New COVID-19 variant mu has a toehold in Illinois. Should you be worried?
Just when we were getting a handle on delta, here comes mu.
View ArticleHealth care and education workers, college students given another 2 weeks to...
Illinois extends deadline for healthcare and education employees, as well as college students, to get vaccinated
View ArticlePeople seeking refuge from Afghanistan might be housed in a fort near you....
Wisconsin military base Fort McCoy is one of the bases being used to house refugees. What will their lives be like there, and what are the next steps?
View ArticleMichael Murrin, U. of C. professor whose focus on epic and fantasy literature...
Michael Murrin, a University of Chicago English professor who became an expert on dragons, has died. He was known for his gentle manner and mentorship of his students.
View ArticleIllinois State University graduate student is missing. ‘I need you to see...
Jelani Day has been missing since the morning of Aug. 24. His family is asking for his safe return, and is offering a reward.
View ArticleCOVID-19 outbreaks in Illinois schools triple since last week, but some take...
Quarantining and testing are "absolutely overwhelming our schools this fall,” one official said.
View ArticleRepublicans upend Democratic efforts to show they’re serious about ethics...
In a move that appeared to catch majority Democrats by surprise, Illinois House Republicans rejected an ethics proposal tweaked by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and are using the resignation of the General...
View ArticlePrayer service for Officer Ella French
Roman Catholic nuns visiting Chicago from various countries in Latin America gathered for a prayer service on Sept. 3, 2021, at the site where Chicago police Officer Ella French was killed. The purpose...
View ArticleMan gets 30 years in prison for hammer attack on two women on Crystal Lake...
A man who used a hammer to attack two women on a bike path I Crystal Lake has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, officials said.
View ArticleAll lanes reopened on outbound Edens Expressway at Wilson after fatal...
Traffic on the northbound Edens Expressway was being diverted Saturday morning at the Wilson Avenue exit after a motorcyclist died from a crash, authorities said.
View ArticleAt least 15 people, including a 4-year-old boy, wounded in city shootings as...
A 4-year-old boy was left in critical condition Friday night after gunfire went through a window at his Woodlawn neighborhood residence striking him in the head, Chicago police said.
View ArticleChicago police, prosecutors spar over charging suspect in shooting that...
Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors were in a dispute this week over whether to bring charges in a shooting that killed a 7-year-old girl and wounded her sister.
View ArticleMan in critical condition following shooting on West Side in East Garfield...
A 28-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon on the West Side, Chicago police said.
View ArticleSuspect in fatal Chase Bank stabbing held without bail, has history of...
The suspect has been found not guilty because of insanity at least twice, prosecutors say.
View ArticleEarly morning house fire takes the life of 64-year-old woman, Elgin Fire...
A woman was killed early Saturday morning in a house fire in the 2400 block of Anna Way, the Elgin Fire Department said.
View ArticleBoy, 12, and girl, 15, shot in East Garfield Park, police say
The youths were outside a business when someone shot at them from a car, police say.
View ArticleBoy, 13, shot in head in South Chicago, police say
A 13-year-old boy is in serious condition after he was shot in the head in the South Chicago neighborhood Saturday evening, according to Chicago police.
View Article1 in custody after CTA bus driver seriously injured in Loop shooting, police say
A 34-year-old CTA bus driver was physically attacked and shot in the Loop Saturday evening, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleAfter living decades in Poland as fugitive, man convicted in death of...
Josko, 67, was convicted Friday of one count of reckless homicide in the 1995 death of Dennis Bourassa by a Lake County Court jury after a four-day trial in Waukegan.
View ArticleThree Catholic priests step aside amid investigations into ‘inappropriate’...
All three acknowledged their behavior, the archdiocese said.
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