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View ArticleChicagoland watches Biden inauguration
Chicagoland watches the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States.
View ArticleJudge says eventual Smollett trial should avoid ‘collateral’ matters as...
In an unexpectedly busy pretrial hearing Wednesday, attorneys in the Jussie Smollett case sparred over potential evidence.
View ArticleCity watchdog says Animal Care and Control employee sexually assaulted 2...
A Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control employee sexually assaulted two co-workers in an off-duty incident that a supervisor failed to report to higher-ups, according to a report from the...
View ArticleChicago parks to resume in-person programs
The decision comes after the state adjusted metrics that determine COVID-19 restrictions across Illinois regions.
View ArticleBartlett motorist cited with Scott’s Law violation after plowing into state...
A 35-year-old Bartlett man rear-ended an Illinois State Police car tending to a traffic crash Wednesday morning, injuring the trooper and himself in Palatine.
View ArticleChicago immigrants say they’re ready to mobilize to push Biden’s proposed...
Immigration advocates and community leaders say they are hopeful about the Biden-Harris immigration bill that would provide an eight-year path to citizenship and ready to mobilize to get it passed.
View ArticlePearls, Chuck Taylors, tequila and hope: Chicagoland watches Biden’s...
As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, supporters across Chicagoland celebrated. Many focused on the historical moment of Kamala Harris’ swearing in to office, making her...
View ArticleAs CTU begins vote on refusing in-person teaching, CPS says union ‘wants to...
CPS has stood firm in its plans to continue bringing students back, despite vocal opposition.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleCoal-fired power plant in southern Illinois a major obstacle to Biden’s push...
Less than a decade old, the Prairie State Generating Station is among the top 10 industrial sources of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the United States, emitting as much as 2 million cars combined...
View ArticleColumn: Wearing pearls in honor of Kamala Harris, my mother and hope for a...
Pearls reflect hope that the future, while tentative and fragile, is full of possibilities, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: How Chicago celebrated Biden’s inauguration, CTU votes on refusing...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleHammond man arrested in decades-old Ohio murder, rapes, police say
A DNA hit linked a Hammond man charged in November with domestic battery and criminal confinement to a decades-old Ohio murder and rapes, police said.
View ArticleWatch live: Dr. Arwady discusses Chicago COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady will discuss the vaccine roll-out. Watch live here.
View Article1 in custody after 13-year-old girl killed, 4 others injured in Vittum Park...
A 13-year-old girl died and four adults were injured in a head-on crash Wednesday night in the Vittum Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to police.
View ArticleChicago police release videos in recent string of carjackings, drive-thru...
Chicago police have released two surveillance videos related to shootings, carjackings and the robbery of fast-food restaurants in the city and suburbs in the last week.
View ArticleRock Island girl, 3, fell out of window and died from cold overnight, police say
A 3-year-old northwestern Illinois girl died after she apparently fell from a window on a frigid night and couldn't get back inside her family's home.
View ArticleOne found dead in South Austin apartment house after extra-alarm fire,...
One person died after a two-flat style home in the South Austin neighborhood caught fire Thursday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
View ArticlePrairie State Generating Station coal plant
Sold on a promise of cheap electricity, dozens of communities in Illinois and eight other Midwest states are instead stuck with paying off more than $5 billion in debt for the Prairie State Generating...
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