City inspector general makes recommendations on search warrants in wake of...
The recommendations from the inspector general were sent to the Chicago Police Department ahead of two major pending investigations, one into search warrants in general and a second looking at the...
View ArticleMan living at O’Hare for 3 months without detection posts bail, ordered on...
Man caught living at O'Hare International Airport released on bail Wednesday, officials said.
View ArticleIllinois National Guard administers COVID-19 vacccine
The Illinois National Guard begins its latest mission to help with COVID-19 vaccinations at the Cook County Health Center in North Riverside on Jan. 22, 2021.
View ArticleCarjacking reported in Niles unrelated to earlier robberies in the village...
A carjacking and an attempted car theft are under investigation by Niles police, who say the incidents appear unrelated to other similar robberies that were reported in the village and neighboring...
View ArticleChicago-area restaurants ready to reopen for indoor service again, some with...
Optimism is tempered with concern: about health and safety, about operating costs being recouped and about the possibility of yet another shutdown.
View ArticleArchdiocese of Chicago says lower numbers, higher debt demand mergers of 12...
Officials at the Archdiocese of Chicago said this week they plan to close four Chicago area schools struggling with declining enrollment and mounting debt and merge more than a dozen churches in the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccinations to begin at shelter
Franciscan Outreach, which runs three homeless shelters in the city, was tentatively expecting COVID-19 vaccinations to begin this week at its shelter at 2715 W. Harrison St., which is housing about...
View ArticleThe Spin: Biden, Fauci offer COVID-19 warnings as Chicago bars, restaurants...
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View ArticleColumn: A new affliction in the pandemic: Vaccine envy
Vaccine envy a new twist amid pandemic.
View ArticleIn Illinois nursing homes, tens of thousands still waiting for COVID-19...
As of Thursday, roughly 90,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots had been administered in Illinois' long-term care facilities — far less than half of the 360,000 facility residents and staff members who qualify...
View ArticleCook County judge tosses case of man who spent decades behind bars for double...
A Cook County judge on Friday threw out the case of a man who spent decades behind bars for the devastating double murder of two 13-year-old girls in 1995, paving the way for his release from prison.
View ArticleRemote learning to continue until end of school year for Joliet School...
Parents in Joliet Public School District 86 this week were notified that the district’s board of inspectors voted to remain remote through the end of the school year.
View Article2 victims fatally wounded in separate shootings Friday afternoon while...
Man fatally wounded in a vehicle in a parking lot on the West Side, Chicago police said.
View ArticleOne in 5 eligible CPS students attended in-person classes the first week...
A CPS official called the numbers "encouraging."
View ArticleThe Illinois National Guard’s latest mission: Help vaccinate Cook County from...
No one questions the troops’ ability to bolster the massive operation’s efficiency or pace, but there have been debates nationwide concerning whether uniformed soldiers would fuel baseless conspiracy...
View ArticleIndoor dining officially allowed back in Chicago, Cook County under COVID-19...
Chicago and suburban Cook County are officially open for indoor dining for the first time since late October under coronavirus pandemic restrictions, state officials said Saturday morning.
View Article2 dead, at least 8 wounded in city shootings since Friday evening
Two victims are dead and at least eight others were wounded since Friday evening in city shootings, police said.
View ArticleWhat is allowed and not allowed in Illinois’ COVID tiers plan? And where does...
With indoor dining returning throughout parts of the Chicago area there is new attention on the state’s system for managing COVID mitigations. Here is where the regions stand and what is allowed under...
View ArticleMinor injuries reported in CTA ‘L’ train derailment early Saturday, slowing...
Four passengers suffered minor injuries Saturday morning after the first car of a southbound Blue Line train derailed on the Kennedy Expressway, police said.
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