Illinois public schools awarded $2.2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding:...
The infusion of federal dollars will be released to school districts in the form of grants for “urgent needs."
View ArticleDemonstrators march in Chicago's Loop
Mayor Lori Lightfoot plans to close loopholes that let Chicago police cooperate with immigration agents.
View ArticleGary man gets 10 years in 2012 waitress slaying
Through the peephole, he saw a man putting a chokehold on Gardner. He called 911 and screamed for help, he told police. When he opened the front door he found Gardner unconscious on the hallway floor...
View ArticleGun owner who left car running in Wicker Park scares off thief in exchange of...
A 22-year-old carrying a concealed handgun left his vehicle running while he went into a store and returned to find a person driving off in it. He told police he feared for his life and began shooting...
View ArticleChicago police officer tied to disgraced unit faces firing 16 years after...
More than 16 years after authorities say a Chicago police officer took part in one of the biggest scandals in department history, city officials have quietly moved to fire him.
View ArticleIRS investigating hundreds of COVID-19 scams, warns Illinois taxpayers
As the second round of pandemic relief checks go out to millions of Americans, the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation division warned Illinois taxpayers Tuesday that it was looking into...
View ArticleThe Spin: Heather Steans resigning from Illinois Senate, Madigan moves out of...
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View ArticleJoe Scheidler, of Chicago, ‘godfather of pro-life activism,’ dies at 93
Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League and known as the “godfather of pro-life activism,” died of pneumonia in his Chicago home on Monday, his family said. He was 93.
View ArticleChicago City Hall, Cook County building closed Wednesday as ‘precautionary...
Chicago’s City Hall and the Cook County building downtown will be closed to the public on Wednesday as a “precautionary step” because of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, officials said.
View ArticleChicago entering next phase of Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccine program on Monday,...
Chicago will join the rest of Illinois by advancing to the next phase of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination program on Monday, which will include residents age 65 or older and front-line essential...
View ArticleSouth Side native-turned-general commands 25,000 troops providing security...
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, a Chicago native, commands 25,000 troops to secure Biden inauguration
View ArticleColumn: As first lady, Melania Trump always stood by her man
Now Melania Trump is telling us to choose love over hatred. Most of us aren't buying it, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleAurora man charged with first-degree murder in connection to fatal shooting
A 20-year-old Aurora man faces first-degree murder charges in connection to a fatal shooting in the city Friday.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 4,318 new COVID-19 cases and 33 additional...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleIHSA approves plan for winter sports to begin, allows contact days for fall,...
Badminton, boys swimming, boys and girls bowling, and girls gymnastics are all lower-risk winter sports.
View ArticleWith possible teacher strike vote looming, CPS chief says union talks need to...
No one can promise a COVID-free environment but CPS is doing all it can to decrease the risk, the CPS CEO said.
View ArticleChicago police supervisor sues city, alleging special citywide unit...
A Chicago police supervisor filed a lawsuit against the city Tuesday alleging he was removed from a citywide police unit because he wouldn’t be pressured to have officers working under him make...
View Article34 Chicago police officers to help keep Washington safe on unprecedented...
Chicago police officers have been traveling to the nation's capital for Inauguration Day for decades, but Wednesday's is bound to be a dramatically different experience.
View ArticleMale with gunshot wound found dead in Skokie hotel room
A man with a gunshot wound was found dead Tuesday evening at a Skokie hotel, according to police.
View Article$11 billion in damage from last summer’s derecho: ‘Historically it produced...
Starting on Aug. 10, a speedy line of storms with remarkable endurance covered 770 miles in 14 hours. Beginning in southern South Dakota and hitting gusts higher than 90 mph, the derecho flattened...
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