North Chicago man’s murder indictment thrown out by Lake County judge
A Lake County judge, citing a problematic presentation to grand jurors, dismissed a murder indictment Friday against a North Chicago man accused of killing his estranged wife’s boyfriend by hitting him...
View ArticleHammond, Chicago mayors bring Lake Michigan water pitches to Joliet
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. brought proposals Thursday to provide Lake Michigan water to the city of Joliet.
View ArticleHere’s when Walgreens and CVS predict you’ll be able to get the COVID-19...
Walgreens and CVS Health predict the coronavirus vaccine will be available to the public during the spring, and patients will most likely have to make appointments to get the shot at pharmacies.
View ArticleCity joins with One Fair Wage to distribute $1 million in grants to Chicago...
Local restaurants can earn up to $30,000 by committing to paying a full minimum wage to all employees and donating meals to community members in need.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State passes 15,000 deaths since beginning...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleChicago aldermen call for special City Council meeting to address errant...
With the furor over a wrongful Chicago police raid of a social worker’s home and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s handling of the fallout showing no signs of abating, a group of aldermen on Friday called for a...
View ArticleDog fatally attacks man visiting friends in Joliet
A 46-year-old Joliet man is dead after being mauled by a pit bull terrier Thursday night.
View ArticleControversial president of Chicago police union faces possible firing over...
John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, is facing possible dismissal from the Chicago Police Department for offensive posts on social media
View ArticleChicago police fire at gunman who shot and seriously wounded a driver on the...
A person was shot and seriously wounded on the West Side late Friday morning while Chicago police were on the scene, but a department spokesman said no officers fired their guns, contradicting earlier...
View ArticleHospital staff shortages
As doctors and nurses on the front lines fight the pandemic’s surge, roughly 1 in 5 Illinois hospitals reports a “critical” staff shortage each day.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools chief gets $40,000 raise as district also aims to...
In some jobs in CPS, pay for women and employees of color lag behind male and white counterparts, a pay study found.
View ArticleErrant police raid on Anjanette Young’s home
Body camera footage shows Chicago police officers conducting an errant raid on social worker Anjanette Young’s home on Feb. 21, 2019.
View ArticleJudge declares Jackie Wilson innocent in Jon Burge-related cop killings and...
Wilson, who served more than three decades behind bars for a 1982 cop killing, was officially declared innocent Friday after years of alleging he was tortured and framed for a shooting his brother...
View ArticleColumn: As the light returns, it’s time to make a list of what we’ve missed,...
The winter solstice is the moment we begin the slow climb out of the darkness. This year the shift feels psychological as well as astronomical.
View ArticleThe Spin: Illinois surpasses 15,000 COVID-19 deaths | City won’t seek...
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View ArticleRecord number of COVID-19 deaths hit Illinois nursing homes
An unprecedented 605 resident deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in the past seven days, state figures showed Friday — far more than the previous high of 480 two weeks ago.
View ArticleCity of Chicago failed to provide Anjanette Young’s lawyer with all video...
The city of Chicago disclosed Friday that it failed to give social worker Anjanette Young’s attorney all of the body camera footage of a wrongful police raid on her home, a new misstep in the handling...
View ArticleClergy, doctors and activists take on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access...
Leaders working to inoculate communities of color are often battling an entrenched mistrust of science and medicine, the fallout of long-term systemic racial disparities in health care and historical...
View ArticleShootings leave 1 dead and 11 wounded, including 6 at Burnside party
Six people were wounded Saturday morning at a gathering on the South Side, Chicago police said.
View Article1 dead in Ukrainian Village crash; driver held
A man is dead following an early morning two-vehicle crash in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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