At pop-up COVID testing sites, customers report improper masking and social...
The state’s pop-up testing sites are classified as businesses, not health clinics, and as such are not regulated by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court reverses lower court, upholds police board’s...
Illinois Appellate court reverses lower court ruling and upholds Chicago police board decision to fire an officer accused of making an illegal stop.
View ArticleFriction with the Chicago Teachers Union has been a hallmark of Mayor Lori...
From the teachers strike to the COVID crisis, the CTU and the mayor have rarely seen eye to eye.
View ArticleCatholic religious order of monks to cut ties with Benet Academy
A Chicago-area religious order of monks said this week they are ending their affiliation with a DuPage County Catholic high school, which in recent months hired a woman in a same-sex marriage to coach...
View ArticleIllinois legislators gather, slowly, in Springfield for third session marked...
Illinois General Assembly's first day of the 2022 legislative session gets off to a slow start amid another surge of COVID-19.
View ArticleUS Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he’ll focus on GOP anti-Trump movement rather...
Retiring U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he'll focus on the fight against former President Donald Trump's influence over the Republican Party rather than make a longshot bid for statewide office.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools cancels classes again for Thursday as deadlock with...
Chicago Public Schools has canceled classes again Thursday.
View ArticleColumn: Jan. 6 was a date that will live in idiocy. And since the attack,...
The anniversary of the Trump-inspired Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol leads to reflection on a truly dumb day in American history. And things have only gotten dumber since.
View Article‘This is part of mainstream America’: Ordinariness of Illinois’ alleged Jan....
Nineteen people from Illinois have been charged so far for allegedly taking part in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Six have pleaded guilty. One has received a short jail sentence.
View ArticleDaywatch: Jan. 6 political violence ‘part of mainstream America’ | Friction...
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View ArticleIowa Cubs owners surprise full-time employees with a combined $600,000 from...
Only a handful of people knew what awaited full-time employees of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, who were summoned just after Christmas to the restaurant in the left field corner of Principal Park.
View ArticleEvanston Township High School freshman Eli Coustan is continuing to help...
Eli Coustan is only a freshman in high school, but he's continuing to help where he can during this pandemic.
View ArticleChicago-area children’s hospitals see dramatic spikes in kids admitted with...
About 94% of the hospitalized kids are unvaccinated
View Article‘How many people did I get sick?’ Testing positive for COVID-19 can bring...
People feel shamed or guilty after testing positive for COVID-19. Should they?
View ArticleFor second year, fines and fees won’t be deducted from state income tax...
Moratorium on collection of fines and fees through Illinois income tax that was brought on by pandemic is extended for a second year.
View Article3 charged in fatal Halloween shooting in Joliet Township plead not guilty
Deputies were able to “secure items of evidentiary value” during the arrests, according to the news release.
View ArticleChicago Bears place Justin Fields on the reserve/COVID-19 list, putting the...
If Justin Fields doesn’t return from COVID-19 for the Chicago Bears finale, he will have missed five of the Bears’ final seven games of the season.
View Article‘Fred Flintstone to Freddy Krueger’: man testifies about alleged frightening...
A year and a half before a Northwestern professor was accused of fatally stabbing his boyfriend, he grabbed what appeared to be a knife and asked a Grindr date if he could pretend to stab him while...
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