University of Dayton student from La Grange dies after contracting COVID-19
A University of Dayton student from La Grange has died after contracting the COVID-19 virus, according to university officials.
View ArticleIllinois sets new single-day COVID record with 6,161 cases
Illinois set a new record high number of confirmed daily coronavirus cases on Saturday.
View ArticleMan, 30, fatally shot on South Side; 60-year-old man taken into custody,...
A 30-year-old man was fatally shot on the South Side Saturday night after an argument turned into fight and a 60-year-old man was taken into custody, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleMan shot while sitting in vehicle in Gold Coast, police say
A 26-year-old man was shot in the Gold Coast Saturday evening after a man got into the passenger side of his vehicle and demanded to take the car, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleWoman injured in fatal Waukegan police shooting tells protesters: ‘No one...
The Waukegan woman injured when a police officer shot and killed her boyfriend, a 19-year-old Black man, spoke to protest marchers from her hospital bed where she is recovering from gunshot wounds.
View ArticleCampaign trail tracker: Where Trump, Biden and their running mates have...
In the final sprint ahead of the Nov. 3 election, both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have ramped up their campaign travel despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Starting in...
View ArticleChicago native Wilton Gregory named first Black cardinal in US
Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago: “We are really proud that a native of our own archdiocese has been appointed to the college of cardinals.”
View ArticleMan, 25, faces attempted murder charge in shooting that ended in police...
A 25-year-old man is facing charges including attempted murder in connection with a shooting Friday in Little Village that ended in officers pursuing a car that was leaving the scene, then fatally...
View ArticleWaukegan mayor: Video of fatal police shooting involving 19-year old will be...
Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham, standing near the spot where Marcellis Stinnette was shot to death by a city police officer, said Sunday that he intends for the city to release police video from the...
View ArticleColumn: This election isn’t just about Donald Trump and Congress. Pay...
Judges aren't an afterthought. Be prepared to vote to retain them -- or not, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleFired Buffalo police officer who contends she stopped another cop from...
Cariol Horne has maintained for 15 years that she was fired from the Buffalo Police Department because she saved a man who was being choked by another cop during an arrest. At the request of Chicago's...
View ArticleFeel like your property taxes are climbing higher than your other bills? New...
In the past 20 years, the total annual amount of property taxes billed by local governments in Cook County increased at nearly three times the rate of inflation, according to a new study out of the...
View ArticleLibertarian candidate in Cook County state’s attorney race faced 2019...
Brian Dennehy was placed on one-year court supervision and paid about $350 in court fees as part of a July 29, 2019, agreement with prosecutors after entering a guilty plea in far northwest Jo Daviess...
View ArticleRare blue moon to rise on Halloween night, but don’t expect it to look blue...
A full moon on Halloween is more rare than a blue moon, said Michelle Nichols, director of public observing at the Adler Planetarium. The last time we saw a full moon on Halloween was in 2001.
View ArticleDaywatch: Property taxes climb higher than other bills, Lightfoot counts on...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleColumn: A pile of stacked boxes at the University of Chicago — exhibitionism...
The new David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago looks nothing like the picturesque Collegiate Gothic buildings at the University of Chicago. Are its stacked boxes exhibitionism or true...
View ArticleChicago man found shot to death in Griffith
The Griffith Police Department, along with the Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task Force and the Indiana State Police, are asking the public’s help regarding a shooting that left a Chicago man dead.
View ArticleWhere does Illinois early voting and vote-by-mail stand? Here is the latest data
With early voting locations across Illinois open and a record number of people having applied for mail-in ballots, the Nov. 3 election is underway. Here is where the state stands with early voting,...
View ArticleColumn: Trump fearlessly surrenders to the coronavirus as cases surge...
The Trump administration's surrender to the coronavirus pandemic brings to mind some other famous capitulations.
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