Reward in 2017 killings of 2 Indiana teens grows to $325K
The bodies of German, 14, and Williams, 13, were found in a rugged area near a hiking trail on Feb. 14, 2017, one day after they vanished while walking on that trail near the Monon High Bridge, just...
View ArticleMichigan opens COVID-19 vaccines to residents 16 and older
All people ages 16 and older in Michigan became eligible for COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, as the state passed the halfway point in its goal of inoculating 70% of that population by year’s end.
View ArticleCommentary: To a class of 2020 college grad, the thought of a post-pandemic...
Not only am I unsure of what post-pandemic life will look like, I’m also entering a world that looks vastly different from what I was educated for.
View ArticleSouth Side Ald. Pat Dowell set to enter secretary of state race
Ald. Pat Dowell is expected to announce this week her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state, j
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker tweets that Chicago would welcome MLB All-Star Game
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a tweet that Chicago would welcome Major League Baseball’s All-Star game following the league’s decision to move the July 13 event out of Atlanta because of Georgia’s new law...
View ArticleMayor Lightfoot calls for immediate creation of new police foot-pursuit...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for a new foot pursuit policy to be implemented by Chicago Police before the start of summer after a city cop shot and killed 13-year old Adam Toledo last week following a...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Mass vaccination sites at Wrigley Field and...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccine now available to everyone 16 and older in 84 of Illinois’...
Only 27,248 coronavirus vaccinations were administered in Illinois on Sunday, a fraction of the state’s daily average, although the state said reporting by some providers may have been delayed. In...
View ArticleColumn: Why aren’t Chicago’s mass shootings included in the outcry over...
“Mass shootings are mass shootings when they involve white people. When they’re Black people, it’s just something that happened over there."
View ArticleAlleged drunken driver clips ambulance in South Shore, flees, police and fire...
An alleged drunken driver clipped an empty Chicago Fire Department ambulance with his SUV early Monday morning and fled the scene, Chicago police said.
View ArticleCDC asks Walgreens to give Pfizer vaccine doses three weeks apart, not four
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked Walgreens to start spacing first and second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine three weeks apart instead of four, in line with the agency’s...
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker signs firefighter pension bill Mayor Lori Lightfoot says...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed a bill supporters say puts firefighter pensions in Chicago on par with suburban and downstate systems, while detractors led by Mayor Lori Lightfoot argue the changes...
View ArticleSharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68
From her base in Chicago, she unreeled an array of stories about the triumphs and tragedies of people both ordinary and extraordinary.
View ArticleCTU’s bargaining rights expand to include class size, assignments under bill...
The Chicago Teachers Union is lauding Gov. J.B. Pritzker for restoring its ability to bargain with the city over issues including class sizes, staff assignments and subcontracting.
View ArticleGrand jury called to investigate 2019 shooting of 83-year old man by Gary...
Officers ordered Bouler, who was hard of hearing, out the car, and then allegedly shot into the car’s front window when he didn’t comply, seriously wounding him, reports said.
View ArticleMass vaccination centers open at Wrigley Field, Chicago State University
Mass vaccination centers grounded in community partnerships help make health care “much more equitable,” said Dr. David Trotter, chair of emergency medicine at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
View ArticleProcession for fallen Hometown officer comes as charges lodged in his death
An Oak Lawn man has been charged in connection with the death of longtime Hometown police officer who was hit by a vehicle early Saturday
View ArticleFormer Obama Cabinet member Ray LaHood resigns Lincoln Museum post after...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who appointed LaHood to the Springfield museum’s post in September 2019, accepted the former Peoria congressman’s resignation.
View ArticleCook County releasing about 30K first dose appointments Monday across five...
Cook County Health announced it will open up about 30,000 first-dose coronavirus vaccination slots at 6 p.m. Monday across five suburban sites, according to a news release.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot calls for new Chicago police foot-chase policy after teen...
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