5-year-old boy dies after fall at Oak Brook hotel
A 5-year-old Glenview boy died after sustaining a traumatic head injury while at a family wedding reception at an Oak Brook hotel.
View ArticleUnited, pilots union reach tentative deal to avoid furloughs
Chicago-based United Airlines and the union representing its pilots have reached an agreement that would spare almost 3,000 pilots from being furloughed. The deal must be ratified by union members.
View ArticleUncle of 8-year-old Dajore Wilson stops by scene of her killing to pause and...
Dajore Wilson’s uncle sat alone against his car Wednesday morning next to the tree where his niece was killed Monday night.
View ArticleThe power of Indigenous rituals: Aztec and African ancestral dancers join...
Aztec and African American ancestral dancers gather to celebrate each other's culture and help bridge the gap between Black and Latino neighborhoods in Chicago.
View ArticleThe Spin: In Chicago, AG Barr credits feds' for cutting crime, but Mayor...
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View ArticleAldermen approve measure that will allow more nudity in Chicago bars
Women will soon be allowed to bare more flesh in Chicago establishments that sell liquor, in a move aldermen approved Wednesday to settle a federal lawsuit by a transgender woman.
View ArticleCPS employees who say COVID-19 makes schools unsafe must continue to report...
CPS "literally has no way of knowing" if infected people are in the schools, a union lawyer claimed.
View ArticleEx-Whiting Mayor Joe Stahura pleads guilty to federal wire fraud charges;...
A sentencing hearing will be scheduled before Senior Judge James T. Moody of the Northern District of Indiana in early December.
View Article17 coronavirus fatalities added to Indiana’s death toll; Lake County adds 2...
According to state, Lake County’s death toll has risen by two to 301 to go along with 9,601 cases. In reporting Wednesday, the Porter County Health Department says there hae been 45 deaths and 1,864...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot says she doesn’t expect ‘mass crowds of...
On what should have been an epic year for Halloween lovers, with the annual celebration of costumes and candy falling on a Saturday, it seems the coronavirus will be playing the final trick on those...
View ArticleChicago aldermen approve Obama Presidential Center affordable housing plan
The City Council on Wednesday approved a package aimed at protecting affordable housing in the South Side neighborhood around the location of the proposed Obama Presidential Center.
View ArticleSome Illinois universities see drop in freshmen and international student...
Some international students were admitted to Illinois schools but couldn't get visas to enter the U.S. for their studies, one official said.
View ArticleThree Aurora warehouse employees taken to hospital after stack of pallets falls
Three Aurora warehouse employees were taken to the hospital after a stack of pallets fell on them while working Wednesday morning on the city’s East Side, Aurora Fire Department officials said.
View ArticleChicago bans sales of flavored vaping products
Flavored vaping products favored by teens will be banned on shelves at Chicago stores, but flavored tobacco such as menthol cigarettes can still be sold under rules the City Council passed on Wednesday.
View ArticleOrland Hills fires police Chief Thomas Scully after social media post on...
Orland Hill fire longtime police Chief Thomas Scully on Wednesday following a social media post village government described as being "in incredibly poor taste."
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,337 new known COVID-19 cases and 30 more...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLightfoot says interview with city’s inspector general focused on former...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot downplayed the city inspector general’s interview with her as part of his investigation into former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, saying the sit-down meeting was...
View ArticleAttorney General William Barr credits Operation Legend for recent dip in...
Sounding the Trump administration’s tough-on-crime theme, Attorney General William Barr claimed Wednesday during a visit to Chicago that the federal Operation Legend program has led directly to a...
View ArticleMan charged in fatal stabbing at Walgreens in Wicker Park taken off...
A Walgreens employee was stocking shelves Sunday morning when an 18-year-old man grabbed her by the neck, dragged her to the front of the store and stabbed her to death, Cook County prosecutors said...
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