Illinois legislators consider following Cook County in making Juneteenth an...
A bill that would make Juneteenth National Freedom Day the 13th official state holiday is headed to the Illinois Senate floor.
View ArticleColumn: Kenwood couple who held 105 days of front porch concerts hosting...
Jean-Paul Coffy and Yakini Ajanaku-Coffy's nightly performances united their neighbors and brought people together from across Chicago. On Saturday, they're hosting a concert to mark the one-year...
View ArticleIllinois Senate sends Black Caucus health care overhaul and measure allowing...
Illinois legislators moved the Black Caucus' health care overhaul and a measure making ballot drop boxes a permanent Election Day fixture to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot loosens COVID-19 restrictions at outdoor venues amid...
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View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago mayor loosens COVID-19 restrictions...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLightfoot loosens coronavirus restrictions, expanding capacity for Cubs, Sox...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has loosened restrictions on outdoor dining, exercise classes, weddings and performance venues such as theaters, her administration announced Thursday.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools examines school naming procedures
Chicago Public Schools is updating its procedures for changing school names. CPS has several schools named for slaveholders.
View ArticleChicago police officer and security worker shot in Brighton Park
A Chicago police officer and a security worker were shot on March 25, 2021, in the South Side's Brighton Park neighborhood during an incident with a shoplifting suspect.
View ArticleChicago police officer and security worker shot on the Southwest Side,...
A shoplifting suspect who got into a shootout with Chicago police is dead, and a police officer and security worker were hospitalized in an incident that broke out Thursday afternoon at a store in the...
View ArticleColumn: Biden refuses to play into the Fox News narrative, and it’s making me...
President Joe Biden’s Thursday news conference was a perfect example of his stubborn and un-American refusal to behave in a way that matches the Fox News narrative I have been receiving.
View ArticleTallying up indoor dining ban fines: Chicago dinged restaurant, bar owners;...
While Chicago levied hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines on bars, restaurants and other businesses for violating COVID-19 restrictions during the pandemic’s first year, suburban county...
View ArticleAs Agassiz School is rechristened Harriet Tubman, CPS looks at how to deal...
It's not just about renaming schools but working on anti-racist practices, one CPS official said.
View ArticleColumn: Would Honey the duck come back this spring? The man who loves her...
Through the dismal months of this pandemic winter, Jerry Coyne sometimes wondered whether his beloved Honey would ever come back.
View ArticleDaywatch: Lightfoot eases COVID restrictions as cases rise, tallying up...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleJessica Walter, ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Archer’ star, dies at 80
Jessica Walter, an Emmy-winning actress known for her work as the stalker in Clint Eastwood’s “Play Misty for Me,” and for the TV series “Arrested Development” and “Archer,” died Wednesday in New York....
View ArticleStan Albeck, former Bradley and Chicago Bulls coach, dies at 89: ‘He brought...
Stan Albeck, who coached Bradley to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1988 after starring at the school as a player, died Thursday in hospice care at his son John’s home. He was 89.
View Article1 killed, at least 7 wounded in Wrightwood neighborhood shooting
Eight people were shot, one of them fatally, when at least two gunmen opened fire at a gathering at a Wrightwood neighborhood storefront early Friday
View ArticleTeen hit by CTA Yellow Line train in Evanston
A male in his teens was hit by a CTA Yellow Line train Friday morning in Evanston, leading to the suspension of service on the line for more than two hours, officials said.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot earned more than $350K from law firm during first year...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot reported making $497,000 in 2019, her first year in office, according to a tax return released by the mayor’s office. Lightfoot, who took office on May 20 that year, made $111,120...
View ArticleLarry McMurtry, Oscar winner for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and author of ‘Lonesome...
Larry McMurtry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose novels, such as “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove,” were turned into award-winning films and who won an Oscar for...
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