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View ArticleHome for the holidays
The Chicago Housing Authority has given 54 families in public housing their own home this year through their Choose To Own homeownership program. The program allows public housing residents to use...
View ArticleCity distributing grab-and-go activity kits for kids, teens as winter break...
Chicago on Monday started handing out grab-and-go activity kits for children and teens for use during the winter break as other activities usually held in libraries and park field houses moved online.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 4,699 new cases of COVID-19 — the lowest...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCops involved in Anjanette Young raid placed on desk duty; Lightfoot says...
All of the Chicago Police officers who were involved in the raid of Anjanette Young’s home have been placed on desk duty, the latest measure taken by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration in response...
View ArticleGunmen firing from a backyard kill 71-year-old woman in the home where she...
Emma Wright was known as “Nana” to most of the people who knew her in the Morgan Park neighborhood where she had lived for more than 50 years.
View ArticleWoman dies in fire at Zion senior apartment complex
A woman died in a fire early Monday morning a Zion senior apartment center, according to Lake County authorities.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot working to rebuild trust after wrongful police raid,...
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View ArticleIllinois says 63,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered...
A week after the first shipment of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine arrived in Illinois, more than 63,000 health care workers across the state have received their first of two doses of the immunization,...
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases and deaths are surging again in Illinois prisons, as inmates...
COVID-19 deaths on the rise again in Illinois prisons as inmates and advocates call for additional protections.
View ArticleDaywatch: Chicago cops involved in wrongful raid placed on desk duty,...
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View ArticleIllinois woman finds apparent COVID-19 test in Kohl’s package
An Illinois woman who ordered flags for her grandmother’s garden got a surprise when the package arrived — someone’s apparent COVID-19 test specimen.
View ArticleDocumentary on murdered U. of I. scholar now available for streaming
A documentary about a U. of I. scholar from China who was abducted and killed two years ago is now playing in virtual theaters.
View ArticleProsecutors drop case against man accused of shooting 6-month-old girl in 2013
Cook County prosecutors last week quietly dropped all charges against a man accused of fatally shooting 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins as her father held the child in his arms
View ArticleHow full are hospitals in Illinois? Search our list to find out.
Amid pandemic fears of overrun hospitals, federal regulators have released figures on bed usage at each hospital. The data covers the most recent Friday-to-Thursday period, and the figures are a daily...
View ArticleR. Kelly tentatively set to go on trial in Chicago in September
After months of delays due to COVID-19 concerns, a federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday set a September trial date for indicted singer R. Kelly
View ArticleThe beloved Logan Square ‘Christmas house’ shines on
Frank Lopez, the creator of one of Chicago's most beloved Christmas houses died last year, but his masterpiece lives on. Family members said they'd keep the lights display going as long as they own the...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot enlists former federal judge to investigate Anjanette...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has enlisted former federal judge Ann Claire Williams to lead an outside investigation into the Anjanette Young Chicago police raid case and how it was handled.
View ArticleRead Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s letter to the City Council on the...
Read Mayor Lori Lightfoot's letter to the City Council in the investigation into the Anjanette Young Chicago police raid case.
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