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View ArticleDec. 29 storm map: How much did it snow near you?
A fast-moving, rush-hour storm started to roll through northern Illinois Tuesday afternoon giving Chicago its first major winter snow of the season.
View ArticleColumn: Why rush teachers and students back into classrooms now, CPS?...
Safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines are no longer a distant dream. They’ve arrived. Why not continue remote learning until educators and school building staff members have access to them?
View ArticleSpeed camera tickets starting at 6 mph above the limit part of Mayor Lori...
With 2021 upon us, Mayor Lori Lightfoot will soon end Chicago motorists’ carefree days of driving up to 9 miles per hour over the posted speed limit.The city will start issuing tickets in the new year...
View ArticleMurder suspect who escaped at restaurant drive-thru caught in East Chicago:...
A Hammond man charged with murder who escaped when a private driver who was extraditing him from Texas stopped at a Gary McDonald’s drive-thru Dec. 15 was captured Monday morning in East Chicago.
View ArticleAchy backs. Sore necks. Working from home has created new demand for physical...
Across the country, aching backs, necks and shoulders brought on by COVID-19-related lifestyle changes have sent many people to physical therapists — a trend that’s likely to continue in 2021.
View ArticleChicago violence numbers soar in 2020
Chicago in 2020 reached a level of violence not seen in the city in years, with homicides increasing by more than 50%, according to official statistics. It is believed to be among the highest...
View ArticleCharges pending for assailant who stabbed Hoffman Estates snowplow driver...
Snowplow driver stabbed in Hoffman Estates.
View ArticleIllinois reports 126,211 COVID-19 vaccinations administered throughout the state
By the end of the day on Monday, 126,211 COVID-19 vaccinations had been administered throughout Illinois, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office. As of Tuesday, 269,625 doses of vaccine had been...
View ArticleTemps to dip below freezing for days after Chicago’s first winter blast...
A winter storm that lashed northern Illinois with sleet, freezing rain and more than 4 inches of snow was moving out Wednesday morning, with rain tapering off to a drizzle and temperatures dropping...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot was told by staff in November 2019 that Anjanette Young...
A top aide to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot alerted her to the botched raid on Anjanette Young’s home, in which Chicago police handcuffed the social worker naked, more than one year earlier than she...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 7,374 new COVID-19 cases and 178 additional...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticlePlan to reopen CPS schools ‘doesn’t have anything to do with vaccination,’...
With teacher vaccines expected to start in February or March, CTU says school reopening should wait.
View ArticleLegendary pitmaster Mike Mills was an ambassador for barbecue, southern...
Mike Mills was an award-winning hall of fame pitmaster, a restaurateur who became a worldwide ambassador for barbecue, the Southern Illinois region and the role that cooking meat slowly over a smoky...
View ArticleIllinois House set to reconvene in January for the first time in months;...
The Illinois House will reconvene in Springfield starting Jan. 8, for the first time since May and as Speaker Michael Madigan’s continued leadership over the chamber hangs in question.
View ArticleThe Spin: Pandemic, politicians make Jan. 1 reset difficult | An ‘inflection...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleHuntley man charged with attempted murder in Carpentersville stabbing, Kane...
A Huntley man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of a 36-year-old man in Carpentersville, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.
View ArticleChicago police release additional videos from botched raid on Anjanette...
Chicago police made public Wednesday night additional dashcam recordings, body-worn camera footage and other documents from the raid on Anjanette Young’s home in February 2019.
View ArticlePandemic, civil unrest likely contributed to more than 50% increase in...
In a year marred by a deadly pandemic and rocked by civil unrest over policing in America, Chicago in 2020 endured a level of violence that reversed recent progress, with homicides increasing by more...
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