Legal weed’s first year in Chicago: High arrest rates for Black people, a...
Black people led all ethnic groups in arrests with 2,311 arrests, making up more than three-quarters of all marijuana arrests in Chicago. Latinos made up the second highest number of arrests with 506,...
View ArticleAn additional 129,755 COVID-19 shots given in Illinois, while ICU bed...
The number of residents who have been fully vaccinated — receiving both of the required shots, or Johnson & Johnson’s single shot — reached 3,093,820, or 24.28% of the total population.
View ArticleSocial Graces: Your roommate is inviting someone over who isn’t fully...
Your roommate has invited someone who has received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and you're uncomfortable. Here's how to handle.
View ArticleBattery charge filed against Quincy bar owner in attack on Black college...
Aggravated battery charge filed in western Illinois against Quincy bar owner alleged to have beaten a college student.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago Public Schools reaches tentative...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleWatch live: Attorney for Adam Toledo’s family speaks after release of fatal...
The attorney for Adam Toledo's family speaks after the release of the video of the 13-year-old’s fatal shooting by a Chicago police officer.
View ArticleDaunte Wright police shooting: Family calls for more serious charges as...
A white former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree manslaughter charge in the traffic-stop shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.
View ArticleTracking COVID-19 in CPS: Look up your school to see if cases have been...
CPS tracks cases, close contacts of those infected and students pods in quarantine.
View ArticleReal ID and expired license backlog — but mostly COVID-19 — create long lines...
We found one suburban driver services location where there was no line at all. And we offer some tips on avoiding the crush.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says video of Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting by...
Hours before city officials plan to release video of a police officer shooting 13-year old Adam Toledo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked Chicago residents to withhold judgment on the shooting and again...
View ArticleReaction to Adam Toledo video release
People react after the video release of the fatal police shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo.
View ArticleVideo of fatal Chicago police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo is released...
Video of Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting by a Chicago police officer was released to the public Thursday, more than two weeks after the 13-year-old was killed following a foot chase in a Little Village...
View ArticleCPS has a tentative deal with the teachers union to reopen high schools...
The agreement is pending approval by the Chicago Teachers Union.
View ArticleThe Spin: Mayor Lightfoot calls video of fatal police shooting of Adam...
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View ArticleLightfoot’s plan for a partially elected school board introduced in state...
The Illinois House on Thursday approved a bill that would create a 21-member elected board to lead Chicago Public Schools, a change backed by community groups and the Chicago Teachers Union but...
View ArticleLockport man charged with possessing child pornography, police say
A 49-year-old Lockport man was ordered held on $150,000 bail Thursday, facing charges of possession of child pornography, police said Thursday.
View ArticleSeveral Chicago police officers ‘overcome’ by smoke while rescuing retired...
Several Chicago police officers ‘overcome’ by smoke while rescuing retired cop from Beverly neighborhood blaze: fire officials
View ArticleCo-worker charged with murder of Portage Park man found in trunk of Cadillac...
A 21-year-old West Side man is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing a 42-year-old man whose body was found in the trunk of a car on the Northwest Side on Wednesday, police said.
View ArticleFirst lady Jill Biden, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to visit...
First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona are slated to tour a community college during a planned visit to Illinois on Monday.
View ArticleColumn: As pandemic pace slows, hospital chaplain sees COVID-19 workers begin...
Mark "Chaps" Schimmelpfennig, a combat veteran, uses his PTSD experience and expertise to help health care workers at Rush recover from the pandemic.
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