How COVID-19 is devastating household finances in the Chicago area and...
Census Bureau surveys show Illinois and Chicago-area residents are worried about job security during the pandemic, and the data illustrates who is bearing the brunt of the recession locally.
View ArticleSix Flags Great America adds drive-thru to Holiday in the Park
Starting Wednesday and on select days through Jan. 18, Great America will allow patrons to have, ’'an extremely rare opportunity to drive around inside the park,” said the park’s president Hank Salemi.
View ArticleExtra-alarm fire rips through West Side building
Firefighters battle an extra-alarm fire Dec. 10, 2020, at a commercial building at 4425 W. 16th St. in Chicago.
View ArticleAP source says Rahm Emanuel’s prospects for spot in Biden Cabinet are not...
Rahm Emanuel’s chances of landing a top Cabinet post in Joe Biden’s administration appear increasingly unlikely: AP source.
View ArticleExtra-alarm fire hits West Side auto supply business, sending 250...
About 250 Chicago firefighters were battling an extra-alarm fire in a commercial building in the Lawndale neighborhood Thursday morning, according to the Fire Department.
View ArticleStimulus update: Federal pandemic relief set to expire, but there’s still...
As Congress negotiates a fresh round of coronavirus relief, the clock is ticking on several forms of federal aid, but there is still COVID-19 relief available in Illinois. Here's how to get help.
View ArticlePolice: Blood stained suspect wearing ‘bloody clothing’ turns himself in...
Chicago police were questioning a person of interest Wednesday evening in connection to the death of a man found fatally stabbed inside his Chatham neighborhood apartment earlier in the day.
View ArticleDemolition begins on the final Cabrini-Green high-rise
Demolition begins on the final Cabrini-Green high-rise on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
View ArticleIllinois House Black Caucus backs Michael Madigan’s reelection as speaker,...
The Black caucus of the Illinois House has endorsed embattled Speaker Michael Madigan’s bid for reelection to the post, saying its members believe they are “in a more advantageous position” to deliver...
View ArticleIllinois college enrollment down as COVID-19 pandemic disrupts higher...
Community colleges suffered the most, with a 13.7% reduction in students.
View ArticleGerri Oliver, who made the Palm Tavern a nexus of Black culture in Chicago,...
Gerri Oliver, who made Gerri's Palm Tavern on the South Side famous, dies at age 101.
View ArticlePandemic, civil unrest drive record-shattering increase in firearm permits,...
Illinois residents shopped for more guns and applied for more firearm permits in 2020 than at any other time in history, according to statistics released Wednesday by state police.
View ArticleSt. Charles pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Geneva
A 71-year-old St. Charles man died Thursday morning after he was struck by a car in Geneva, police said.
View ArticleColumn: From the Great Fire to modernist houses to Jeanne Gang, a rich array...
From the Great Fire to modernist houses to the designs of Jeanne Gang, a rich array of architecture books for the holidays
View ArticleMan killed, Lake County officer wounded in shootout in Gary
A Lake County Sheriff’s lieutenant was wounded and a Gary man was killed in a shootout in Thursday afternoon, the Sheriff’s office said.
View ArticleProsecutors say Elgin pair carried out scheme to impersonate a police officer...
An Elgin man and his accomplice are accused of carrying out a ploy in which he impersonated a police officer so they could rob people sitting in cars, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
View Article79-year-old Harold’s Chicken Shack owner cooking alone at ghost kitchen:...
After closing one restaurant this summer, the owner said he didn’t have the energy to open another location. But the pandemic economy changed that.
View ArticleIllinois reports 11,101 daily COVID-19 cases, highest in more than a week,...
Illinois on Thursday reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases in more than
View ArticleNorthern lights show disappoints, space scientist says
After raising hopes of a spectacular light show in parts of the country that usually don’t get to see the northern lights, scientists who predicted the aurora borealis might be seen as far south as...
View ArticleJudge upholds firing of officer dismissed in the wake of Laquan McDonald case
A Cook County judge on Thursday upheld the firing of a Chicago police officer for his role in the alleged coverup of police actions in the Laquan McDonald killing.
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