Feds say man accused in Bridgeport bank collapse tried to contact widow of...
A man at the center of a fraud investigation into a failed Bridgeport bank improperly tried to contact the widow of the bank’s CEO, who was found hanged in the home of a customer three years ago,...
View Article7 charged in flying squirrel trafficking ring that extended from Florida to...
Seven people have been charged in a Florida-based international flying squirrel trafficking scheme in which thousands of the creatures were exported to Asia, state conservation officials said Monday.
View ArticleNew O’Hare runway, set to open Nov. 5, will send arriving flights over...
A new O’Hare Airport runway that is expected to send flights over Chicago and Park Ridge neighborhoods is scheduled to open next month.
View ArticleUS Rep. Lauren Underwood through the years
Upon being sworn in, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood will represent Illinois' 14th District and will become the youngest Black woman in U.S. history to serve in the House when she takes the oath.
View ArticleLake County Health Department calls on schools to immediately end in-person...
The Lake County Health Department recommended that all public and private schools in the county currently educating children in the classroom immediately return to virtual learning because of the...
View ArticleCity releases information on arrests, attorney visits after legal aid group sues
The Chicago Police Department released arrest data to a nonprofit legal aid group after it filed a lawsuit seeking the data last week.
View ArticleHere’s when Chicago received its first snow of the fall season, going back...
Chicago's first fall snow of 2019 arrived on Oct. 30. At O'Hare International Airport, the city's official recording site, 0.9 inch fell as of 7 a.m. Here's how this total compares to other first...
View ArticleState Sen. Jim Oberweis through the years
Jim Oberweis has been a Republican Illinois state senator since 2013. He ran unsuccessfully for governor, 2006; ran unsuccessfully for U.S. senator, 2002, 2004, 2014; ran unsuccessfully in the old 14th...
View ArticleChicago-area hospitals watch surge in COVID-19 patients, brace for things to...
If the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations rises, Chicago-area hospitals could again cancel elective surgeries and tighten visitor policies.
View ArticleThe Spin: Mail-in, early voting in Illinois soars past 1 million mark |...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleCivic Federation opposes graduated tax amendment. It previously backed taxing...
The Civic Federation of Chicago, a nonpartisan government watchdog group, said Tuesday it opposes a proposed constitutional amendment to create a graduated-rate state income tax structure, saying it is...
View ArticleFeds investigating if Chicago zoning policies are racist by protecting...
At issue are steps taken by city agencies to benefit General Iron Industries, a clout-heavy scrap shredder with a long history of pollution problems.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Pritzker orders tighter restrictions in...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View Article2 Milwaukee women charged with drugging men in River North bars and robbing...
The two women would lead drunken men from the bars and nightclubs of Chicago's River North, often with an invitation to go back to their place, then give them a drink from a small glass vial and the...
View ArticleIllinois orders tighter restrictions on bars, restaurants and gatherings in...
Roughly a third of Illinois’ 102 counties and a quarter of its residents soon will be living under stricter COVID-19 rules.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot exchanged emails with lobbyist about O’Hare...
Months after a new law took effect banning elected public officials from lobbying Chicago City Hall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot exchanged emails with a lobbyist who would have been barred from lobbying City...
View ArticleRohingya Americans in Chicago venture out to local polling place en masse to...
About 50 members of Chicago’s Rohingya refugee community in West Rogers Park cast votes in the general election on Oct. 20, 2020.
View Article‘Disgusted’ NU president condemns students who burned a school banner and...
Protest organizers did not apologize for the property damage and said they are exercising free speech.
View ArticleAfter delays, CBD-infused all-day brunch concept Wake 'N Bacon launching in...
A little more than a year after they had initially planned, husband and wife team Gabriel and Sarah Ayala are ready for the grand opening of Wake 'N Bacon, which will finally crack open its doors on...
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