Oak Park and River Forest High School student shot at Gold Coast hotel:...
A high school student was shot late Tuesday at a hotel just off the Magnificent Mile, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleColumn: Daily Herald exec who died saving kids in rip current showed the...
Peter Rosengren, a Daily Herald executive, died Sunday saving kids from a powerful rip current, racing into the Gulf of Mexico to help get his three boys and other children to safety. It was brave, and...
View ArticleColumn: Bodycam footage of police berating and threatening a student is 51...
The officers treated the boy like a criminal, not a child who misbehaved in school, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleWhy are COVID-19 numbers heading up again? It could be that the public is...
Coronavirus cases in Chicago and Illinois are inching upward again, part of a nationwide pattern that is causing experts and officials to worry about another surge of the virus while cities and states...
View ArticleEaster in Chicago: Sunday’s sunny forecast and the warmest, coldest, wettest...
Here are the warmest, coldest, wettest and snowiest Easter holidays in Chicago, according to data from the National Weather Service.
View ArticleRep. Adam Kinzinger raises $1.1 million for his anti-Trump PAC in first...
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, raises $1.1 million in the first quarter for his anti-Trump political action committee.
View ArticleDaywatch: Baseball fans return for opening day, why COVID numbers are rising...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View Article2 dead, 1 seriously injured in Chrysler Village house fire near Midway Airport
Two women died from injuries suffered in a fire early Thursday and a man was seriously injured, officials said.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Thursday with...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleRobert Marx, rabbi who marched with MLK in Chicago and fought for social...
In the summer of '66, Robert Marx stood guard over a pile of rocks, hoping to keep them from being hurled at civil rights marchers.
View ArticleFamily of Anthony Alvarez, 22-year-old man killed in Chicago police shooting,...
Anthony Alvarez's cousin spoke in front of at least 50 people Saturday afternoon at Federal Plaza about her anguish over the death of her cousin, a 22-year-old man who Chicago police fatally shot...
View ArticleDriver shot on Kennedy Expressway in Avondale neighborhood: state police
A motorist was shot on the Kennedy Expressway on Saturday morning near Belmont Avenue on the Northwest Side, officials said.
View ArticleChicago man busted in Wisconsin with $20,000 worth of cocaine in car,...
A Trempealeau County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a Chicago man on Interstate 94 near Osseo for multiple traffic violations. A police dog alerted to narcotics in the car, police said.
View ArticleHometown cop fatally hit by car while investigating crash: police
A Hometown Police Department officer was hit by a vehicle while investigating a crash early Saturday, according to the department.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 3-4 with COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMan, 18, third person to be shot in the Loop or South Loop in about 24 hours...
Three men shot in the Central District, downtown Chicago, Easter weekend, authorities said.
View ArticleIllinois State Police investigating 2 separate expressway shootings on Easter
Two people were shot on area expressways Easter weekend, according to state police.
View ArticleMan, 51, pronounced dead after being pulled out of the Chicago River...
A body was seen in the Chicago River Sunday afternoon and police said a 51-year-old man was pronounced dead after he was pulled from the river by the police marine unit.
View ArticleMan held without bond in fatal stabbing of stepgrandmother
Man allegedly used a samurai knife to stab her 35 times.
View ArticleMan, 18, charged with carjacking in 3-day crime spree
An 18-year old man was charged with aggravated vehicular carjacking and armed robbery after what prosecutors said was a three-day crime spree that included stealing a Cook County judge’s vehicle.
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