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View ArticleChicago police say new online tool measures trust, feeling of safety in city...
Department leaders on Thursday announced a new online tool to gauge the public’s feelings about its officers.
View ArticleAfter 21 years, man extradited from Mexico to face charges in 1999 killing of...
Luis Rodriguez-Mena was extradited from Mexico and handed over to Des Plaines police at O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday.
View ArticleChicago dive Richard’s Bar reportedly defies pandemic shutdown
Richard's Bar posts "carry-out only" sign on door after published reports of a sign defying the coronavirus shutdown rules.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleBail denied for man who police say opened fire on Chicago cops who had pulled...
Bail was denied Thursday to a hospitalized man accused of firing on a trio of Chicago police officers following an angry and tense sequence of events with an ex-girlfriend over money in the city’s...
View ArticleHow full are hospitals in Illinois? Search our list to find out.
Amid pandemic fears of overrun hospitals, federal regulators have released figures on bed usage at each hospital. The data covers the most recent Friday-to-Thursday period, and the figures are a daily...
View ArticlePlanets to appear nearly aligned creating ‘Christmas star’ last widely...
On Dec. 21, the winter solstice, two planets will appear nearly aligned, resulting in an uncommon event. At one time, astronomers may have felt it so closely resembled a Christmas miracle — or,...
View ArticleColumn: Walking through the pandemic. It’ll save your sanity.
In the past nine months of pandemic, walking, above all else, has saved my sanity.
View Article‘This feeling is needed.’ Virtual Santas go all out to make Christmas special...
For John Sullivan, being Santa Claus is a lifestyle and fielding questions from inquisitive kids a highlight. “The answer is always magic.”
View ArticleDaywatch: FDA panel endorses COVID vaccine, how the pandemic is devastating...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleTwo children die in Ingleside fire
Two girls, 8 and 5 years old, died in a house fire in northwest suburban Ingleside. The fire also injured four adults.
View ArticleWoman found dead in vacant lot in Bronzeville, signs of trauma to her face...
A woman was discovered dead in a vacant lot Friday morning in the Bronzeville neighborhood, police said.
View Article2 children killed, 4 family members injured in Ingleside house fire; ‘I hope...
An impromptu memorial sprouted Friday in front of the Ingleside home where two young girls were killed and four family members injured, three critically, Thursday night in a house fire which one fire...
View ArticleIllinois State University cancels spring break over COVID-19 concerns
Illinois State University students won’t be getting a spring break next year after all because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleChicago’s homeless and area service providers prepare for 1st full pandemic...
We talked to those working with the homeless population to find out their plans and concerns for making sure everyone is taken care of in Chicagoland.
View ArticleWhat’s it like to take the COVID-19 vaccine? Three local trial participants...
Three Chicago-area residents are among the roughly half-million Americans who have signed up to participate in various vaccine trials as scientists race to produce safe and effective immunizations to...
View ArticleChampaign County murder suspect mistakenly released from prison arrested in...
A central Illinois man accused of murder who was mistakenly released from prison last month is back in custody after being arrested Thursday in south suburban Glenwood, authorities said.
View ArticleRidership for Chicago’s scooter pilot fell 20%, about 181,000 fewer trips...
As Chicago’s scooter pilot ends, initial data shows ridership fell even though the 2020 test was four times larger. Now what?
View Article‘There’s a lot of history here’: Three-generation effort at Mount Greenwood...
“It’s like an open air museum. The travesties of the City (of Chicago) are here — the Eastland Disaster, the Spanish Flu, the Iroquois Theatre fire.”
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