Beverly Cleary, beloved children’s author, dies at 104
Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, whose characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins enthralled generations of youngsters, has died. She was 104.
View ArticleFar-right suburban video streamer Nick Fuentes
Far-right suburban video streamer Nick Fuentes has been deplatformed, but is still easy to find online.
View ArticleCook County pet owners warned to stay alert during coyote mating season
Cook County pet owners, beware: the coyotes are getting frisky. The canines have been spotted throughout the county as their mating and birthing season is slated to last until the end of May, according...
View ArticleAfter 60-year-old Vietnamese American man is attacked from behind in...
When Kaylee Cong’s father told her that a man punched him from behind last Saturday evening in the Uptown neighborhood, she wondered whether there were other Asian Americans in Chicago with similar...
View Article‘It kind of hits close to home’: Hundreds gather in Horner Park to grieve,...
Hundreds gather in Horner Park to grieve, rally following Atlanta mass shooting
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted, robbed in Lakeview; man facing charges, police say
A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged in a sexual assault in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleMore than 100 shell casings found near Southwest Side party scene where man...
A man who was among eight people who survived a shooting that also left one man dead shot has been arrested after at least two gunmen opened fire as a party ended at a Wrightwood neighborhood...
View ArticleBody pulled from Calumet River near 95th Street
Police were conducting a death investigation after a body was recovered Friday afternoon from the Calumet River near the 95th Street pier, Chicago police said.
View ArticleColumn: With 2024 already a hot topic, Joe Biden says he’s a ‘respecter of...
Forget Biden’s 2024 presidential plans for a moment. Let’s talk about what he said after he said yes: “I’m a great respecter of fate. I’ve never been able to plan four and a half, three and a half...
View ArticleOne dead in West Pullman, 8 others wounded in shootings since Friday evening...
A 41-year-old man who was pronounced dead Friday evening was among three people shot since late Friday afternoon in city violence, police said.
View Article1 killed, 3 injured in River Grove party bus shooting: police chief
Four people were shot, one fatally, Saturday morning while riding a party bus in northwest suburban River Grove, authorities said.
View ArticleAmber Alert canceled after 8-month-old abducted as vehicle stolen in Dolton:...
An Amber Alert for an 8-month-old boy saying the child was abducted Saturday morning in south suburban Dolton has been canceled, authorities said.
View ArticleVigil honors life of Franklin Park ride share driver shot and killed in...
Ride share driver Javier Ramos was mourned at a vigil in Franklin Park March 26. His death on March 23 was ruled a homicide.
View ArticleSexual assault suspect follows woman from Red Line, attacks her in Lakeview...
A woman frantically banged on someone’s door for help early Sunday when a man followed her from the Belmont station on the CTA’s Red Line, then dragged her into an alley where he sexually assaulted her...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State reports 136,593 vaccine doses...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleHundreds gather in Chinatown with Chicago leaders, community groups to rally...
Hundreds of people huddled with signs Saturday afternoon steps from Chinatown Square in Chicago’s latest protest against anti-Asian racism following the shooting spree across Atlanta-area spas this...
View Article5 wounded in 2 Saturday afternoon shootings in South Austin, Englewoood
Police said at least three people were wounded Saturday afternoon in a shooting in the Austin neighborhood.
View ArticleSouth Side man accused in fatal shooting of man who was smoking cannabis with...
A 22-year-old South Side man is accused of fatally shooting another man who was socializing with friends in his car last month in the Brainerd neighborhood, prosecutors said.
View ArticleBrazen thief drives off with SUV as Cook County judge pumps gas on Southwest...
A Cook County judge’s vehicle was stolen while she was pumping gas in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to a preliminary police report.
View ArticleCook County judge orders release for man shot in deadly mass attack accused...
Judge orders release for man shot in deadly mass attack accused of having gun in ‘slide lock’
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