Former Park Forest police officer faces rape charge in Indiana, court records...
A former Park Forest police officer has been charged with rape and sexual misconduct with a minor in Indiana, according to court records
View ArticleOfficials say 70% of Illinois residents 65 and up have been vaccinated, but...
Seventy percent of Illinois residents 65 and over have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, but rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations will prevent the state from moving forward...
View ArticleLightfoot administration still behind on court-ordered Chicago Police...
Chicago Police Department continues to lag behind on a legally required overhaul, missing 60% of its most recent deadlines to make reforms, according to a new watchdog report.
View ArticleCPD has made little progress on vow to replace gang database criticized as...
The city’s watchdog has found that the Chicago Police Department has “fallen critically short” on its vow to replace and improve its gang database, which reports have described as an error-laden tool...
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View Article2 dead, 4 wounded Wednesday on West, South sides
A man was fatally wounded Wednesday afternoon on the West Side in the south Austin neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleLong hours, strained resources and emotional overload: How the Cook County...
As Cook County marked 10,000 confirmed deaths from coronavirus-related causes Wednesday, never before have the doctors, investigators and technicians at the medical examiner’s office had to handle so...
View ArticleVice President Kamala Harris to visit Chicago next week to discuss equitable...
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Chicago on Tuesday to talk about equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the White House. It’s her first official visit here since she and...
View ArticleOak Park and River Forest High School student shot at Gold Coast hotel:...
A high school student was shot late Tuesday at a hotel just off the Magnificent Mile, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleColumn: Daily Herald exec who died saving kids in rip current showed the...
Peter Rosengren, a Daily Herald executive, died Sunday saving kids from a powerful rip current, racing into the Gulf of Mexico to help get his three boys and other children to safety. It was brave, and...
View ArticleColumn: Bodycam footage of police berating and threatening a student is 51...
The officers treated the boy like a criminal, not a child who misbehaved in school, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleWhy are COVID-19 numbers heading up again? It could be that the public is...
Coronavirus cases in Chicago and Illinois are inching upward again, part of a nationwide pattern that is causing experts and officials to worry about another surge of the virus while cities and states...
View ArticleEaster in Chicago: Sunday’s sunny forecast and the warmest, coldest, wettest...
Here are the warmest, coldest, wettest and snowiest Easter holidays in Chicago, according to data from the National Weather Service.
View ArticleRep. Adam Kinzinger raises $1.1 million for his anti-Trump PAC in first...
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, raises $1.1 million in the first quarter for his anti-Trump political action committee.
View ArticleDaywatch: Baseball fans return for opening day, why COVID numbers are rising...
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View Article2 dead, 1 seriously injured in Chrysler Village house fire near Midway Airport
Two women died from injuries suffered in a fire early Thursday and a man was seriously injured, officials said.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Thursday with...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleRobert Marx, rabbi who marched with MLK in Chicago and fought for social...
In the summer of '66, Robert Marx stood guard over a pile of rocks, hoping to keep them from being hurled at civil rights marchers.
View ArticleFamily of Anthony Alvarez, 22-year-old man killed in Chicago police shooting,...
Anthony Alvarez's cousin spoke in front of at least 50 people Saturday afternoon at Federal Plaza about her anguish over the death of her cousin, a 22-year-old man who Chicago police fatally shot...
View ArticleDriver shot on Kennedy Expressway in Avondale neighborhood: state police
A motorist was shot on the Kennedy Expressway on Saturday morning near Belmont Avenue on the Northwest Side, officials said.
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