CPS reports most weekly COVID-19 cases since pandemic began, but the numbers...
Only eight coronavirus cases among children have been reported by Chicago Public Schools.
View ArticleSuburban Cook County placed under tougher coronavirus restrictions starting...
Suburban Cook County and the Metro East region outside St. Louis will come under stricter rules meant to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, including a shuttering of indoor dining...
View Article‘He’s the kind of Catholic I want to be’: Chicagoan reflects on class with...
Tim Tuten said he first met with Gregory after saying he didn’t know whether he believed in God in a confirmation class.
View Article‘Blindsided and heartbroken.’ Mood of restaurant, bar owners dismal as COVID...
Suburban Cook County will soon join other communities living under stricter measures intended to slow the latest COVID-19 surge, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday, much to the dismay of bar and...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Suburban Cook County under tougher...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleBaby boy found after SUV he was in stolen from outside Southwest Side...
Chicago police said they found a 7-month-old boy who went missing Monday afternoon when the car he was riding in was stolen outside a Marquette Park neighborhood convenience store.
View ArticleCTA bus driver hit by paintball on South Side, police say
A CTA bus driver was hit by a paintball by an unknown person Monday night on the South Side, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot defends plan to start issuing speed camera tickets for...
It remains to be seen whether the public will believe Mayor Lightfoot that the cameras are for public safety or fault the mayor for going back on a key campaign pledge to end what she’s called the...
View ArticleMan accused of planning sexual assault at River North hotel so he could sue...
In more than a dozen lawsuits over a decade, Tirnell Williams has repeatedly argued that his rights as a disabled person were violated, either at the hands of police or in a jail cell or on a CTA train.
View ArticleMan, 41, sitting at kitchen table killed by bullet coming in through window,...
A 41-year-old man was killed after a being struck by a bullet that came through a window while he was sitting at a kitchen table early Tuesday on the Far South Side, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleDaywatch: COVID rules rolled back in suburban Cook County, Amy Coney Barrett...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleChicago siblings shot to death, 8 others wounded at post-funeral gathering in...
The siblings and other relatives from Chicago were in Greenwood to attend their grandmother’s funeral, police said. A gathering with family from both cities was held after the services.
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Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleIs it a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Get a flu shot and err on the side of...
That tickle in the throat, cough, runny nose or run-down feeling typically means grabbing some over-the-counter medicine and powering through a day of work or errands, but that's a bad idea this year.
View ArticleHe’s 82, but the owner of Old Fashioned Donuts in Roseland has no plans to...
Buritt Bulloch, who opened Old Fashioned Donuts on Chicago's South Side in 1972, didn't always have apple fritters on the menu.
View ArticleBoy, 16, charged with turning Lake Shore Drive into a ‘shooting gallery,’...
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with repeatedly opening fire at another car on Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park, wounding a teen in the head and causing her to lose an eye.
View ArticleChicago adds Florida to its travel quarantine order; Michigan could be next...
The city of Chicago added Florida to its travel ban and warned that Michigan could be added next week as coronavirus cases continue to rise, public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday.
View ArticleFlorida added to Chicago’s travel quarantine list this week, Michigan could...
Florida was added to Chicago’s travel quarantine list this week, bringing to 32 the number of states and territories now included, with Michigan trending toward being added to the list. Here’s what you...
View ArticleChicago election officials still looking to assign polling places for 7...
Chicago election officials have spent the final stretch leading up to Election Day searching to find a polling site for each of the 2,069 precincts in the city, a process which was complicated this...
View ArticleScramble is on to get 320,000 Wisconsin absentee ballots turned in after...
Democrats and Republicans in the battleground state of Wisconsin were pushing Tuesday to get 320,000 outstanding absentee ballots returned by the close of polls on Election Day.
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