Wisconsin removed from ‘red’ tier states in Chicago travel order, negative...
Travelers heading to Chicago from Wisconsin can now bypass the 10-day quarantine by receiving a negative COVID-19 test result before coming into the city. Illinois’ neighbor to the north was bumped...
View ArticleCoronavirus at Illinois long-term care facilities: 62,600 confirmed cases and...
The Illinois Department of Public Health releases information on COVID-19 tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois weekly. Check here for the most updated numbers.
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 ArticleWith ‘no hesitation,’ Chicago’s health commissioner, other non-hospital...
Chicago’s public health commissioner received the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning at Malcolm X College as part of a wave of non-hospital healthcare workers now eligible for the shot.
View Article‘It just took her so fast,’ says mom of Lincoln-Way East senior who died from...
The death of an 18-year-old Lincoln-Way East High School senior from Tinley Park was due to a COVID-19 infection, medical examiner finds.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Q&A: Am I eligible to get the vaccine if I’m out of state? When will...
Experts discuss the impact of the coronavirus mutation in England, and how to overcome vaccine hesitancy in Black and brown communities.
View ArticleChicago radio pioneer Dan Lee, who once led WXRT and The Score, dies at 78
Radio executive Dan Lee, who led WXRT-FM and The Score, has died at age 78.
View ArticleAdditional charges filed against Aurora couple accused of forced labor...
Additional criminal charges have been filed against an Aurora couple who are accused of forcing two undocumented Guatemalan children to provide labor and services for the couple’s financial gain.
View ArticleCPS denies COVID-19 accommodations to hundreds of teachers and staff who are...
Teachers are being forced to choose between their safety and livelihood, a Chicago Teachers Union official contends.
View ArticleThe Spin: Kinzinger not ruling out bid for governor | Why Lipinski voted...
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View ArticleKyle Rittenhouse hit with another charge — breaking curfew
Prosecutors have charged the 17-year-old accused of shooting three people during a protest in southeastern Wisconsin this summer with violating curfew.
View ArticleGreat-grandmother on shooting death of 13-year-old boy: ‘This little guy was...
Xavier Quiroz was shot by two people and killed Sunday morning in Vittum Park on the Southwest Side, according to police.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 5,644 new COVID-19 cases and 106 more deaths...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleForecasters warn of poor visibility as first major winter storm hits Chicago...
Most of northern Illinois is expected to get at least an inch of snow when a winter storm hits Tuesday afternoon, though areas to the north and west of Chicago could see as much as 7 inches from the...
View ArticlePolice mum on shootings, stabbings reported this week in Elgin,...
Three violent crimes — believed to be two stabbings and a shooting — were reported Sunday and Monday in Elgin, Carpentersville and West Dundee but few details have been released by the local police...
View ArticleChicago finally gets snow
A winter storm covers Chicago and most of northern Illinois with the season's first measurable snowfall.
View ArticleColumn: Looking back on 2020: A pants-less year of isolation and fervent...
We will remember 2020, in large part, as a time of isolation, frustration, trepidation and wildly enhanced sanitation. It was the year of the coronavirus pandemic, a year that changed our lives and how...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court to decide fate of last contested medical marijuana...
A five-year court case soon to be brought before the Illinois Supreme Court will determine if a coveted cannabis growing license should continue to be held by the company already using it in Aurora, or...
View ArticleNew year brings new laws, including insulin price limit, while minimum wage...
One of the side effects of the coronavirus pandemic was a drastically shortened spring session of the Illinois General Assembly, which means far fewer laws taking effect on New Year’s Day than in a...
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