School employees should be a priority in COVID-19 vaccine rollout, say...
“If schools are to reopen safely, education workers should be prioritized to receive the vaccine,” the IFT president said.
View ArticleIndiana reports 124 more COVID-19 deaths, toll passes 6,400; Lake County says...
Another 124 Indiana residents have died from COVID-19, pushing the state’s pandemic death toll past 6,400, state health officials said Tuesday.
View ArticleConnor Kerner gets 179 years for killing two teens, setting bodies on fire at...
Connor Kerner, 19, was sentenced to 179 years in prison Tuesday for the deaths of Thomas Grill and Molley Lanham in February 2019, when a drug deal went bad and Kerner and beat and shot the pair before...
View ArticleIll. Appellate Court upholds Deerfield’s ban on assault weapons, partially...
An Illinois Appellate Court has overturned a lower court ruling related to the village of Deerfield's ban on assault weapons.
View ArticleRicardo Alanis, founder of first pilgrimage from Chicago to Our Lady of...
Though the traditional overnight celebration of the Feast for Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Shrine in Des Plaines and all pilgrimages from December 11-12 have been canceled, some of Ricardo Alanis’...
View ArticleCOPA employee arrested in looting case, released
COPA employee arrested in August looting incident, released without charges.
View ArticleThe Spin: If FDA OKs Pfizer vaccine, Chicago distribution could start next...
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View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 7,910 new COVID-19 cases and 145 more deaths...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleCoronavirus vaccine could be days away from arriving in Illinois as state...
With the first shipment of a new coronavirus vaccine possibly just days away from arriving in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s top public health official on Tuesday sought to allay fears...
View ArticleChicago cop who died of COVID-19 in November given honors funeral
A full honors funeral was scheduled Tuesday for Chicago police Officer Titus Moore, a 14-year veteran who died at home last month, as the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined Moore died...
View ArticleGunfire exchanged with police in Rogers Park; 1 shot, police say
At least one person was injured after someone exchanged gunfire with Chicago police Tuesday in the Rogers Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleAfter prosecutors drop charges and CPD clears him of wrongdoing, Chicago...
A veteran Chicago police sergeant is suing two Wisconsin officers and several prosecutors for false arrest and malicious prosecution after the district attorney’s office dropped sexual assault charges...
View ArticleChicago rapper G Herbo due in court Wednesday to face federal fraud charges
Chicago rapper G Herbo set to appear in federal court on charges he and five members of his crew used stolen identities to fraudulently purchase luxury items such as private jet trips and “designer...
View ArticleColumn: The Kyle Rittenhouse case is about vigilante justice. Let’s hope it...
It's the job of police, not self-appointed civilian overseers, to restore peace, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleColumn: Oh the virus outside is frightful, but the Wi-Fi’s so delightful....
And since we’re stuck in some room, let us zoom, let us zoom, let us zoom!
View ArticleDaywatch: COVID-19 vaccine could be days away, DoorDash delivery service...
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View ArticleRockford-area coroner buys refrigerated trailer as COVID-19 surges
The Rockford-area coroner’s office has purchased a refrigerated trailer in the event deaths related to COVID-19 overwhelm the office’s capacity to store bodies.
View ArticleOff-duty Chicago officer involved in ‘domestic-related’ fatal shooting
A man in his 20s was shot to death inside a home on the Southwest Side in an attack involving an off-duty Chicago police officer, the department said Wednesday.
View ArticleMan and woman found dead with gunshot wounds in garage of their home in Beach...
A man and a woman were found dead with gunshot wounds in the garage of a home in Beach Park in Lake County Tuesday night, according to authorities.
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