Gary teen admits shooting Portage woman in 2019; awaits judge’s ruling on...
Shaun Thompson, now 17, was 16 when he and two other Gary teens picked up Saucedo, 27, on Nov. 19, 2019, for the purchase of an iPhone and marijuana arranged on Facebook and Thompson shot and killed...
View ArticleColumn: Witnesses to George Floyd’s killing couldn’t save his life, but their...
The trial has returned Floyd’s death to the forefront. Some of us are mourning again, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleSchaumburg businessman Gary Rabine, supporter of Trump and conservative...
Northwest suburban businessman Gary Rabine, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, on Tuesday announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Illinois governor.
View ArticleTwo Lake Villa residents arrested on weapons and theft charges, authorities say
According to the sheriff’s office, patrol deputies came to the residence Monday morning during a stolen car investigation and say they located a vehicle reported stolen earlier from a Spring Grove-area...
View ArticleBiden’s first wave of judicial nominees would put only Black woman on Chicago...
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Jackson-Akiwumi, 41, would be the only Black woman on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
View ArticleAurora facility to become state-run COVID-19 vaccination site Friday
The former Carson's store in Aurora will become a state-run vaccination site beginning Friday.
View ArticleColumn: A cello-playing Chicago gastroenterologist organizes free...
Dr. Ben Levy has put together a video concert that will stream on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Chicago time. Featuring 28 artists, some of them famous, it’s called “Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Colorectal...
View ArticleWalgreens cancels some appointments for second doses of COVID-19 vaccine,...
Some Chicago-area residents who had scheduled first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at different Walgreens stores find themselves scrambling to find the same brand of vaccine for their second...
View ArticleDestination: Vaccination. Amid confusion, Chicagoans traveling to downstate...
Chicago vaccine hunters are making the drive to Quincy for a vaccination fix, with Johnson & Johnson on tap.
View ArticleDanville man is charged with attempted murder in Magnificent Mile stabbing of...
A 39-year-old man from downstate Illinois was charged this week with attempted murder in the weekend stabbing of a man who declined to turn over his change on the city’s Magnificent Mile, authorities...
View ArticlePrairie fire in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood ignites paper recycling...
A prairie fire fed by high winds on the city’s Southwest Side on Tuesday afternoon ignited a nearby paper recycling plant and shut down the CTA’s Orange Line, Fire Department authorities said.
View ArticleHoffman Estates man charged with home invasion, sexual assault
A 24-year-old Hoffman Estates man is facing charges of sexual assault and home invasion in an incident early Sunday in the village, authorities said.
View ArticleChicago’s first opening day in two years will see changes aplenty inside and...
The gates swing wide for opening day Thursday, and about 8,200 spectators will get their first in-person glimpse of the Friendly Confines in 18 months.
View ArticleWoman uses stimulus money to fly grandparents back to Chicago to get COVID-19...
A couple's oldest granddaughter used money from her stimulus check to fly them back to Chicago from Monterrey, Mexico, to get be vaccinated for COVID-19.
View ArticleDaywatch: Chicago opening new mass vaccination sites, Chicagoans travel to...
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View ArticleOff-duty Chicago police officer shoots intruder during home invasion, police say
A man who forced his way into the home of a Chicago police officer was shot by the officer early Wednesday, police said.
View ArticleEvanston independent bookstore sues Amazon, book publishers for unfair...
The owner of an independent bookstore in Evanston is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against Amazon.com and the five biggest book publishing companies.
View Article1 fatally shot by Chicago police officer after Portage Park foot pursuit,...
A male was fatally shot by a police officer in Portage Park early Wednesday, the second person to be fatally shot by an officer this week.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to hate crime in attack on Black teen at Michigan beach
Lee Mouat repeatedly used racial slurs and said Black people had no right to use the beach before striking Devin Freelon Jr., Michigan authorities said.
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