‘I was shocked’: $50,000 each goes to 10 Chicagoans who are making a...
The Field Foundation named its 2021 winners for the Leaders for a New Chicago award.
View ArticleNorth Shore man arrested on federal charges stemming from US Capitol breach
A 24-year-old North Shore man was arrested Tuesday on federal charges brought in Washington alleging he breached the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 attack.
View ArticleThe Spin: Valencia vs. Lightfoot | Senate, House returning to Springfield to...
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View ArticleDespite teachers strike, Chicago’s Urban Prep keeps doors open for students’...
The strike is "not in the best interest" of students after a year of COVID-19 disruption, a school official said.
View ArticleChickens stranded
Thousands of chickens were stranded in Addison heat after the truck carrying them needed service.
View ArticleBrother of Chicago rapper Lil Durk killed in Harvey shooting, police officer...
The brother of Chicago rapper Lil Durk was killed and a police officer was wounded in a weekend shooting at a strip club in suburban Harvey, according to officials.
View ArticleTruck carrying 14,000 chickens breaks down on I-90. Mechanics, Addison Fire...
A semi broke down on Interstate 90 with a trailer full of 14,000 chickens. An Addison mechanic and the Fire Department worked to hose the birds down and keep as many of them alive as possible.
View ArticleColumn: Sen. Joe Manchin and the ghosts of Dixiecrats past
Joe Manchin knew he could could cause more harm to Democrats by pretending to be one, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleColumn: A pig roast. A ride in a Mustang convertible. A music teacher leaves...
Beloved music teacher leaves life still searching for joy.
View ArticleFormer Chicago alderman aiding corruption probe made audio and video...
Then-25th Ward Ald. Daniel Solis recorded Madigan on numerous occasions as the speaker allegedly sought business for his private law firm, two sources with knowledge of the probe said.
View ArticleCTA moving 127-year-old Lakeview apartment building away from ‘L’ tracks as...
The CTA is moving a historic three-story Lakeview apartment building about 30 feet to the west in August to preserve it as part of the ambitious Brown Line flyover project under construction near the...
View ArticleDaywatch: Ex-alderman secretly recorded Madigan, ninth Illinoisan charged in...
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View ArticleUS troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring home...
Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring home captives.
View ArticleMan shoots CTA bus after driver tells him to wear mask, police say
A 38-year-old man was arrested after he hit a CTA bus with gunfire in the West Pullman neighborhood late Tuesday after a bus driver told him he couldn’t get on if he wasn’t wearing a mask, police said.
View ArticleMan’s burned body found in vacant lot in South Deering neighborhood
A man’s body was found Tuesday night after he was burned near a vacant lot in the South Deering neighborhood, authorities said.
View Article9-year-old boy among 13 shot between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in...
A 9-year-old boy was among at least 13 people shot between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in Chicago, one of them a man shot to death when he answered his front door in the Gresham neighborhood,...
View ArticleChicago to see summerlike temperatures through the week until cold front...
Summerlike temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s are expected throughout the week, with chances of showers and thunderstorms before temperatures drop to more normal temperatures late in the...
View ArticleGresham standoff ends with no one in custody after 2 are shot in garage and...
A man who triggered an hours-long standoff with police by shooting two men was at large Wednesday morning after officers on patrol in the Gresham neighborhood fired at him when they saw him shooting...
View ArticleSinger R. Kelly tells judge he wants to dump his Chicago-based lawyers ahead...
Indicted R&B; star R. Kelly formally told a federal judge in New York on Wednesday that he wishes to dump his Chicago-based attorneys just two months before they were scheduled to lead his defense.
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