Danville man is charged with attempted murder in Magnificent Mile stabbing of...
A 39-year-old man from downstate Illinois was charged this week with attempted murder in the weekend stabbing of a man who declined to turn over his change on the city’s Magnificent Mile, authorities...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Mass vaccination sites coming to Wrigley...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticlePrairie fire in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood ignites paper recycling...
A prairie fire fed by high winds on the city’s Southwest Side on Tuesday afternoon ignited a nearby paper recycling plant and shut down the CTA’s Orange Line, Fire Department authorities said.
View ArticleHoffman Estates man charged with home invasion, sexual assault
A 24-year-old Hoffman Estates man is facing charges of sexual assault and home invasion in an incident early Sunday in the village, authorities said.
View ArticleChicago’s first opening day in two years will see changes aplenty inside and...
The gates swing wide for opening day Thursday, and about 8,200 spectators will get their first in-person glimpse of the Friendly Confines in 18 months.
View ArticleWoman uses stimulus money to fly grandparents back to Chicago to get COVID-19...
A couple's oldest granddaughter used money from her stimulus check to fly them back to Chicago from Monterrey, Mexico, to get be vaccinated for COVID-19.
View ArticleDaywatch: Chicago opening new mass vaccination sites, Chicagoans travel to...
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View ArticleOff-duty Chicago police officer shoots intruder during home invasion, police say
A man who forced his way into the home of a Chicago police officer was shot by the officer early Wednesday, police said.
View ArticleEvanston independent bookstore sues Amazon, book publishers for unfair...
The owner of an independent bookstore in Evanston is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against Amazon.com and the five biggest book publishing companies.
View Article1 fatally shot by Chicago police officer after Portage Park foot pursuit,...
A male was fatally shot by a police officer in Portage Park early Wednesday, the second person to be fatally shot by an officer this week.
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to hate crime in attack on Black teen at Michigan beach
Lee Mouat repeatedly used racial slurs and said Black people had no right to use the beach before striking Devin Freelon Jr., Michigan authorities said.
View ArticleGrayslake police officer shoots, seriously injures man who brandished replica...
A Grayslake police officer shot and seriously wounded a man who pointed what turned out to be a replica pistol at officers, the Lake County Major Crime Task Force said.
View ArticleWisconsin mask mandate struck down by state Supreme Court
The 4-3 ruling from the conservative-controlled court is the latest legal blow to attempts by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to control the coronavirus.
View ArticleInside the Cook County medical examiner's office during the coronavirus pandemic
A look inside the Cook County medical examiner's office.
View ArticleChicago woman charged with stealing car in Belmont Cragin as owners delivered...
An 18-year-old Chicago woman faces charge including stealing a car Monday afternoon in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood as the car’s owners delivered coffee and doughnuts to their coworkers.
View ArticleAs Chicago sees ‘quantum leap’ in coronavirus cases, Mayor Lori Lightfoot...
As Chicago’s daily COVID-19 cases rose to nearly 500 a day this week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday she’s concerned about the “quantum leap” in coronavirus numbers and won’t call for any more...
View ArticleAttorney of brothers who allege they were sexually abused by the Rev. Pfleger...
Two brothers who allege they were sexually abused by the Rev. Michael Pfleger in the 1970s have passed polygraph exams, their attorney said, and are challenging the iconic South Side priest to do the...
View ArticleWrigleyville rooftops will be open for baseball season, but with restrictions...
The city of Chicago has cleared the way for rooftops around Wrigley Field to host fans, offering another way to watch Cubs games this year when the park opens for limited capacity.
View ArticleIllinois AG Kwame Raoul warns residents not to post vaccination cards online...
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warned Wednesday against “scams and fraud” associated with COVID-19 vaccination cards, and said his office is looking into reports of fake cards being sold online.
View ArticleMan found stabbed to death in West Rogers Park apartment kitchen, body...
Officials Wednesday were still trying to identify the remains of a male found dead from stab wounds in an apartment in the West Rogers Park neighborhood earlier this week after neighbors called police.
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