Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s campaign mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for workers on...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's reelection campaign is requiring all workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a move aimed at highlighting the opposition to coronavirus mandate by the governor's Republican...
View ArticleIs a ‘twindemic’ on the horizon? Experts warn of brutal flu season as...
Here are eight things to know about the upcoming flu season and getting your annual flu shot during the pandemic.
View ArticleSears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 years
Begun by a Minnesota railroad agent in 1886, here's how Sears evolved from selling watches by mail to enticing customers with its catalogs and then became a retail hub for families around the country.
View ArticleWoman posed as relative of young Chicago homicide victims to collect tax...
Katrina Pierce, 50, requested 37 death certificates in 2019 alone for homicide victims ranging in age from 2 to 22, according to a criminal complaint.
View ArticleNew CEO for CPS: 6 things to know about Pedro Martinez
Pedro Martinez returns to his alma mater to lead Chicago Public Schools.
View ArticleWoman wounded in shooting on Interstate 57 in Markham. Attack marks 171st on...
A woman was shot early Thursday on Interstate 57 in Markham, state police said. It was the 24th shooting on the Cook County portion of I-57 so far this year and the 171st on a Cook County expressway.
View ArticleMother of teen who drowned at Rogers Park pier files wrongful-death lawsuit...
Pratt Pier in Rogers Park was the site of a weekslong standoff between Rogers Park residents and the Chicago Park District after Cisneros died.
View ArticleChicago Ald. Jim Gardiner, said to be subject of FBI probe, now also faces...
The ethics inquiry will include whether he discussed withholding services from a political opponent.
View ArticleChicago man charged with attempted murder in connection with April shooting...
A 30-year-old Cook County man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with an April shooting.
View ArticleMost Illinois schools have not yet started COVID-19 saliva SHIELD testing....
Logistics have slowed the rollout of COVID-19 SHIELD Illinois testing in schools
View ArticleFeds: Chicago-area company bribed Amtrak official with Bruno Mars tickets,...
Federal documents in a sweeping bribery probe allege executives from Chicago-area construction firm Mark 1 paid off an Amtrak official overseeing a large Philadelphia project with lavish trips, parties...
View Article‘Additional information’ surfaces about recently reinstated priest accused of...
Father David Ryan, a recently re-instated Lake Zurich priest who was accused of sexually abusing minors 25 years ago, is once again sidelined after ‘additional information’ has come to light, the...
View ArticleFish, birds and flooded basements stand to benefit from marsh restoration at...
Heavy rains and wet springs have led to high water levels in Powderhorn Lake — and flooding for neighboring communities. With high water, native plants and fish nursery habitat have essentially been...
View ArticleBig and burly, with a supersized orange bill, the once rare American white...
The flocks rest and refuel near the Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon and the Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge in Lewistown.
View ArticleNew law sets end dates for fossil-fuel power plants, but Illinois coal mining...
Illinois remains a major coal supplier, even as the state and the nation as a whole shift away from burning the fossil fuel to generate electricity.
View ArticleDaywatch: Is a ‘twindemic’ on the horizon? | Few Illinois schools COVID...
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View ArticleWoman crossing street is killed after 2 cars crash in Humboldt Park. 3...
A car crash in the Humboldt Park neighborhood injured two people Thursday evening, Fire Department officials said.
View ArticleRiot Fest opens in Chicago’s Douglass Park with an ageless Patti Smith,...
With a lineup changing until the last minute, the fest’s bill through Sunday includes Smashing Pumpkins, Lupe Fiasco, Run the Jewels and Flaming Lips.
View ArticleThree shot in Gold Coast; one killed in Logan Square
Shootings and other incidents of violence in Chicago.
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