Chicago reopening latest: Spring Awakening Music Festival to return to...
Below is an updating list of all of the museums, theaters and more that have reopened as well as concerts, festivals and other events that have been rescheduled or confirmed for 2021.
View ArticleState shuts down Aurora treatment facility, school for youth with...
The state is closing an Aurora residential treatment facility for children and young adults after an advocacy organization for people with disabilities found troubling reports of improper treatment,...
View ArticleIllinois COVID-19 questions answered: Now that younger teens can get the...
You shouldn't get other vaccines within two weeks of a COVID-19 shot. But get teens and tweens up to date on other vaccines, experts say.
View ArticleThrilled! It’s about time. Too soon. Relieved but nervous. How the CDC’s new...
When the CDC changed its recommendations Thursday on where fully vaccinated people need to wear masks it unleashed a range of reactions from Tribune readers.
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View ArticleDouble lung transplant recipient beats COVID-19
A niece made funeral arrangements for her uncle dying of COVID-19. Then she learned about a life-saving surgery. Now he’s ready to karaoke again.
View ArticleA niece made funeral arrangements for her uncle dying of COVID-19. Then she...
A Glendale Heights man who was near death after being stricken with COVID-19 is ready to karaoke again after a double lung transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
View ArticleIt took 16 years for the CPD to seek an officer’s firing for alleged...
Lawyers want alleged misconduct case against cop dropped because it took 16 years for CPD to seek an officer’s firing.
View ArticleChrist the King pastor reinstated after claim of sex assault could not be...
The Rev. Larry Sullivan, pastor of Christ the King on Chicago's Southwest Side, has been reinstated after an allegation of a sexual assault from 1984 was could not be substantiated.
View ArticlePools face lifeguard shortage
Numerous park districts say they’re behind their lifeguard hiring goals. The three-pool Dundee Township Park District still needs to hire about 40 lifeguards in three weeks.
View ArticleDespite a brightened financial picture, battle looms over Pritzker’s tax...
Despite federal aid and higher than expected revenues, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker faces several obstacles in getting his budget proposal passed before the state legislature adjourns on May 31.
View ArticleCPD announces new policy on search warrants after uproar over Anjanette Young...
After drawing stinging criticism for an improper raid in 2019 in which Chicago police officers executed a search warrant at the wrong address and forced a woman to stand handcuffed and unclothed in her...
View ArticleCook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin announces he’ll retire in 2022
Commissioner Larry Suffredin will not run for reelection, the Evanston Democrat who for two decades has been a mainstay on the Cook County Board announced Friday.
View ArticleGirl, 2, shot in leg near Leighton Criminal Court Building on Southwest Side
A girl about two has been shot in the leg Friday night in the Little Village neighborhood.
View ArticleCOVID-19 turns prom into a promenade — at Soldier Field
Very little about the this year’s prom for seniors from the Chicago Noble schools could be considered typical. But it will certainly be memorable. Prom for about 3,000 seniors at the network of 17...
View ArticleSwimming pools scramble to overcome lifeguard shortage as opening day looms....
Persuading a teenager to become a lifeguard has never been easy. But as outdoor pools in the Chicago area get ready to open for the summer, many for the first time in two years, recruitment is proving...
View ArticleColumn: Hey, don’t throw away those masks yet!
The CDC's new mask guidance is prompting many to wonder: what should I do with all those masks now?
View Article2 people fatally shot and 3 injured at party in Gresham among 5 dead and at...
Two men were fatally wounded and three others were shot at a gathering in the Gresham neighborhood.
View ArticleGun used in daylong shooting spree that left 5 dead from Chicago’s South Side...
The gun that a 32-year-old man used in a daylong killing spree that stretched from Chicago’s South Side into Evanston in January was likely used in at least five other shootings over the past 11 years,...
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