What we know now about remote learning in Chicago Public Schools this fall
What we know now about remote learning this fall at Chicago Public Schools.
View ArticleSix progressive Chicago aldermen call for Illinois House Speaker Michael...
Six progressive first-term aldermen on Wednesday added their voices to those calling for Michael Madigan to step down as the Illinois House speaker and head of the state’s Democratic Party because of...
View ArticleMonee man charged in 76-year-old’s slaying inside Matteson home
A Monee man has been charged in the fatal attack of a 76-year-old Matteson resident on Monday.
View ArticleSocial Graces: Someone you know has recovered from coronavirus and wants to...
Here's how to ask someone who had coronavirus if its safe to socialize outside.
View ArticleA B&B in Michigan got online hate for flying the Confederate flag. It was...
The couple have found another way to show their Scandinavian pride.
View ArticleThe school year is starting with more remote learning. Some companies are...
With many child care centers closed and schools planning remote learning, employers are offering everything from nanny reimbursements to online activity clubs to keep workers productive and their kids...
View ArticleFederal push in Chicago begins to show up in new gun cases, some bypassing...
The scope of a renewed federal push on gun crime has seemingly intensified again as President Trump recently sent more federal agents here in an expansion of what has been dubbed “Operation Legend,”...
View ArticleFormer Lake sheriff resentenced to more than 12 years in prison; COVID-19...
Former Lake County Sheriff John Buncich stared ahead Wednesday in Hammond’s federal court as he was resentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison on federal corruption charges.
View ArticleWest Side man facing charges in weekend double homicide in Lawndale
A South Austin man is slated to appear in court Wednesday on murder charges in an attack that left two men dead in Lawndale on Aug.2, 2020, authorities said.
View ArticleNew University of Chicago center will collect thousands of X-rays, CT scans...
University of Chicago Medicine will be home to a new, massive database of medical images from COVID-19 patients that researchers can use to better understand and fight the illness, with support from a...
View ArticleWaukegan woman charged with animal cruelty after more than 100 cats, dead and...
Linnea Kohl, 54, surrendered Wednesday at the Waukegan Police Department where she was charged with three counts of aggravated cruelty to animals after a more than six-week police investigation,...
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot says threat of teachers strike didn’t force CPS remote...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleFormer executive of Gary Housing Authority indicted on wire fraud charges
Mary Cossey, former executive director of Gary’s Housing Authority and current operations center manager at Northern Indiana Public Service Co., has been indicted on charges of wire fraud.
View ArticleParent opposition helps tip CPS toward an all-remote start: ‘A lot of stress...
One parent said she was surprised by how hard CPS pushed its now-shelved reopening plan, but her son is relieved by the move to all remote learning.
View ArticleFeds charge 3 south suburban family members with child labor trafficking
An African national and two of her daughters, all of whom live in the south suburbs, were indicted last month on charges of conspiring to harbor aliens, harboring aliens for private financial gain and...
View ArticleChicago nurses join national day of action over PPE, federal assistance
Joining hundreds of protests by unionized nurses across the country, nurses marched at two Chicago hospitals Wednesday to demand full personal protective equipment in their facilities and action from...
View ArticleIllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warns of ‘extraordinarily painful’ cuts, job...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned Wednesday that the state faces “extraordinarily painful” budget cuts if the federal government fails to provide states with relief funding to make up for tax revenue...
View Article2 seriously wounded in shootings Wednesday on the South Side
Two people were seriously wounded Wednesday in shootings on the South Side, police said.
View ArticleRapper made ‘derogatory’ video about rival gang members before he was killed....
Chicago police are investigating whether a rapper was killed in a brazen Gold Coast shooting after recently making a video featuring “derogatory statements” about rival gang members who have died.
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