8-year-old boy shot in Altgeld Gardens
An 8-year-old boy was shot Thursday night in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to police.
View ArticleOnline education was a mess in the spring. As COVID-19 prompts schools to...
As online instruction promises to continue through the fall at least, the anxiety among students, parents and teachers is starting to build.
View ArticleChicago parents struggle to get rid of car seats, children’s items after...
Parents are struggling to figure out what to do with unneeded car seats, cribs and other children’s items as retailers cancel recycling programs and resale shops turn them away.
View ArticleYou may be seeing small clusters of the flu or other ailments for the same...
Coronavirus and influenza share similar symptoms and methods of transmission.
View ArticleDaywatch: Pritzker says state is ‘at a danger point', the future of online...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Friday with COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMorning exchange of gunfire at Chicago police station leaves 3 officers and a...
As many as four Chicago police officers and an offender being transported at a Northwest Side police station were injured Thursday morning in an exchange of gunfire, officials said. At least one...
View ArticleChicago airports restrict access to people with tickets and those helping...
Chicago aviation officials are restricting access to O’Hare International Airport and Midway Airport starting Friday night for unspecified “safety and security” reasons.
View ArticleCiting public safety, Mayor Lori Lightfoot removes another statue of...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has removed a third statue of Christopher Columbus from the streets of Chicago, two weeks after taking down more prominent monuments to the controversial Italian explorer.
View ArticleHurricane Isaias prompts hurricane watch for parts of Florida east coast
Florida’s east coast communities were issued a hurricane watch Friday morning as Category 1 Hurricane Isaias continues its approach toward the Sunshine State with expectations it will begin riding up...
View ArticleMan arrested in Galesburg, charged with murder in killing of man who tried to...
A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of another man who tried to intervene in a fight between the attacker and the man’s sister earlier this month on the Far South...
View ArticleAs violence surges, Chicago police try a new version of an old solution. Can...
Chicago’s violence is an old problem, and the Police Department’s latest plan to fight it is a new version of an old solution — a citywide unit tasked with flooding crime-plagued neighborhoods with cops.
View ArticleChicago’s three Christopher Columbus statues: A brief history
A history of Chicago's three statues of Christopher Columbus, which the city has removed during the summer of 2020.
View Article‘We are in dire straits’: Chicago venues, theaters asking for economic relief...
This week, operators throughout the city are calling on legislators to pass at least one of the RESTART and the Save Our Stages acts — if not both — which would offer urgent financial relief to live...
View ArticleBrindille restaurant, reopening Friday, had a long road back
For owners Carrie and Michael Nahabedian, the road to recovery was long, complicated by distance and violent destruction.
View ArticleRally planned for Friday afternoon after Confederate flag displayed at...
A rally will take place in Evanston after an incident at Lighthouse Beach earlier in the week.
View ArticleIllinois State to rename floors in residence hall named after U.S....
The renaming comes in conjunction with similar efforts across the country, as activists call for the removal or renaming of symbols representing controversial historical figures.
View ArticleSuspect charged in Thursday shootout outside police station as police leaders...
Chicago police on Friday announced attempted-murder charges against a suspect who apparently pulled a gun and began firing at officers Thursday as he was being transported to a police lockup at a...
View ArticleTropical Storm Isaias projected to regain hurricane strength, take aim...
Tropical Storm Isaias maintained 70 mph winds overnight as it moved along the Florida coast early Monday, and the storm may become a hurricane again by the time it impacts the Carolinas, the National...
View ArticleNearly 60 different types of fish found in Chicago waterways, study shows. 30...
Since 2001, biologists also have found 19 species in the waterways for the first time, only one of which wasn’t native to the area, the study found.
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