Immigrant detainees remain in McHenry and Kankakee county jails while court...
Immigrant detainees remain in McHenry and Kankakee county jails while court considers appeal to keep ICE contract.
View ArticleRoute 66 to be showcased during Illinois State Museum’s 2026 exhibit on...
The Illinois State Museum is slated to open a new exhibit that will explore the history of U.S. Route 66.
View ArticleSecond suspect arrested in shooting of officers at hotel in Bradley
A woman wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of one police officer and wounding of another at a hotel in Bradley has been taken into custody, following the earlier arrest of a man who was also...
View ArticleNew Year's fireworks
Fireworks exploded at midnight on New Year's Day 2022 along the Chicago River, as seen from Gibsons Italia restaurant. Billed as one of the largest-ever fireworks displays in city history, the event...
View ArticleBoom time for marijuana sales in Illinois, as industry expands with new...
Recreational cannabis retail sales continued to climb steadily this year, to more than $1.2 billion, roughly an 85% increase from 2020 through November of this year alone.
View ArticleUpgrading the internet in CPS schools means investing tens of millions — and...
The goal is "future-proofing" the network as schools' bandwidth use grows, a CPS official said.
View ArticleIllinois enters 2022 with record-high COVID cases, full hospitals, evolving...
In 2021, Illinois has seen mass COVID-19 vaccinations, more infectious variants and several surges. The picture for 2022 is even more complicated.
View ArticleMan bashed in head dies following New Year’s Day fight on South Side, police say
A 38-year-old man was fatally struck with an object during a fight New Year’s Day on the South Side in the Robert Taylor Homes neighborhood, Chicago police said.
View ArticleTeen fatally wounded in Gresham neighborhood marks last fatal shooting in...
An 18-year-old man was fatally wounded New Year’s Eve in the Gresham neighborhood, marking the last fatal shooting in Chicago in 2021, according to the Chicago Police Department Media notifications.
View ArticleMan fatally wounded early Saturday in Englewood neighborhood; female victim...
A 22-year-old man was found early Saturday shot dead in an alley in the Englewood neighborhood, and hours later an unidentified female was discovered shot in the head in an alley in the Humboldt Park...
View ArticleControversial downstate freshman GOP Rep. Mary Miller to primary veteran...
Controversial downstate freshman GOP Rep. Mary Miller to challenge primary veteran Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis after Trump endorsement
View ArticleFirst snow of 2022
Snow falls in Chicago on New Year's Day. A Winter Storm Warning was issued shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday and remains in effect until 6 a.m. Sunday for portions of northwest Indiana and northeast...
View ArticleFirst snow of 2022
Snow falls in Chicago on New Year's Day. A Winter Storm Warning was issued shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday and remains in effect until 6 a.m. Sunday for portions of northwest Indiana and northeast...
View ArticleMan dies after Roseland dog attack, officials say
Man dies after Roseland dog attack, officials say
View ArticleThree Chicago men dead after wrong-way crash on Ike: state police
Wrong-way crash kills 3 men on Eisenhower, state police say
View ArticleTwo inches of snow at both airports recorded as storm grips Chicago area,...
Storm hitting Chicago area; salt trucks on the move, weather officials say
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccine mandate starts Monday, but how will Chicago restaurants...
Chicago-area restaurants and bars must require proof of vaccination with a mandate in effect Monday. Here's what that will look like for customers.
View ArticleCOVID-19 relief money is helping prop up Chicago’s 2022 budget. But with a...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2022 spending plan has a heap of federal COVID-19 recovery money and a property tax increase propping up what she proclaimed “the most progressive and forward-looking budget in...
View ArticleThen, as now, people just wanted a return to normalcy. Looking back at new...
New Year’s Day often prompts newspaper editors to switch from recording the past to predicting the future. The Chicago Tribune’s issue of Jan. 1, 1922, was a mix of both, reflecting a post-World War I...
View ArticleAs federal case still orbits Madigan, what’s next for the ComEd bribery probe?
It’s the biggest federal corruption investigation in years, but the most remarkable thing about the Commonwealth Edison bribery probe in 2021 might be what didn’t happen.
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