Thanksgiving Day in Chicago in 2020
Thanksgiving Day looked different throughout Chicago with many families in quarantine and the cancelation of festivities, including the annual parade, Nov. 26, 2020,
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Inflatable turkeys decorate the front lawns of homes on the North Side of Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 2020, in Chicago.
View ArticleBefore COVID-19, low-income college students often struggled to stay in...
Students "work their tails off" to pay tuition, but many jobs are disappearing because of COVID-19.
View ArticleIllinois’ plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution puts front-line health care...
The state of Illinois’ plan for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available puts front-line health care workers first in line to be inoculated, but shifting projections on how many...
View ArticleDaywatch: How to shop on an unusual Black Friday
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleColumn: The BEST Christmas cookie recipe in the world. And some thoughts on...
I will share the most amazing Christmas cookie recipe in the known world, but first we need to have an honest discussion about these delicacies. For starters, nobody actually likes Christmas cookies.
View ArticleElderly husband and wife die in Northwest Side house fire
An elderly couple died in a fire Thanksgiving night in their house in the Old Irving Park neighborhood, officials said, a blaze that may have been linked to the woman smoking a cigarette while using...
View ArticleTwo die in Old Irving Park house fire
An elderly couple died as a result of a house fire in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago.
View ArticleCoronavirus is striking American mink farms, but Illinois’ shrinking fur...
Outbreaks of coronavirus have struck mink farms in Wisconsin and Michigan, but Illinois’ shrinking fur industry so far appears to have remained free of the disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 7,574 new confirmed and probable COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleProsecutors agree to drop murder cases against pair, but judges aren’t on board
In rare move, judges disagree after Cook County prosecutors reverse course on two men accused in a decades-old double murder
View ArticleLocal bar hosts Christkindlmarket-themed pop-up event, as the popular holiday...
Local bar hosts Christkindlmarket-themed pop-up event, as the popular holiday market goes virtual.
View ArticleColumn: Songs of Good Cheer is going virtual. Here’s everything you need to...
Songs of Good Cheer is going virtual. Here’s everything you need to know to join our annual holiday singalong.
View ArticlePandemic provides latest snag in state’s long-simmering efforts to sell...
A little-noticed provision in legislation the General Assembly passed during its abbreviated, pandemic-focused special session in late May and early June pushed back the timeline for the state to find...
View ArticleCity revises plans on emergency mental health responses, will fund pilot that...
City revises plans on emergency mental health responses, will fund pilot that does not include police.
View ArticleFacing potentially decades in prison, R. Kelly ‘hopeful’ despite jail...
Facing the potential of decades in prison, Kelly is back on lockdown at Chicago’s federal jail because of a new COVID-19 outbreak.
View ArticleArrest after 7 years finally gives South Side mother hope for justice for her...
Arrest after 7 years finally gives South Side mother hope for justice for her slain daughter. ‘I just kept saying, thank you, Lord.’
View Article2 in custody after stolen vehicle crashes in Belmont Central neighborhood
Two men were arrested after the stolen car they were in hit a parked car and flipped on its side, Chicago police said.
View Article3 dead, 2 others wounded in city violence since Friday afternoon on the West...
2 men were pronounced dead, and two women were wounded since Friday afternoon on the West and South sides, Chicago police said.
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