Mayor Lightfoot calls for probe into whether Ald. Jim Gardiner, under fire...
Several elected city leaders also want Gardiner to apologize publicly.
View ArticleAldermen seek proof-of-vaccine rule for entry to Chicago restaurants, bars,...
A city spokesperson was noncommittal on the idea of such a mandate.
View ArticleBody of Schaumburg man recovered from Fox Lake
Divers have recovered the body of a Schaumburg man who fell into Fox Lake while canoeing with a friend early Friday, the Lake County sheriff’s office said.
View ArticleIllinois Senate to return Monday to take up energy package with nuclear plant...
The Illinois Senate takes up a sweeping energy policy proposal Monday. Here's what's in it.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Chicago-area schools: Outbreaks and cases by county (updated...
Coronavirus in Chicago schools and throughout the state is reported by local health departments to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
View Article‘We’re going after gangs’: Chicago police Superintendent David Brown...
Chicago police Superintendent David Brown announced Friday that the department will be distributing many of its community safety team officers.
View ArticleTimm Etters, who overcame many challenges — including colorblindness — to...
Muralist Timm Etters, whose home and studio were in Volo, died unexpectedly Sept. 4 of COVID-19 at age 52.
View ArticlePro-choice supporters protest new Texas abortion law
Organizers at Planned Parenthood of Illinois and its partners gathered downtown with nearly 100 people at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Sept. 10, 2021, to protest a new law in Texas that bans most...
View Article2 men killed in separate Chicago incidents Friday afternoon
A man was found unresponsive with a head injury in Pilsen Friday afternoon, while another was shot in Austin minutes later, and both died of their wounds.
View ArticleDozens gather downtown Friday to protest new Texas abortion law as Illinois’...
An anti-abortion protest of about 20 stood right next to the larger group in support of pro-abortion rights. Both crowds had a mix of younger and older participants taking part in each’s version of...
View ArticleAs another violent summer ends in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot vows to fight...
In an interview with the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her administration is making long-needed changes that will help curb crime over time.
View ArticleJack Walsh, who started mobile broadcast operation that handled sports and...
Broadcasting entrepreneur Jack Walsh co-founded Trio Video, a business that handled remote TV broadcasts for all major Chicago sports teams as well as countless marathons, parades and other events.
View ArticleDaywatch special edition: Looking back on 9/11, twenty years later
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View Article2 dead, 14 others wounded in city shootings since late Friday afternoon,...
Two victims are dead, and at least 14 others, including two boys, ages 12 and 13, were wounded in city shootings since Friday evening, police said.
View ArticleTeenage boy charged as juvenile in carjacking, armed robbery
A 17-year-old boy was accused of carjacking a 54-year-old man, and later in an armed robbery of a 39-year-old woman, police said.
View ArticleChicago grieves on 9/11 anniversary
Twenty years ago, nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, when hijackers took control of four large passenger jets, flying two into the Twin Towers buildings in Manhattan and a third into...
View ArticleCarl Bean, singer-turned-preacher who recorded LGBTQ pride song ‘I Was Born...
Carl Bean, who in 1977 recorded “I Was Born This Way,” a disco song of LGBTQ pride that became a much-remixed club favorite — died Tuesday. He was 77.
View ArticleBoy, 12, killed in South Chicago shooting
A 12-year-old boy was killed Saturday morning after a shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood on the South Side.
View ArticleChicago grieves 9/11 on 20th anniversary: ‘A wound that will never fully...
A silent crowd waited as the clock struck 7:46 a.m., and a CFD battalion chief began ringing a bell to commemorate the moment the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil began.
View ArticleMan shot in forehead near Washington Park on South Side critically injured,...
A 36-year-old man was shot in the forehead Saturday afternoon while he was inside of a vehicle in the 5700 block of South Loop Drive near Washington Park, Chicago police said
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