Man charged with murder in woman’s fatal Bronzeville stabbing
A man charged with murder in the stabbing death early Saturday of a woman at an apartment in the Bronzeville neighborhood argued with her about his talking to other women before he fatally stabbed her,...
View ArticleKayden Swann, shot on Lake Shore Drive, is transferred out of intensive care...
The 22-month-old boy who was shot on Lake Shore Drive earlier this month has been transferred out of the intensive care unit at Lurie Children’s Hospital and “is breathing on his own with support,”...
View ArticleShedd Aquarium penguins begin annual nesting season
New chicks could be on the horizon as the Shedd Aquarium penguins enter their nesting and mating season.
View ArticleMan reported missing in Merrillville found dead in pond
Kowalewski was staying at the hotel because he was getting ready to move into a place of his own family members said at the time.
View ArticleTribune Publishing ends discussions with Maryland hotel executive, moving...
Tribune Publishing is moving ahead with plans to be acquired by Alden Global Capital and has ended discussions with a Maryland hotel executive interested in purchasing the Chicago-based newspaper chain.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot dismisses unsubstantiated weekend Twitter chatter:...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday dismissed unsubstantiated social media chatter from over the weekend that included claims she was about to resign, saying she at one point told her daughter,...
View ArticleFedEx mass shooting: Gunman never appeared before judge under Indiana’s ‘red...
Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said authorities believed they had done what they needed to by seizing the pump-action shotgun from Brandon Scott Hole in March 2020.
View ArticleSuspect in Kenosha bar shooting that killed 3 identified: ‘The evidence at...
Rakayo Alandis Vinson, 24, appeared in court on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide for the early Sunday shooting at the Somers House Tavern in the village of Somers.
View ArticleFirst lady Jill Biden promotes affordable community college in visit to Dixon
First lady Jill Biden used a visit to a community college in Dixon on Monday to promote efforts to make higher education more affordable, a precursor to programs expected to be included in President...
View ArticleBasic income plan to pay 5,000 Chicagoans $500 per month will head to City...
A Chicago alderman is pressing ahead this week with his plan for a guaranteed basic income program in the city. Northwest Side Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, wants to use $30 million in federal pandemic...
View ArticleCicero woman sentenced to 6 1/2 years in forced labor case targeting...
A federal judge sentenced a Cicero woman to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for bringing Guatemalan immigrants to the U.S. and keeping them in her home as they worked to repay her, saying human...
View Article‘The first day of school, in April’: CPS high schools reopen 13 months after...
With people getting vaccines and protocols in place, the benefits of returning outweighed the risks, one parent said.
View Article155 students and staff in Hinsdale High School District 86 in quarantine;...
According to Superintendent Tammy Prentiss, they had a few people test positive on the track team at Hinsdale Central and the baseball team at Hinsdale South.
View ArticleIllinois close to having 50% of residents 16 and older vaccinated, but...
Nearly 50% of Illinois residents 16 and older have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. That was one metric that could have triggered a full reopening under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago expands vaccine eligibility to...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleColumn: A 7-year-old shot 6 times in Chicago and mass shootings nationally....
Jaslyn Admas, a 7 year old, was shot six times in Chicago as a string of mass shootings has unfolded nationally. Welcome to America.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker deploys National Guard to Chicago ahead of verdict in...
At Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s request, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is deploying 125 Illinois National Guard troops to Chicago on Tuesday in anticipation of a verdict in the trial of the former Minneapolis police...
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View ArticleSkokie teen dies from complications 16 months after accidental Mundelein...
The office identified the youth as Carys Castillo, 16, of the 8000 block of Keating Avenue. The death has been ruled a homicide, while the shooting was labeled an accident, authorities said.
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