Steelworkers union shines Biden, Harris ‘bat light’ on Chicago’s Trump Tower
Union representatives have traveled from Pennsylvania to Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. In each location, they meet with rank-and-file members and at night, display the bat light, which, she...
View ArticleBaby of Stacey Jones — who was pregnant when she was fatally shot last week —...
The infant child of Stacey Jones, who was fatally shot Tuesday, died Saturday, officials said.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot considering $94 million property tax increase, more than...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is considering a $94 million property tax increase, layoffs for more than 300 city workers and a gas tax hike as part of her plan to close a $1.2 billion budget deficit,...
View Article5 injured in West Side shooting, police say
Five people were injured on the West Side Sunday evening after someone entered a residential building and started firing shots, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleIn a year of unexpected tragedy and turmoil, Chicago police Superintendent...
In a year of unexpected tragedy and turmoil, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown sought to reshape his department
View ArticleDaywatch: Lightfoot’s tough budget choices, Chicago top cop’s unexpected...
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View ArticleWhat happens if voters cast early ballots, then die before Election Day? In...
Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently dies before the election, but 10 states specifically allow it.
View ArticleCoronavirus at Illinois long-term care facilities: 31,995 confirmed cases and...
The Pritzker administration released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois. The data shows at least 189 long-term care facilities in...
View ArticleMan who dangled from Trump Tower for more than 13 hours is pulled to safety...
A man suspended himself from the 16th-floor landing of downtown Chicago’s International Hotel and Trump Tower around 5:30 p.m. and he remained there past 5:30 a.m. the next day.
View ArticleWisconsin judge reimposes Gov. Tony Evers' coronavirus order limiting bar,...
A Wisconsin judge reimposed an order from Gov. Tony Evers' administration limiting the number of people who can gather in bars, restaurants and other indoor places to 25% of capacity.
View ArticleRound Lake man killed in crash
Authorities have not identified the man, who was 39 years old. Police say he was ejected from his Ford Taurus after crashing around 4:05 p.m. while trying to pass another vehicle on northbound Route...
View ArticleMan injured in hit-and-run crash in Glenview
Police said the man's injuries were consistent with being hit by a car, but the car had left prior to their arrival.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot declines to comment on sex assault allegations against...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot declined Monday to comment on sexual assault allegations against former Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson by his former driver, saying she can’t talk about pending...
View ArticleChicago police release surveillance photos, video in 2019 homicide in South...
The Chicago Police Department released surveillance footage and still photographs Monday from a 2019 killing in the city’s South Shore neighborhood, hoping someone recognizes a man who emerges from a...
View ArticleWith a ‘new wave’ of coronavirus, Pritzker places southern Illinois under...
Southern Illinois is the latest region to have its reopening scaled back after reaching a state-set COVID-19 positivity rate threshold, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday, while warning that “in...
View ArticleColumn: Trump calls Fauci an ‘idiot,’ says rallies are ‘BOFFO’ while...
As hospitals fill up with COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin and Chicagoans face a second surge of coronavirus cases that could lead to new shutdowns, President Donald Trump is calling medical...
View ArticleTwo men charged with attempted murder in Aurora
Two men have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in early October on Aurora’s southeast side, officials said.
View ArticleR. Kelly lawyers denied chance to question inmate who attacked singer in...
Attorneys for R. Kelly will not get the chance to question an inmate who confessed to attacking the singer at a downtown jail in August, a federal judge ruled Monday.
View ArticlePlainfield man, juvenile arrested on home invasion charges by Naperville police
A Plainfield man and his juvenile accomplice were arrested Friday night on home invasion and residential burglary charges in Naperville, police said.
View ArticleArchdiocese of Chicago removes retired pastor Daniel McCarthy from Norwood...
Daniel McCarthy, a pastor emeritus at St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish and a chaplain at some Chicago schools, faces an allegation that he sexually abused a minor about 50 years ago, the Archdiocese...
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