GOP governor candidate Gary Rabine skews Danish study’s findings to attack...
Gary Rabine, one of three announced GOP candidates for governor, attacked Gov. J.B Pritzker’s mask mandate for schools by falsely contending the results of a Danish study last year concluded there was...
View ArticleChicago police officer who shot man in CTA Red Line station in 2020 is hit...
A Chicago police officer who shot a man on a CTA Red Line platform early last year has been charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct.
View ArticleRita Crundwell, ex-Dixon official who embezzled $53 million to finance lavish...
Former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell, who pleaded guilty in 2012 to what authorities then called the largest municipal fraud in the country’s history, was released from prison Wednesday.
View ArticleCar accident in Bartlett leaves one teen dead, three injured
A student from Bartlett High School died and three others were injured following a single-vehicle crash in Bartlett on Tuesday night, school officials said.
View ArticleSuburban man in his 80s has year’s first confirmed case of West Nile virus in...
A man in his 80s has been confirmed as having this year’s first human case of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, in Cook County, according to public health officials.
View ArticleHot, humid and potentially rainy weekend ahead for Chicago area
The weekend in Chicago will get hotter with time, reaching up to 89 degrees on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms are likely, but not a "watch out" situation, the weather service said.
View ArticleGamma, delta, lambda – here’s your guide to the Greek alphabet of the...
Gamma, delta, lambda. Here's a guide to COVID-19 variants and what you should know about them.
View ArticleWild Mile eco-park on North Branch Canal
Urban Rivers' Wild Mile project is aimed at reinventing the North Branch Canal of the river into an eco-park.
View ArticleSecretary of State Jesse White tells employees to get vaccinated or undergo...
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White orders all employees to get vaccinated or be tested regularly.
View ArticleDes Plaines cop who accidentally shot teen at Chicago music school while...
The Des Plaines police officer who accidentally shot a then-15-year-old in 2019 will not face criminal charges, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said in a memo.
View Article‘There are a lot of people who are still silently suffering’: Chicago area...
Clinics for patients with long-haul COVID-19 are popping up across the Chicago area, as hospital systems grapple with how to treat patients who have lingering or new symptoms.
View ArticleDolton police chief releases video of police fatal shooting of 19-year-old woman
Dolton police Chief Robert Collins released 27 minutes of video Thursday showing the view from cameras worn by officers and from a fast-food restaurant the morning 19-year-old Alexis Wilson was shot...
View ArticleLightfoot announces new neighborhood violence response strategy modeled after...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday announced a plan to use collaborative approaches learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to tackle Chicago’s violence problem at the neighborhood level.
View ArticleCPS is offering remote learning for students with medical needs. So far the...
Only 150 students out of 3,000 eligible had applied to the Virtual Academy.
View ArticleHealth officials urge COVID tests for Lollapalooza goers. Crowds were...
“As of right now, it’s an experiment in progress," one physician said of the COVID-19 risks of attending Lollapalooza.
View Article4-year-old girl killed in accidental shooting in Englewood
A toddler is dead after another child found a gun and it was accidentally discharged in a home in Englewood, authorities said.
View ArticleA sex-abuse enterprise? Breaking down the unusual racketeering case against...
R. Kelly, 54, could face decades in prison if convicted in the unusual federal racketeering case against him that is expected to attract national attention when jury selection begins Monday at the...
View ArticleLawsuit filed by disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who once joked about his...
Federal lawsuit filed by former Illinois Governor and ex-con Rod Blagojevich dismissed by one expert as 'frivolous'
View ArticleStill a threatened species in Illinois, the osprey has made a comeback in...
The dark-topped, white-bellied raptors' return to Cook County is credited to an environmental cleanup that includes the 1972 ban of the pesticide DDT, and to human help.
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