Ariana Burks
Ariana Burks performs at City Winery in Chicago on Monday, September 22, 2014, in a fundraiser for the FWD Theatre Project. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
View ArticleHundreds of CPS students and staff are in quarantine, but as high schools...
At Lane Tech College Prep alone, 46 people were asked to isolate because of a single case of coronavirus.
View ArticleSeven-year-old fatally shot on Chicago's West Side
Police at the scene used their squad car to rush the critically injured child to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
View ArticleFoxconn, Wisconsin reach new tax break deal for scaled-back project
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, has reached a new deal with reduced tax breaks for its scaled back project in southeast Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers and the the...
View ArticleChicago sports teams and the COVID-19 vaccine: Who is getting the shots and...
What are Chicago’s pro teams saying about the COVID-19 vaccine? How many players have received it? And what does it all mean for potentially increasing fan attendance at games?
View ArticleShedd Aquarium penguins begin annual nesting season
Penguins at the Chicago's Shedd Aquariuim enter their nesting and mating season.
View ArticleLake County Sheriff’s Office police dog Dax credited with locating,...
Responding officers found a pool of blood inside the home. Dax located the man’s scent and tracked him directly to a shed on the property, where the man was found inside. He was not breathing, and...
View ArticleColumn: The Black String Triage Ensemble plays concerts at scenes of...
Dayvin Hallmon, who founded the Milwaukee-based ensemble of Black and Latinx string players, wants to launch ensembles to play at scenes of tragedies on Chicago's North, West and South sides. “I know...
View ArticleAlexi Giannoulias launches first ad in 2022 secretary of state’s race
Former State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has released the first ad for next year’s race for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state, citing his past efforts to intervene with banks to preserve...
View ArticleChicago police investigating shots fired at Rogers Park police station
Chicago police are looking for a person who shot at the Rogers Park Police District station in what a local alderman Monday called an “unfortunate attack.”
View ArticleElmwood Park crash kills driver, one other person, leaves third person in...
Investigators are determining the cause of a single-car crash early Sunday morning in Elmwood Park that claimed the life of a Chicago man and sent two others to the hospital, police said.
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. Pritzker and First Lady Jill Biden in Dixon, Illinois
Gov. Pritzker to join First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to tour Sauk Valley Community College. Watch live here.
View ArticleUS appellate court denies full hearing in record $45 million CPD shooting case
U.S. appeals court says no full hearing in Michael LaPorta case.
View ArticleCook County prosecutor blamed for errant in-court description of Adam Toledo...
A day after Cook County prosecutors partially disavowed statements they made in court about the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, the office declined to elaborate on what exactly went wrong...
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