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View ArticleChicago philanthropist and investment manager Richard Driehaus dies at 78
Richard Driehaus was the founder of Chicago’s Driehaus Capital Management and namesake of the Driehaus Museum and DePaul University’s Business School.
View ArticleSocial Graces: Here’s how to handle relatives who have not followed...
Here's what to do when COVID-19 rule-breakers get vaccinated first.
View ArticleFormer Bartlett High School chemistry teacher found guilty of reckless...
A DuPage County jury on Tuesday found a former Bartlett High School chemistry teacher guilty of reckless conduct for pouring liquid nitrogen on a student and causing injuries during a science...
View ArticleIllinois in line for $7.5 billion in federal aid from COVID-19 relief package...
Congress delivered a long-awaited boost to cash-strapped Illinois on Wednesday with the U.S. House passing a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that will deliver $7.5 billion in direct aid to the...
View ArticlePolice boost website, give update on carjacking task force as city endures...
Chicago police announced the debut of a new section of the department’s website Wednesday that gives information about carjackings in the city, including surveillance video and booking photos of suspects.
View ArticleIllinois schools can cut social distance to 3 feet, state announces, but...
Three to 6 feet is the new standard when a school's staff is vaccinated.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Schools can cut social distance from 6 to 3...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleSecond-dose confusion lingers over first two days of United Center...
People getting vaccinated at the United Center did not get their second-dose appointments confirmed on-site, officials said, despite earlier promises to the contrary.
View ArticleBefore we get too into spring weather — let’s watch all of that snow melt in...
Watch Chicago's record snow melt in four highly visual ways.
View ArticleDuring pandemic, Illinois saw 27% jump in deaths, among worst in the US. One...
Looking at federal estimates of excess deaths — how many more people died than is usually expected — Illinois ranked among the 10 worst states (including the District of Columbia) for the 10-month...
View ArticleWhere were you when you realized the pandemic would change everyday life?...
Readers share when it first hit them that the coronavirus pandemic was going to change every day life.
View ArticleDaywatch: A year of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes coming to United Center...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleA year ago, COVID shut down Chicago’s arts. Where are we now?
A review of the year of COVID-19 and the Chicago arts community.
View Article1 of 3 surviving Tuskegee Airmen in Arizona dies at 95
One of three surviving members in Arizona of the famed all-Black Tuskegee Airmen has died.
View ArticleLongtime Cavaliers broadcaster Joe Tait dead at 83
Joe Tait, a longtime Cleveland sports broadcaster and voice of the Cavaliers for more than four decades, died Wednesday. He was 83.
View ArticleRide-share driver beaten, carjacked in Englewood after asking passengers not...
When a rideshare driver asked passengers not to eat in his SUV, the passengers began beating the driver and then stole his SUV, police said.
View ArticleBlake Cullen, a former Chicago Cubs and National League executive, dies at 85
Blake Cullen, an executive for the Chicago Cubs and the National League who went on to own minor league hockey, baseball and soccer teams, has died. He was 85.
View ArticleMore parish consolidations announced in south suburbs as footprint of...
The Archdiocese of Chicago's consolidation of its Catholic communities continued Wednesday night with more south suburban parish mergers announced.
View Article‘Yeah, there’s some stuff’: Man asks cops to investigate Christmas Eve...
Federal complaint filed after a suburban man sees security app alert and sends police to his own house, where they allegedly find drug stash.
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