Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Dec. 16 with COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMore Illinois hospitals begin vaccinating health care workers as state and...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and federal health officials clashed Wednesday over whether the state’s next two shipments of Pfizer’s new coronavirus vaccine were being cut back, putting on display the logistical...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot apologizes for wrongful police raid, said it was a...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot apologized to social worker Anjanette Young on Wednesday for the Chicago Police Department raid on her home in which officers handcuffed her while she was naked, and disavowed her...
View ArticleColumn: Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s apology doesn’t undo the trauma Chicago police...
Saying she was unaware of the raid doesn't make Lori Lightfoot less culpable, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleThe first five: How a Chicago hospital picked its first COVID-19 vaccination...
Roseland Community Hospital is being practical and symbolic in its choices of which employees will first receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
View ArticleCops release photo of Jeep wanted in connection with October homicide
Chicago police have released a picture of a black Jeep wanted in connection with the October homicide of a 32-year-old man in Roseland on the city’s Far South Side.
View ArticleDaywatch: Pritzker clashes with feds over next vaccine shipments, Lightfoot...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments on governor’s COVID-19 capacity limits
The latest court challenge to a move made by Gov. Tony Evers’ to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Wisconsin comes before the state Supreme Court on Thursday, this time related to an order limiting...
View ArticlePolice investigating after teen found fatally shot on Far South Side
A 19-year-old man was found fatally shot late Wednesday on the Far South Side and Chicago police are investigating his death as a homicide, officials said.
View Article9 Chicago businesses cited for COVID-19 violations, including 5 for allowing...
Ten locations in the Wrigleyville entertainment district that were open and operating for outdoor dining were also investigated Saturday night, and all of them were in compliance with safety guidelines.
View ArticleShipping delays mounting as USPS struggles with ‘historic’ holiday volume....
Record online sales have led to a crush of packages at the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx. Merchants are issuing warnings and apologies to consumers, who are venting on social media.
View ArticleSocial Graces: Is it rude to ask how someone got COVID-19?
Is it OK to ask how someone contracted the coronavirus?
View Article6 men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, face...
A federal grand jury has charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
View ArticleLatino Muslim group works to bridge communities in Chicago
The Ojala Foundation describes itself as a bridge between the Latino and Muslim communities, and its community work as a way of helping the needy while spreading the faith of Islam.
View ArticleDespite being cash-strapped, restaurants shell out to decorate and bring...
Restaurants across the city are showing up for the holidays with decked out outdoor dining spaces and holiday markets.
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lori Lightfoot, top cop David Brown hold a news conference
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPD Superintendent David Brown hold a news conference. Watch live here.
View ArticleChristmas weather in Chicago: The warmest and coldest since 1871
A chronological look back at how the Chicago Tribune covered the Top 10 Christmas temperature highs and lows.
View ArticleMetra announces weekday schedule changes on 4 lines to start in January
Metra next month will change weekday schedules on four of its lines, including three of those serving the northwest and west suburbs and the Metra Electric line, in what the commuter rail agency said...
View ArticleDreaming of a white Christmas? Forecasters say it’s possible for the Chicago...
Forecasters say there’s a chance of snow in the days leading up to Christmas. With so many Advent calendar doors to open before then, though, a white Christmas is far from guaranteed.
View ArticleWill Chicago see a white Christmas this year? Here’s what 149 years of...
The National Weather Service considers Christmas to be white only when snow depth on the ground is 1 inch or more the morning of Dec. 25.
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