There’s another election in Chicago this month — and it’s already caused its...
Local school council elections are coming up in Chicago, with nearly 6,000 candidates on the ballots.
View ArticleBiden makes gains in key states, Trump pushes baseless claims of fraud as...
As of Thursday, neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
View ArticleElection 2020 live updates: Biden takes lead over Trump in battleground state...
By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in Georgia, a state that has long been a GOP stronghold. Here's the latest.
View ArticleChicago cop stabbed while answering mental health call on the South Side
A Chicago police officer was stabbed in the abdomen while responding to a mental health call on the South Side Thursday night, authorities said.
View ArticleDaywatch: Biden leads in Georgia, Pritzker warns of possible statewide...
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View ArticleWaukegan police shooting victim Marcellis Stinnette did not get immediate aid...
Medical aid was not immediately provided to Marcellis Stinnette after he was shot by a Waukegan police officer because authorities feared he and his girlfriend might have had a gun, according to...
View ArticleRapper King Von killed in shooting outside Atlanta nightclub; 2 others dead,...
Rapper King Von was killed in a shooting that left two other people dead and at least three wounded outside a nightclub in downtown Atlanta early Friday, authorities said. The 26-year-old musician,...
View ArticleThe annual cutting down of Chicago's Christmas Tree
Catherine Townsend, 85, watches as workers are cutting and transporting her 45-foot Blue Spruce tree from her yard in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.The tree is going to be...
View Article‘You got them Trump licks?’ Chicago brothers target COVID-19 stimulus checks...
Akeem Kosoko and his postal carrier brother had allegedly been stealing people’s personal funds from the U.S. mail for months when the federal government rolled out what undoubtedly seemed like the...
View ArticleColumn: Emmett Till house makes strides toward becoming an official city...
The South Side home of Emmett Till has taken key steps toward becoming an official city landmark and a museum.
View ArticleColumn: A Trump concession speech: ‘I hereby concede that I beat Sleepy Joe...
As election results are finalized in Pennsylvania and other states, a possible concession speech for Donald Trump: "I hereby concede that Lyin' Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have lost, bigly, to me, your...
View ArticleMan held without bail in fatal shootings of his girlfriend, her mother and...
A Chicago man killed his girlfriend, her mother and her sister in an eruption of rage after his girlfriend declined to cook him breakfast and braid his hair one morning this summer, Cook County...
View ArticleMorgan Park woman, 85, donates tree she planted 35 years ago to city for...
When a retired Chicago teacher decided to sell her home, her family knew a spruce planted years ago had to go. Now it's the city's Christmas tree.
View ArticleUnseasonably warm weather forecast to continue in Chicago, with near...
Near record-breaking temperatures in the 70s are forecast to continue in the Chicago area possibly into early next week, says the National Weather Service.
View ArticleWhere Chicago’s official Christmas tree comes from
The city's official Christmas tree was actually made up of many smaller trees before 2009. Since then, these families have donated their tall trees to the city.
View ArticleSuspect in shooting of 2 Wisconsin police officers is captured
A man suspected of wounding two police officers in a shooting in Wisconsin on Friday and who is wanted in North Dakota for attempted murder has been arrested following a large-scale manhunt, police said.
View ArticleIllinois reports more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases as state releases...
Illinois health officials reported a record number of new coronavirus cases for the second straight day Friday, with newly confirmed infections topping 10,000 for the first time.
View ArticleRing the bells: Salvation Army plans to bring out red kettles next week as...
When the Salvation Army rolls out its holiday red kettle campaign in the Chicago area Monday, officials say they fear the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic could cut donations in half.
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley: Time to consider replacing...
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has said it’s time to consider someone else for state lawmaker Michael Madigan’s jobs as Democratic Party chair and Illinois House speaker.
View ArticleThe Spin: Duckworth, Quigley now leaning on Madigan | Pritzker in...
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