‘Milestone’ surgery: Illinois health care worker dying of COVID-19 receives...
Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital last month performed the first known double lung transplant in the U.S. that used lungs donated from someone who recovered from COVID-19 to save another...
View ArticleCarjackings surge in Chicago
There have been hundreds of carjackings in Chicago already this year, brazen crimes that have frightened city residents and frustrated police, politicians and community leaders.
View ArticleTarget Area Development Corp. team members receive violence reduction...
Target Area Development Corp. team members receive training on March 18, 2021, with the goal of reducing violence on Chicago's South and West sides. The training took place at the AFC Center in...
View ArticleBronzeville family struggles to navigate social safety net after surviving...
After suffering from a domestic violence knife attack, a Bronzeville family is trying to navigate the social safety net while it recovers physically, metally and financially.
View ArticleNot trusting government guidance, some restaurant owners choose not to reopen...
Some Chicago restaurants like Superkhana International and Split-Rail are waiting until staff get COVID-19 vaccines before opening for indoor dining.
View ArticleLeading Illinois Democrats criticize GOP U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis for...
Leading Illinois Democrats criticized Downstate Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis on Friday for reportedly downplaying the role of pandemic rhetoric in violence against Asian Americans.
View ArticleGun case slated for Cook County’s restart of jury trials suddenly dropped,...
Cook County prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against Ronald Montgomery, who had been scheduled for the county’s first COVID-era jury trial next week.
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View ArticlePritzker names Navy vet to take over state VA following criticism of...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker named Navy veteran Terry Prince as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs on Friday, pending confirmation by the state Senate.
View ArticleWisconsin man charged in fatal Lake County crash sheriff blames on ‘ego mixed...
A Wisconsin man has been charged with reckless homicide in an October Stateline area collision that killed an Antioch man and may have been fueled by “ego mixed with road rage,” a Lake County sheriff’s...
View ArticleRiverdale man dies in fatal hit-and-run in Lansing; motorist arrested
A 62-year-old Riverdale man has died from injuries he suffered in a fatal hit-and-run accident earlier this week in Lansing.
View ArticleIllinois expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to workers including higher...
Illinois on Friday expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to several additional groups of essential workers, including higher education staff, government employees and religious leaders, ahead of the...
View ArticleMarking more than a year of pandemic, Mayor Lori Lightfoot rallies...
In a televised speech marking more than a year since COVID-19 disrupted life around the world, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday praised Chicagoans for their resiliency and vowed to fight against rampant...
View ArticleDid you get COVID-19 vaccine envy as other states expanded eligibility...
While vaccine rollout in Illinois was initially sluggish compared with most other states, the pace has since greatly improved.
View ArticlePrairieview-Ogden vs St. Joseph Middle School
When the state lifted its prohibition against basketball in January, a shortened season was back on — but with no state tournament. That gave Prairieview-Ogden’s final game, against local rival St....
View ArticleMetro Infectious Disease Consultants
Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, based in Burr Ridge, is a practice of doctors that specializes in infectious diseases and has been given nearly 30,000 doses to distribute.
View Article2 men, teen girl posing as Tinder dates lured 2 men to Kenwood, beating,...
Two men and a 17-year-old girl have been charged with carjacking and kidnapping a man after he went to a Kenwood neighborhood home to try to hook up with someone who he thought was a woman he met...
View ArticleFewer than 1/4 of CPS students eligible to return to schools have attended...
The Chicago Teachers Union asserts the turnout shows families "do not trust" Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS.
View ArticleBronzeville could become federal National Heritage Area
Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation designate Bronzeville as a National Heritage Area and pump $10 million into preserving its remaining buildings and traditions.
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