Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Removing US Attorney John Lausch before...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for President Joe Biden to keep U.S. Attorney John Lausch in office until a successor is confirmed, saying his removal would put the city “at risk.”
View ArticleColumn: 14 conversations to have before your kid starts high school: One...
Michelle Icard's new book recommends conversations that feel especially relevant when a pandemic is constantly changing our norms, needs and feelings.
View ArticleContenders for Cook County public defender appointment include some...
Several marquee names in Chicago’s criminal-justice circles are in the running to become Cook County Public Defender.
View ArticleSun and snow melt: Chicago is warming up after bitter cold and heavy snow
Is that ... the sun? Over Chicago? Is the snow ... melting?
View ArticleChicago lakefront, playgrounds, indoor pools to reopen after COVID-19...
The city’s lakefront, playgrounds and indoor aquatics centers will begin to reopen after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close nearly a year ago, the Chicago Park District announced Tuesday.
View ArticleMore than 2,200 homeless Chicagoans in shelters receive COVID-19 vaccine: ‘I...
Homeless Chicagoans are receiving COVID-19 vaccines as part of a city strategy to aggressively reduce transmission of the virus and work toward an equitable distribution of the vaccine, city officials...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago lakefront reopening after 11-month...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleFederal housing agency failed West Calumet families, leaving kids exposed for...
A damning federal report concluded several agencies missed “multiple opportunities” to shield children living at the former West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago from lead and arsenic poisoning.
View ArticleStuck in the same building during COVID-19, Chicago neighbors are falling in...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has Chicagoans cooped up in their homes, some neighbors have gotten closer — and ended up in relationships.
View ArticlePritzker calls for loans to help municipalities hit with high utility bills...
Severe cold and heavy snow in February that spurred a sharp increase in utility bills prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday to call for a $15 million low-interest loan program for municipalities...
View ArticleHammond man sentenced to 26 years in robbery spree
He and two accomplices -- the woman and a second girlfriend -- were charged in a string of seven armed robberies in Hammond dating between Nov. 13 to 19, 2015, documents state. Smith committed the...
View ArticleArlington Park horse racing track is up for sale
Arlington Park horse racing track is up for sale, Churchill Downs says
View ArticleChicago firefighter charged with attempting to kill wife
Joseph X. Ramirez’s wife suffered head injuries during the incident shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday in the Edison Park neighborhood.
View ArticleChicago US Attorney John Lausch to stay on the job until successor installed
Chicago’s top federal prosecutor will stay on the job — for now.
View ArticleThe Spin: Chicago U.S. Attorney John Lausch gets reprieve from Biden...
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View ArticleChicago COVID-19 vaccine shipments ‘back on track’ following massive winter...
Chicago has caught up on its delayed vaccine shipments from last week’s snowstorm as of Tuesday, public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said while again stressing the need for more doses.
View ArticleNo charges against Rochester officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death
No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude, a Black man, until he stopped breathing.
View ArticleColumn: With friends like Heidi Cruz’s, who needs enemies?
The Cruzes are selfish and tone-deaf, but let's not laud those who leaked her trip texts, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Madigan calls on successor to resign after 2 days, Chicago US...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleMan charged with reckless homicide in Englewood pedestrian crash that may...
Reckless homicide charges have been filed against a 20-year-old man who Chicago police say was driving an SUV through Englewood on Monday when he ran a red light and hit and killed a woman.
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