Man charged in Gary with beating wheelchair-bound woman
Police were called to the Mosley Motel, 6200 Melton Road, after the woman called 911. She was on the ground with a wheelchair on top of her, police said.
View ArticleCity Council looks at closing puppy mill loophole in Chicago
Chicago aldermen on Monday advanced a plan its supporters say will help close a loophole in the rules designed to prevent city pet stores from selling dogs from puppy mills.
View ArticleChicago's cherry trees in full bloom
The cherry trees on the south side of the Museum of Science and Industry, planted starting in 2013, are in full bloom. About 3,000 people showed up April 11, 202,1 to see the 160 trees, the largest...
View Article‘Scheming’ former Portage official gets year of probation; sentenced for...
Former Portage Clerk-Treasurer Christopher Stidham will have to give up his law license and the chance of future work in the public sector after being sentenced Monday on a Level 6 felony count of...
View ArticleColumn: Daunte Wright was unarmed. Wouldn’t letting him go have been better...
“Oh (expletive), I shot him.” You’ll hear those words if you watch the body-camera video of a suburban Minneapolis police officer shooting and killing an unarmed 20-year-old Black man during a traffic...
View ArticleSecond pandemic Ramadan for Chicagoland Muslims means finding purpose,...
As Muslims everywhere embark on a second pandemic Ramadan, many are hoping to make the most of another opportunity to focus on the purpose of the Islamic holy month.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot says city ‘prepared’ for possible protests over Toledo...
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View ArticleGlenview neighbors in fight over beavers
Residents are protesting the possible trapping and killing of a couple of suburban beavers after a homeowners association board said it planned to remove the animals that have posted up in the...
View ArticleIllinois State Police investigating fatal shooting by officer in Stephenson...
The sheriff’s office said officers were responding to a call about a man who had entered a bank with a firearm.
View Article2 former CPD chiefs blast city’s rules for removing problematic cops as...
Former Chicago Police Department leaders Garry McCarthy and Jody Weis blasted the city for what they said was failing to punish to bad officers and instilling a sense of impunity among their ranks.
View ArticleDaywatch: Third COVID wave stresses Illinois hospitals, a look at where the...
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View ArticleIllinois VA sued by estate of Korean War vet who died in coronavirus outbreak...
The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs is facing a $2 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of one of 36 residents who died at the state-run veterans home in LaSalle during a fall...
View ArticleFight, stabbing at Blue Line station on West Side leaves man, 28, in serious...
A man was stabbed on a CTA platform and left in serious condition in a West Side hospital early Tuesday morning.
View ArticleRamadan during the pandemic
As Muslims everywhere embark on a second Ramadan during the coronavirus pandemic, many are hoping to make the most of another opportunity to focus on the purpose of the Islamic holy month.
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Illinois
Cook County Health and the state of Illinois have paused distributing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following recommendations from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after...
View Article19-year-old man killed in Bronzeville shooting is identified
A 19-year-old man who died Monday night in a shooting in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the city’s South Side was identified by authorities Tuesday morning.
View ArticleWatch live: Dr. Arwady, Chicago health officials give a COVID-19 update
Dr. Allison Arwady is expected to give an update on COVID-19. Watch live here.
View ArticleDes Plaines man was driving 108 mph when he caused crash that killed family...
A 25-year-old Des Plaines man with a long history of traffic violations was driving 108 mph and under the influence of drugs when he caused a fatal crash last month that killed a husband and wife and...
View ArticleMan charged with threatening to murder a Chicago federal judge in 2016
A downstate man has been charged with threatening to murder a Chicago federal judge who was overseeing his prisoner’s rights lawsuit nearly five years ago.
View ArticleMichigan hits ‘record high’ for COVID-19 hospitalizations of children
Statewide, 49 children were hospitalized Monday with either confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, according to state data.
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