Fight across from Lollapalooza smashes through plate glass window, 3 taken to...
A fight outside of the Lollapalooza music festival downtown sent three people to a hospital Sunday afternoon after a fistfight broke through a plate-glass window.
View ArticleSylvan Lake Dam overdue for updates; officials offer ‘nature-based solutions’...
The $1.3 million Sylvan Lake Dam Modification Project would renovate the more than 100-year-old dam in Mundelein to meet current safety standards, according to the office of Rep. Lauren Underwood, who...
View ArticleChicago is getting an elected school board. How will that work?
The board would grow threefold and become fully elected by 2027.
View ArticleScheduled inspections. Licensing landlords. A ‘fix-it’ court. Here are 9...
Across the country, city governments have responded to fire tragedies by beefing up housing inspections and implementing more effective enforcement programs. That hasn't happened in Chicago — but it...
View ArticleR. Kelly’s legal team says prosecutors ‘blindsided’ them with new...
Lawyers for indicted singer R. Kelly have hit back on a request by federal prosecutors to admit new evidence of sexual abuse at his upcoming trial.
View ArticleDaywatch: Some Chicago restaurants and bars move to vaccinated-only service,...
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View ArticleMan stabbed on CTA Red Line platform at Belmont, arrest made, Chicago police...
A 27-year-old man was stabbed in the hand as he tried to walk around a man who had been arguing on the Red Line "L" train early Monday, police said.
View ArticleAll lanes reopened after semi overturned on outbound Dan Ryan, Illinois State...
The driver of a tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries when the semi overturned, blocking all lanes of the outbound Dan Ryan.
View Article19 people arrested at Lollapalooza this year, city says. Organizers say daily...
Nineteen people were arrested at the four-day Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park, according to figures the city of Chicago released Monday morning.
View ArticleMan dies after being struck by Metra train late Sunday
A man died after he was struck by a Metra train just before 11 p.m. Sunday, according to a Metra spokeswoman.
View ArticleAt least 55 people shot, 7 fatally, this weekend in Chicago. One man slain...
During a news conference about recent violence, Superintendent David Brown again took a shot at the court system allowing people accused of murder to be released on electronic monitoring.
View ArticleCook County offering free rides to COVID-19 vaccine sites
The Cook County Department of Public Health is offering free rides to suburban COVID-19 clinics as vaccination rates continue to lag in some communities.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker defends last-minute decision to skip Lollapalooza in light...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said there's 'no mixed message' in his decision not to attend Lollapalooza in light of a recent uptick in coronavirus cases after earlier saying the event would be safe and he...
View ArticleEx-Gov. Blagojevich files federal lawsuit challenging state law precluding...
Blagojevich files federal lawsuit challenging the Illinois General Assembly’s disqualifying resolution that prohibited him from running for any state or local office in Illinois because of his 2009...
View ArticleCTA moves historic Lakeview house
The CTA is moving the 127-year-old Vautravers Building as part of the Brown Line flyover project.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker signs bill aimed at fixing flaws in gun laws blamed for...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs bill aimed at getting guns out of hands of those who's firearms owners permits have been revoked
View ArticleTeacher’s aide faces decades in prison after guilty pleas to sexual assault...
Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 50, formerly of Mundelein, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of criminal sexual assault. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop other counts he faced. He had been scheduled...
View ArticleJussie Smollett’s new legal team addresses media for the first time, promises...
Jussie Smollett’s legal team used a press conference Monday to blast the actor’s prosecution in Cook County as “character assassination” and a waste of resources.
View ArticleCTA begins moving historic Lakeview house 30 feet west as part of Brown Line...
While the project could speed up commutes, some also see this as an example of unequal prioritization of public transport construction projects.
View ArticleColumn: Why did Lightfoot claim 90% of Lollapalooza attendees were...
As we wait to see the public health impact of Chicago's four-day Lollapalooza festival, Mayor Lori Lightfoot shouldn't be throwing around data points found on Twitter.
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