Indiana Dunes National Park wildfire burns more than 300 acres
Park officials released a satellite photo showing smoke from the wildfire extending 80 miles north onto Lake Michigan.
View ArticleAt least 7 people killed in shootings on Easter Sunday
At least seven people were shot to death in Chicago on Easter Sunday in separate attacks across the city, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleTuesday’s suburban elections feature controversial figures, strange party...
Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes in municipal elections, choosing mayors and village presidents in multiple Chicago suburbs.
View ArticleEvent at a rural Illinois bar led to 46 cases of COVID-19 and school closure...
An event at a rural Illinois bar in February led to an outbreak of 46 cases of COVID-19, a school closure and the hospitalization of a long-term care facility resident, according to a Centers for...
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago top cop to discuss public safety
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown will provide an update on public safety in a briefing scheduled for 11 a.m. Watch live here.
View ArticleColumn: Fan Mail: ‘Miserable, Evil’ columnist loves ‘PooPoo Pants Biden’ like...
Reader Fan Mail: ‘Miserable, Evil’ columnist loves ‘PooPoo Pants Biden’ like typical ‘Democrat Elite Scum!’
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. Pritzker discusses K-12 students returning to the classroom
Gov. Pritzker to discuss localized support for K-12 students returning to the classroom in a briefing scheduled for 1:30 in Champaign. Watch live here.
View ArticleBody found by firefighters identified as Portage man, 82
The Porter County Sheriff’s Department identified the man as Joseph W. Magura, 82, who lived in Portage Township in the area where the brush fire occurred. Police had no further comment on the case.
View ArticleReward in 2017 killings of 2 Indiana teens grows to $325K
The bodies of German, 14, and Williams, 13, were found in a rugged area near a hiking trail on Feb. 14, 2017, one day after they vanished while walking on that trail near the Monon High Bridge, just...
View ArticleMichigan opens COVID-19 vaccines to residents 16 and older
All people ages 16 and older in Michigan became eligible for COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, as the state passed the halfway point in its goal of inoculating 70% of that population by year’s end.
View ArticleCommentary: To a class of 2020 college grad, the thought of a post-pandemic...
Not only am I unsure of what post-pandemic life will look like, I’m also entering a world that looks vastly different from what I was educated for.
View ArticleSouth Side Ald. Pat Dowell set to enter secretary of state race
Ald. Pat Dowell is expected to announce this week her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state, j
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker tweets that Chicago would welcome MLB All-Star Game
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a tweet that Chicago would welcome Major League Baseball’s All-Star game following the league’s decision to move the July 13 event out of Atlanta because of Georgia’s new law...
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccine now available to everyone 16 and older in 84 of Illinois’...
Only 27,248 coronavirus vaccinations were administered in Illinois on Sunday, a fraction of the state’s daily average, although the state said reporting by some providers may have been delayed. In...
View ArticleMass vaccination centers open at Wrigley Field, Chicago State University
Mass vaccination centers grounded in community partnerships help make health care “much more equitable,” said Dr. David Trotter, chair of emergency medicine at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
View ArticleColumn: Why aren’t Chicago’s mass shootings included in the outcry over...
“Mass shootings are mass shootings when they involve white people. When they’re Black people, it’s just something that happened over there."
View ArticleProcession for fallen Hometown officer comes as charges lodged in his death
An Oak Lawn man has been charged in connection with the death of longtime Hometown police officer who was hit by a vehicle early Saturday
View ArticleAlleged drunken driver clips ambulance in South Shore, flees, police and fire...
An alleged drunken driver clipped an empty Chicago Fire Department ambulance with his SUV early Monday morning and fled the scene, Chicago police said.
View ArticleMayor Lightfoot calls for immediate creation of new police foot-pursuit...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for a new foot pursuit policy to be implemented by Chicago Police before the start of summer after a city cop shot and killed 13-year old Adam Toledo last week following a...
View ArticleCDC asks Walgreens to give Pfizer vaccine doses three weeks apart, not four
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked Walgreens to start spacing first and second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine three weeks apart instead of four, in line with the agency’s...
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