Chicago DACA recipients, mayor praise Supreme Court win, but they say fight...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot choked up and became emotional Thursday morning when told that the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump from ending an Obama-era program that allows immigrants who...
View ArticleUniversity of Illinois will reopen with face masks and COVID-19 testing but...
University of Illinois joins other schools in planning a blend of in-person and online classes in the fall.
View ArticleCity Hall missed 70% of deadlines in first year of reforming Chicago Police...
City Hall missed 70% of deadlines in first year of reforming Chicago Police Department
View ArticleColumn: With the reopening of the lakefront, a reunion with a lost love....
A lot of us felt a pang of grief when Chicago’s lakefront was shut down in late March, though closing it was the right thing to do.
View ArticleColumn: Trump’s Tulsa coronavirus rally: Deep-fried hydroxychloroquine, a...
President Donald Trump is getting back to holding rallies, and his first Joyous Festival of Narcissism, Anger and Disease will be Saturday night in Oklahoma, a veritable “WHO’s Who” of who might get...
View ArticleDaywatch: Lake Michigan nears historic high as lakefront to reopen, U. of I....
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View ArticleCTA and Pace buses will begin collecting fares again, as riders slowly return...
CTA and Pace will start to collect bus fares again.
View ArticleAMC Theatres unveils plans to reopen during coronavirus; masks optional
AMC Theatres unveils plans to reopen during coronavirus; masks optional
View ArticleEager to head back to the lakefront? A rising Lake Michigan — near the...
As Chicagoans return to the lakefront and the 18-mile Lakefront Trail, which officially reopens in most areas Monday, they will notice waves lapping onto flooded pathways, disappearing beaches,...
View ArticleMinor league baseball faces major anxiety as Chicago-area clubs hope to...
Anxiety is bubbling throughout the Chicago area’s minor league clubs. Four teams are waiting to see if they can salvage their seasons, while another, the Gary SouthShore RailCats, has already called it...
View ArticleJuneteenth celebrations in Chicago
Marches, celebrations and other local events mark Juneteenth in Chicago on June 19, 2020. Juneteenth memorializes June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers told enslaved African Americans in Galveston,...
View ArticleTheft charges dropped against former Gary school chief
A felony theft case filed in 2018 against former Gary school superintendent Cheryl Pruitt has been dropped by the Lake County Prosecutor’s office.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers commencement speech at Northwestern,...
Drawing on the ongoing coronavirus crisis and continued fallout over the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on graduating Northwestern University students...
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As a public service to our readers and community, we have lowered the paywall on some of our most critical stories so everyone can access this important information.
View ArticleMan identified in fatal shooting overnight Thursday in Woodlawn neighborhood
A 23-year-old man who was fatally wounded early Friday morning in the Woodlawn neighborhood has been identified, officials said.
View ArticleCook County sheriff wins partial appeal victory over COVID-19 order covering...
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart does not have to comply — at least for now — with a portion of a preliminary injunction precluding group housing or double-celling...
View ArticleChicago aldermen get into Twitter fight after one of them complains about...
Two Chicago aldermen got into a Twitter fight on Friday after Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th, said he received two tickets totaling “$300 within 12 minutes” in Ald. Brendan Reilly’s 42nd Ward.
View ArticleState police investigate death of woman found on Edens Expressway in Skokie
A woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the Edens Expressway in Skokie early Friday morning, according to police.
View ArticleDCFS set to resume parental visits after 3-month coronavirus shutdown, but...
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services set to resume parental visits after 3-month coronavirus shutdown, but advocates say it’s ‘Much too little too late’
View ArticleColumn: Amid crises of racial unrest and coronavirus, Chicago’s top planner...
Column: Amid crises of racial unrest and coronavirus, Chicago’s top planner sees opportunity to revive South and West Sides.
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