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View ArticleMurder charges after fatal shooting, police standoff
A man arrested after a Far South Side standoff with a Chicago police SWAT team has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Senita Harper, 40, who was found dead when Joseph West, 30,...
View ArticleExplosive materials found at Near North Side apartment
Sources say two pipe bombs were found in the unit at 240 E. Illinois St. on Wednesday, more than 12 hours after Theodore Hilk was found dead there.
View ArticleThe pollution next door
In Illinois and the Midwest, there are numerous neighborhoods bordering properties producing air, water or soil pollution. Some residents have lived in these areas for generations; others can’t afford...
View ArticleResidents fight Army Corps plan to expand sludge tank at the mouth of the...
Officials with the Army Corps said they hope to award a construction contract for the larger tank by September, while community groups have vowed to fight any environmental permitting needed for the...
View ArticleFiercely proud of their home, residents of the Southeast Side — long a toxic...
The Southeast Side remains home to various industries that produce waste materials affecting the area’s air, land and water.
View ArticleBob Plager, a St. Louis Blues great, dies in a car accident
Former St. Louis Blues defenseman Bob Plager was killed Wednesday in a car crash in St. Louis. He was 78.
View Article2 men die in shootout in South Shore apartment, police say
Two men have died after they got into a dispute early Thursday and started shooting at each other in a South Shore apartment, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleToxic lakefront sludge dump holds up redevelopment as a park
A long-awaited plan to convert a toxic lakefront sludge dump into community parkland would give residents lakefront access. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to scuttle that plan and now...
View ArticleSoutheast Side residents rise up against pollution
The Chicago's Southeast Side was once the gateway to Big Steel. Industrial work near the convergence of Lake Michigan and the Calumet River produced jobs and prosperity from the South Side to Gary...
View Article‘Moderate to heavy rain,’ high waves, 60 mph wind gusts in Chicago area...
Moderate early spring temperatures should continue in the Chicago area through the weekend, but most of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana will first face a trifecta of treacherous weather...
View ArticleColumn: ‘I lost 65 pounds. ... I had to learn how to get the muscles working...
Glen Ellyn's Chris Ward was hospitalized for nearly four months. His story is a reminder of our responsibility to protect one another's fate.
View ArticleMan found dead in Chicago River downtown
A man was found dead in the Main Branch of the Chicago River downtown Thursday morning, according to police.
View ArticleIllinois COVID-19 questions answered: How do vaccination providers ensure a...
How do vaccination providers ensure a second dose? Who is eligible right now for the vaccine and where? Here are some coronavirus questions we put to health and science experts.
View ArticleAcclaimed French director of ‘Around Midnight’ Bertrand Tavernier is dead...
Bertrand Tavernier, the prolific French filmmaker noted for films such as “Coup de Torchon,” “A Sunday in the Country” and “Round Midnight,” has died. He was 79.
View ArticleR. Kelly waits in federal lockup as path to trials in two states remains muddy
After more than a year and a half in custody, embattled R&B; singer R. Kelly’s prospects for trial in two separate federal cases are not quite clear, a judge in Chicago said in court Thursday.
View ArticleGurnee man dies after Waukegan shooting
A Gurnee man was shot and killed Wednesday in Waukegan, according to police.
View ArticleMonarch butterflies in Chicagoland
Monarch butterfly population down, so plant milkweed
View ArticleMan who waved gun in sandwich shop is shot dead by police in Forest Park,...
An armed man was fatally wounded by police Wednesday night after officers were called to a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop in Forest Park because of a person who entered the restaurant with a gun, officials...
View ArticleIllinois reports another 118,544 vaccine doses administered and 27 cases of...
Illinois reports another 118,544 vaccine doses administered and 27 cases of COVID-19 variant first seen in California
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