Minneapolis council voting on whether to make deep cuts to police department...
Minneapolis City Council members are voting on whether to cut nearly $8 million from Mayor Jacob Frey’s $179 million policing budget and redirect it to other initiatives.
View ArticleChief Illiniwek was officially retired 13 years ago. University of Illinois...
Some critics say the university's efforts to reconcile with Native Americans don't go far enough.
View ArticleSearch on for pilot after fighter jet from Wisconsin Air National Guard...
The F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Madison crashed about 8 p.m. Tuesday.
View ArticleFBI looking for man who fired rifle on Metra platform
FBI looking for suspect who fired a rifle on McCormick Place Metra train platform.
View ArticleMichigan City woman dies in Chesterton area vehicle accident
A Michigan City woman died Tuesday night in an accident in the Chesterton area, officials said.
View ArticleWatch live: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives update on COVID-19,...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives an update on COVID-19. Watch live here.
View ArticleSuburban man charged with selling devices that turn pistols into machine guns
A south suburban man is facing federal firearms charges after agents allegedly seized 100 “switch” devices from his home capable of converting a pistol into a fully automatic weapon
View ArticleColumn: Crybaby Trump has gone ‘coup-coup’ and GOP nods along. Call it what...
Having crybaby-President Donald Trump openly advocating a coup is a really bad and insane thing, yet the Republicans who most loudly call themselves patriots don’t appear to give a whit. Time to call...
View ArticleSouth Holland man dies after he and another man were shot, crashed into...
Gary Police say two men involved in a Wednesday vehicle crash in Gary had been shot at some point prior the accident, and one of the men died from his injuries.
View ArticleOak Park approved as vaccination provider, could receive COVID-19 vaccines by...
Oak Park officials: Village could receive COVID-19 vaccines by mid-December, will be offered to frontline workers first
View ArticleIf Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine receives FDA approval, here’s what it will mean...
With possible approval of the Pfizer vaccine coming within days, officials in Chicago and elsewhere in Illinois are preparing to receive the first doses, maybe as early as next week.
View ArticleChicago rapper G Herbo pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges, faces up...
Chicago rapper G Herbo pleaded not guilty via a video conference Wednesday to federal charges brought in Massachusetts alleging he and five members of his crew used stolen identities to make fraudulent...
View ArticleTwo charged in botched Round Lake Beach armed robbery where store clerk shot...
Police say charges were filed against two people who attempted to rob the One Stop food and liquor store in Round Lake Beach, but were instead shot by a clerk.
View ArticleLightfoot-backed plan to let Cubs defer infrastructure payment to city advances
Chicago aldermen moved a step closer Wednesday to letting the Cubs put off a $250,000 payment for infrastructure work around Wrigley Field.
View Article50 degrees in December? Winter temps are rising across the country, and some...
In Illinois, average daily temperatures in the winter season in the last 30 years have increased 2.5 degrees, relative to about a century earlier, according to a Nature Conservancy analysis.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot ‘deeply disappointed’ in Wrigleyville Ald. Tom Tunney...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she’s “deeply disappointed” in Wrigleyville Ald. Tom Tunney after the longtime alderman acknowledged letting people eat inside his Ann Sather restaurant despite city and state...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Q&A: Can people who already had COVID-19 get the vaccine? What about...
How long might vaccine protection last? What about allergic reactions? These are some of many COVID-19 questions from readers that we put to experts.
View ArticleDeadliest year ever for fatal opioid overdoses in Cook County. ‘These are...
Cook County will end 2020 with its deadliest year for fatal opioid overdoses, according to data from the medical examiner’s office that underscores how a chronic public health crisis raged to record...
View ArticleCause of Morton Grove apartment fire that killed cats likely electrical: Fire...
A fire that displaced three Morton Grove families and a dry cleaning business last month may have been electrical in nature, the village’s fire chief said.
View ArticleMan dead, woman in serious condition after domestic incident in Valparaiso
Valparaiso police are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting involving two victims that police called an isolated incident.
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