Some Catholic schools in the Chicago area will shift to remote learning after...
About 20% of archdiocese schools are expected to switch to remote learning next week.
View ArticleChicago City Council approves Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 budget, $94 million...
Chicago’s City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $12.8 billion budget for next year.
View ArticleWoman, service dog found dead in Edgewater Beach apartment after high-rise...
A woman and her service dog were found dead in her living room after a fire that authorities say originated on her stove in a North Side high-rise apartment Tuesday morning.
View ArticleWith final tweaks, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s $6.9...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s $6.9 billion budget for 2021 won the approval of commissioners Tuesday on a 17-0 vote after a series of final adjustments, including reallocating money to...
View ArticleWatch live: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot makes remarks following City Council...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot takes questions following City Council meeting. Watch live here.
View ArticleOur Lady of Guadalupe festival canceled amid COVID-19 concerns; event...
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Tuesday that the Our Lady of Guadalupe festival, which was planned for overnight Dec. 11- 12, has been canceled this year. The Des Plaines event is one of the...
View ArticleRunning list of Chicago-area closings and cancellations because of coronavirus
Here's a running list of coronavirus-related cancellations in the Chicago area.
View ArticleFirst measurable Chicago-area snow tapers off, gives way to 24 hours of rain,...
Drivers in northern Illinois had to contend with slippery road conditions Tuesday morning as the first measurable snow of the season coincided with the morning commute, although conditions generally...
View ArticleDriver in stolen truck leads police on high-speed chase on I-294 and through...
Driver leads police on high-speed chase north and south on I-294 and through residential neighborhoods in Burr Ridge and Darien, before crashing into squad cars west of Route 83.
View ArticleMan accused of firing 19 shots at police officers at South Side park held...
A judge Tuesday ordered a man accused of firing more than a dozen shots at Chicago police officers to be held without bail, saying the officers “truly put their lives on the line” when they found...
View ArticleFormer Chicago Ald. Jesse Evans dies at age 83
Former South Side Ald. Jesse Evans, a one-time postal worker who rose to a seat on the Chicago City Council only to see his success unravel a decade later in the federal Operation Silver Shovel...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago City Council approves ‘pandemic...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleRooftop fire damages solar panels at Ikea in Schaumburg; store reopens after...
A rooftop fire at the IKEA store in Schaumburg Tuesday afternoon that damaged more than 20 solar energy panels was likely sparked by a faulty electrical system, authorities said.
View ArticleLearning to read
A 57-year-old Black man, laid off during pandemic, determined that the one thing he wanted to do before he died was to learn to read .
View ArticleColumn: Odds are you don’t know it, but Dr. Arwady is a poet
A poem, says Chicago's public health commissioner, “is a way to get people to listen differently.” The result for one recent rhyme is a short video recorded last week in City Hall and released on...
View ArticleReports detail domestic incident allegedly involving former Chicago police...
On the night Chicago police responded to a domestic incident at the home of former Superintendent Eddie Johnson last month, his wife told officers Johnson had set some of her clothing on fire and had...
View ArticleFifth Park Ridge teen arrested in alleged beating, bullying attack on...
A fifth teenager has been arrested in connection with an attack on a 14-year-old boy in Niles that was recorded and shared on social media in early November, police said.
View ArticleChicago’s winter overnight parking ban begins December 1. Here’s a map and...
Overnight parking is prohibited on 107 miles of main city streets from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. — regardless of snow — from Dec. 1, 2019 until April 1, 2020.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot’s ‘pandemic budget’ for 2021 cleared the Chicago City...
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday narrowly approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $12.8 billion “pandemic budget” for 2021, a package that will fund city government through the next fiscal year while closing a...
View ArticleChicago, Hammond to offer competing pitches to sell Joliet Lake Michigan water
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday laid out her plan to try to convince Joliet officials to let Chicago provide the city’s water. As Joliet looks to sign a contract to start getting its water from Lake...
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