at his girlfriend, killing her as she sat in bed enjoying McDonald’s before he caused a standoff with Chicago police SWAT officers earlier this week, prosecutors said.
View ArticleChicago man sentenced to 10 years in prison for Batavia man’s overdose death
A Chicago man was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison in connection to a Batavia man’s overdose death in 2018, Kane County prosecutors said.
View ArticleIllinois legislators consider following Cook County in making Juneteenth an...
A bill that would make Juneteenth National Freedom Day the 13th official state holiday is headed to the Illinois Senate floor.
View ArticleColumn: Kenwood couple who held 105 days of front porch concerts hosting...
Jean-Paul Coffy and Yakini Ajanaku-Coffy's nightly performances united their neighbors and brought people together from across Chicago. On Saturday, they're hosting a concert to mark the one-year...
View ArticleIllinois Senate sends Black Caucus health care overhaul and measure allowing...
Illinois legislators moved the Black Caucus' health care overhaul and a measure making ballot drop boxes a permanent Election Day fixture to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot loosens COVID-19 restrictions at outdoor venues amid...
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View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago mayor loosens COVID-19 restrictions...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLightfoot loosens coronavirus restrictions, expanding capacity for Cubs, Sox...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has loosened restrictions on outdoor dining, exercise classes, weddings and performance venues such as theaters, her administration announced Thursday.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools examines school naming procedures
Chicago Public Schools is updating its procedures for changing school names. CPS has several schools named for slaveholders.
View ArticleChicago police officer and security worker shot in Brighton Park
A Chicago police officer and a security worker were shot on March 25, 2021, in the South Side's Brighton Park neighborhood during an incident with a shoplifting suspect.
View ArticleChicago police officer and security worker shot on the Southwest Side,...
A shoplifting suspect who got into a shootout with Chicago police is dead, and a police officer and security worker were hospitalized in an incident that broke out Thursday afternoon at a store in the...
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