At contentious meeting, McHenry County board votes to keep using county jail...
McHenry County board members voted Tuesday to continue keeping federally detained immigrants at the county jail, despite impassioned calls from people who called the practice inhumane.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleVideo, DNA evidence, partial confession will be key in man’s trial in...
Video evidence, DNA analysis and a partial confession will be critical to proving a farm laborer stabbed a University of Iowa student to death, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.
View ArticleMark McCloskey, the St. Louis lawyer who waved a gun at protesters, is...
Mark and Patricia McCloskey became celebrities in conservative circles after the incident on June 28 outside their lavish home in St. Louis’ Central West End.
View ArticleChicago to see scattered showers Wednesday before summerlike temperatures for...
Temperatures at the end of this week and weekend have the chance of reaching 90 degrees after a day of scattered light showers Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleMan shot 3 times in the head at Lake Shore Drive stoplight after someone...
A man stopped at a red light on Lake Shore Drive near Chicago Avenue late Tuesday suffered graze wounds to the head when he was shot at by someone who yelled gang slogans before opening fire, Chicago...
View Article75-year-old man faces murder charge in West Side shooting, police say
A 75-year-old man is facing a charge of first-degree murder after Chicago police identified him as the person who fatally shot a man on the West Side Monday.
View ArticleMan killed, 14-year-old girl wounded in separate West Side shootings
A man was shot to death and a 14-year-old girl, a high school freshman, suffered a skull fracture after being shot in the head in separate West Side shootings late Tuesday into Wednesday, according to...
View ArticlePaul Mooney, comedian and writer for Richard Pryor, dies at 79
Paul Mooney, the comedian, actor and writer for Richard Pryor, died on Wednesday morning, his representative Cassandra Williams confirmed to Variety. He was 79.
View ArticleIllinois COVID-19 questions answered: Where do I need to wear a mask in...
These are some of the many questions readers have sent us that we’ve put to health and science experts.
View ArticleIllinois adopts requirement for schools to be full-time in person in the...
Illinois' education chief said there could be exceptions for individuals students with medical needs.
View ArticleCourt of appeals reverses decision in ex-Calumet Township employee’s fraud case
The United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed a district court’s decision in the cases against Ethel Shelton, a former executive secretary for former Calumet Township Trustee Mary Elgin.
View ArticleColumn: McConnell, GOP oppose Jan. 6 commission, and so do we, the brothers...
McConnell opposes commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, showing the GOP's unwillingness to reckon with the Trump-inspired insurrection.
View ArticleRepublicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Illinois’ Mary Miller, face...
The GOP lawmakers opted to keep their mask off during votes Tuesday, with some taking care to stand in the well of the chamber to ensure that they would be seen.
View ArticleCorinne Wood, Illinois’ first female lieutenant governor, dies at 66
Corinne Wood, Illinois first female lieutenant governor, dies of breast cancer at 66.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State requires schools to be full-time in...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleExchange Club of Naperville’s Ribfest, scheduled to be held in Romeoville,...
The Exchange Club of Naperville has canceled Ribfest, which was scheduled to be held in Romeoville July 1-4 for the first time.
View ArticleScrap shredder sues Chicago for reneging on deal to fast-track opening on the...
Mayor Lightfoot delayed a decision about a permit this month after the new U.S. EPA administrator raised concerns about locating another polluter in a neighborhood where people already breathe some of...
View ArticleAfter suspect’s arrest, Lake County sheriff credits 911 caller with saving...
Ryan Storm, 20, of the 500 block of West Gilbert Road, was arrested by police at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, about six hours after he allegedly fled from officers who had come to the business to check on him.
View ArticleChampaign officer killed, another wounded, suspect fatally shot in exchange...
A central Illinois police officer died Wednesday after being shot by a suspect in a domestic disturbance who also was killed in an exchange of gunfire that left a second officer wounded.
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