Washington Park celebrated its first tree-lighting ceremony this year. Then...
The phone call from the gas station came about 12:30 a.m. Monday, rousing Donna Hampton-Smith from a deep sleep. She saw the caller ID and felt a sinking feeling in her chest. She knew it had to be...
View Article4 Chicago restaurants, 2 businesses cited for violating coronavirus...
Over Christmas weekend, several Chicago restaurants were cited for allowing indoor dining, while officials also flagged a 153-person party.
View ArticleMan found shot dead in McKinley Park neighborhood
The death of a 21-year-old man whose body was found on a Southwest Side street after a traffic crash was ruled a homicide, officials said.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 8,009 new confirmed and probable COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleAnother storm sets its sights on Chicago, bringing a glaze of snow and ice on...
Whether tired from staying up late, hungover from socially-distanced partying, or just using the extra day off work to binge-watch your favorite shows, the weather this New Year's Day will be best...
View ArticleA wintry mix of rain and snow is forecast for New Year’s Day: Here are the...
Here’s a look back at the warmest, coldest, wettest and snowiest New Year’s Day holidays in Chicago, going back to 1872.
View ArticleThe Lipinski era
For the last 45 years William Lipinski and later his son Dan Lipinski held office representing part of the middle-class bungalow belt around Midway on the Southwest Side.
View ArticleAfter giving up GOP leadership post, three-time candidate for governor Bill...
Outgoing Illinois Senate Republican leader Bill Brady, one of downstate Illinois’ most high-profile politicians, announced he would retire from the General Assembly on Thursday.
View ArticleEmployees at suburban Milwaukee clinic unknowingly gave out 57 shots with...
Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of vaccine.
View ArticleIllinois expunges nearly half a million cannabis cases as part of legalization
The governor announced he issued pardons for 9,210 low-level cannabis convictions, while Illinois State Police have wiped clean more than 492,000 non-felony cannabis-related arrest records.
View ArticleA pandemic’s cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in...
The state has the somber distinction of having the sixth most COVID-19-related deaths in the country in 2020, behind Texas, New York, California, Florida and New Jersey, federal data shows.
View ArticleWhen will you get the COVID-19 vaccine? Illinois health systems may use...
Electronic medical records likely to play a key role as health systems prepare for broader vaccine push.
View ArticleFreezing rain, ice, possible snow in store for New Year’s Day weather:...
A wintry mix of freezing rain causing ice accumulations and possible snow could be in store for parts of Chicago and the surrounding area making for hazardous travel conditions on New Year’s Day,...
View ArticleLatino Muslim group works to bridge communities in Chicago. ‘We need as a...
A foundation that describes itself as a bridge between the Latino and Muslim communities helps the needy while spreading the faith of Islam.
View ArticleOff-duty Chicago cop involved in shooting on the city’s West Side
An off-duty Chicago police officer was involved in a shooting Friday afternoon in the West Side’s Lawndale neighborhood, Chicago police said.The shooting, which happened around 12:05 p.m. in the 1200...
View ArticleColumn: 2021 New Year Predictions: Trump forms his own country (Scamsylvania)...
Greetings, fellow Americans, and welcome to the sixth-annual edition of Rex Huppke’s 100%-Solid-As-A-Rock-No-Doubt-Guaranteed New Year’s Predictions, a tradition beloved by all.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening this weekend with...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleEmbattled Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan gets backing for reelection...
As Illinois House lawmakers prepare to reconvene next Friday with uncertainty surrounding their future Democratic leadership, a majority of the chamber’s Latinx Caucus said they were backing embattled...
View Article58-year-old man fatally shot in Bronzeville
A 41-year-old man was fatally shot in the Bronzeville neighborhood early Friday morning, according to police. The man was shot in the neck while driving a Volvo sedan in the 4700 block of S. Martin...
View ArticleFourth person arrested in connection to slain retired Chicago firefighter
A fourth person has been arrested in connection with a botched Dec. 3 carjacking that left a retired Chicago firefighter dead, authorities said Friday.
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