Emmett Till’s Chicago home granted city landmark status
The South Side home of Emmett Till and his mother — where the boy was living when he was tortured and murdered during a 1955 trip to Mississippi — was granted city landmark status by the City Council...
View ArticleIn CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides medical experts
Just down the road from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a community flush with resident health professionals, the Decatur, Georgia, school system had no shortage of expert input...
View Article5 killed in Des Plaines house fire
Four young children and one adult were killed in a house fire in the 700 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines, Jan. 27, 2021.
View Article‘People were afraid to talk to me:’ Chicago woman wants to promote...
After losing her brother to suicide, Amy Kartheiser started the charity Under The Same Sky to finance a program that connects survivors of such a loss.
View Article2 shot in apparent ‘targeted attack’ in Orland Park, police chief says
Two Blue Island residents were shot early Wednesday afternoon in Orland Park in what police Chief Joe Mitchell is calling a targeted attack.
View Article‘COP House’ plan gets go-ahead on Chicago’s Far South Side
A Far South Side alderman may get an outpost for Chicago police in a house located in a high-crime area after all, as part of a two-year program despite Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s opposition to his plan...
View ArticlePritzker says earlier federal notice on COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should...
President Joe Biden pledged a 16% boost in dose deliveries to states starting next week.
View ArticleOff-duty cop carjacked in North Kenwood neighborhood
An off-duty Chicago police officer was a victim of a carjacking Tuesday night on the South Side in the North Kenwood/Oakland neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 3,751 new COVID-19 cases and 81 additional...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar winner, dies at 94
Leachman also won a supporting actress Oscar in the early part of the decade for a far different character, an embittered small-town housewife in Peter Bogdanovich’s elegiac “The Last Picture Show”;...
View ArticleWith Chicago teachers on the brink of a second strike in 15 months, weary...
"Now we are watching an HR dispute hold up the delivery of an essential public service," a pro-opening parents group said.
View Article‘The kids, the kids ... I am numb’: 4 little girls, woman dead in devastating...
Four children under the age of six and one adult have died in a Des Plaines residential fire on Wednesday morning, according to Des Plaines Fire Chief Daniel Anderson.
View ArticleFlap over lawyer vaccinations at Cook County Jail highlights confusion over...
Some Cook County public defenders received a COVID-19 vaccine at the Cook County Jail this week, unbeknownst to leaders of the Cook County state’s attorney’s office who told the Tribune they had no...
View ArticleCounting Chicago's homeless
Chicago Department of Family and Support Services workers conducts its annual homeless survey.
View ArticleGang members tried to get man to admit he was rival, then shot him to death,...
A 28-year-old man faces a murder charge after Chicago police say he was involved in a fatal shooting Sunday in Little Village. He is the second person to be arrested in connection with the shooting,...
View ArticleControversial president of Chicago police union, already under threat of...
The embattled leader of the city’s largest police union now faces firing from his job as a Chicago police officer in at least two disciplinary investigations.
View ArticleBeach Park man charged in federal court after attempted carjacking in Glencoe...
A Beach Park man was charged in federal court this week after an attempted carjacking last summer at the Glencoe Golf Club, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says spike in carjackings ‘top of mind,’ adding...
Under pressure over Chicago’s ongoing spike in carjackings, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that the issue is “top of mind” for her and announced the police department has added 40 officers to...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Q&A: Do all Cook County ZIP codes work on the county’s vaccination...
Experts offer guidance on questions including whether all ZIP codes work on Cook County's vaccination information website.
View ArticleColumn: Reddit, GameStop, AMC and the day traders’ stock surge: A completely...
Reddit, GameStop, AMC Entertainment and the day traders’ stock surge: A completely useless explanation for people who don't understand money.
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