As the school year starts, more Illinois kids are hospitalized for COVID-19....
As Illinois enters a new school year, more children are being hospitalized for COVID-19 than last time around — though such cases remain rare here.
View ArticleIn a first for Illinois politics, Lake County treasurer accepts campaign...
Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim, a Democrat who is running for reelection next year, became the first Illinois political candidate to accept digital currency when a supporter gave her a $3 donation in...
View ArticleDaywatch: More Illinois kids hospitalized for COVID as school year begins |...
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View ArticleNoel Swerdlow, U. of C professor who won a MacArthur ‘genius grant,’ dies at 79
The professor who wove together the humanities and the sciences was known for his warm and hospitable persona and was a familiar figure on campus.
View Article‘Dangerously hot temperatures’ with some storms and showers in mid-week...
“Dangerously hot temperatures” and periodic storms should persist in Chicago throughout the week, with cooler temperatures at night and during the weekend, forecasters said.
View ArticleEast Chicago woman indicted for wire fraud in COVID aid scheme, feds say
The two counts against Natasha Weeks, 29, were filed Aug. 18 and unsealed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond, according to filings.
View ArticleMan accused of hitting CTA Red Line passenger on head with hammer, police say
A 30-year-old Chicago man has been charged for allegedly hitting a man on the head with a hammer on an “L” train early Tuesday cq, Chicago police said.
View ArticleChicago workers must get COVID vaccine by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot...
Workers who want medical or religious exemptions must get city approval.
View ArticleOnce a rising star of the ‘ex-gay’ movement, Julie Rodgers speaks out against...
In Netflix's “Pray Away,” the author catalogs the harms of conversion therapy she started experiencing at age 16, and calls for the practice to end.
View ArticleNorthwestern Medicine will require workers to get COVID-19 vaccines
Northwestern Medicine will require its physicians and staff to get COVID-19 vaccines or undergo weekly testing
View ArticleWith start of school days away, CPS parents seek more COVID safety measures...
“This is not about CTU grandstanding," the teachers union president said of the push for safer schools.
View ArticleNew Lenox teen airlifted to Loyola after crash on Laraway Road
The teenager, who is a New Lenox resident, was heading to a sports practice at his school, New Lenox police Chief Louis Alessandrini said.
View ArticleIndiana daily COVID-19 cases spike back to January levels
The state Health Department’s latest report also showed that hospitals around the state were treating 2,048 patients for COVID-19 as of Tuesday — a nearly 30% jump in one week and up more than five...
View ArticleFormer Mother McAuley water polo player alleges in lawsuit she was sexually...
A former water polo player at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court Monday against the school and a former coach, alleging the coach groomed and sexually...
View ArticleRefugee children speak multiple languages, but struggle in school. Chicago...
Refugee kids arrive in Chicago speaking multiple languages, but struggling in school. Volunteers help tutor. ‘They need someone to remind them, you can do this.’
View ArticleLawsuit alleges former Plainfield Central High School football players were...
The parents of two former members of the Plainfield Central High School freshman football team have filed a lawsuit alleging their teens were sexually assaulted in the locker room during a so-called...
View ArticleMore secretary of state facilities will soon require appointments for...
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office will soon require appointments at more locations for driver’s license services and will also expand remote driver’s license and ID card renewal,
View ArticleHeat wave: How you can help yourself and the people around you when it’s hot...
Chicago is seeing hot and humid weather that could be dangerous for its residents, particularly those who are elderly and live alone, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleCook County Commissioner Sean Morrison has COVID-19 breakthrough case
Morrison said he was vaccinated but tested positive.
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