Chicago poised to open new COVID-19 vaccination sites, but Mayor Lori...
Chicago will have six mass COVID-19 vaccinations sites up and running by next week, increasing the city’s capacity to give up to 25,000 shots per week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday.
View Article1 in custody after Near North carjacking, police say
One person is in custody after someone with a gun told a 20-year-old woman to get out of her SUV then took off with it Wednesday night in the Near North neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago poised to open new COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleElk Grove Village man gets 16 years in prison for postal worker’s shooting
A suburban Chicago man who pleaded guilty in the New Year’s Eve 2018 shooting of a U.S. Postal Service worker has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison.
View ArticleIllinois Air National Guard deployed to Washington
Members of the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing security forces depart for Washington amid concerns about the potential for violent protests surrounding President-elect Joe Biden’s...
View ArticleCity of Chicago can keep impounded cars even when owners file for bankruptcy,...
The case involved several people whose cars were impounded by the city of Chicago who then filed for bankruptcy and hoped to get their vehicles back.
View ArticleChicago health commissioner: City will keep using COVID-19 tests that FDA...
Chicago’s health commissioner Thursday defended the city’s widespread use of COVID-19 tests that the FDA recently warned could bring back false negative results if given to people not showing symptoms.
View ArticleChicago bar offers $10,000 in gift cards to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations
Chicago bar Village Tap offers gift cards to people who get COVID-19 vaccine: “By getting vaccinated, you are showing you care about us and you are doing your part to help all of us move one step...
View ArticleA paralyzed Jacob Blake says he didn’t expect to be shot by Kenosha police,...
"I’m not really worried. I’m walking away from them, so it’s not like they were going to shoot me."
View ArticleFeds allege man in ‘CFD’ hat at Capitol mob attack is retired Pennsylvania...
Federal authorities on Thursday alleged a Pennsylvania man is the person photographed at last week’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol wearing a ‘CFD’ hat.
View ArticleBond revoked for Hammond man seen at Capitol riot while awaiting federal...
Federal authorities revoked bond Thursday for a Hammond man after a prosecutor said he has seen evidence that shows Kash Lee Kelly in Washington, D.C., and inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot pushing for Chicago bars and restaurants to reopen for...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she wants the city’s bars and restaurants to reopen for indoor service “as soon as possible” and plans to discuss the issue with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
View ArticleAurora man dies after shooting in Montgomery
Montgomery police have identified the man killed in a shooting late Tuesday morning on the Route 30 bridge over the Fox River in the village.
View ArticleChicago’s $9 million delinquent water bill relief program looks for more takers
A $9 million Chicago program to help homeowners behind on their water and sewer bills has seen less than half of those eligible for the city assistance sign up in the nine months since the initiative...
View ArticleIllinois National Guard heads to DC to help with potential armed riots: ‘It’s...
Illinois National Guard sends security forces to DC to help with potential armed riots at Biden inauguration
View ArticleStudent draws lessons from current events for MLK speech competition: ‘If Dr....
The event provides fourth and fifth grade CPS students an opportunity to remember and pay tribute to the late civil rights leader.
View ArticleVaccine trial participants who received placebo now hop the line for the real...
Many of those who received a placebo are now being offered a vaccine — in some cases, earlier than they would otherwise have been eligible.
View ArticleRapper Vic Mensa says burglars stole $40,000 worth of donated items from his...
Chicago rapper Vic Mensa announced this week on social media that on New Year’s Eve someone stole $40,000 worth of items that had been donated to his charity SaveMoneySaveLife Foundation.
View ArticlePlainfield Township supervisor indicted in $1.4 million embezzlement from...
A suburban township supervisor has been indicted on federal charges alleging he stole almost $1.4 million from a private firm where he served as chief financial officer.
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