Waukegan shootings leave one dead, one wounded
Marshawn Pettis was shot to death around 8 p.m. in the 2100 block of Williamsburg Drive, according to Waukegan police and Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. Officers responding to reports of gunfire...
View ArticleUber driver reports carjacking at gunpoint after being called to Oak Park
Police: Uber driver reports being carjacked at gunpoint after being called to Oak Park
View ArticleFord Heights man charged with attempted murder in weekend shooting, denied bond
A Ford Heights man was charged with attempted murder and ordered held without bond, officials said.
View Article3 shot, one fatally, in Wentworth Gardens
Three men were shot, at least one fatally, in the Wentworth Gardens housing complex on June 23, 2021.
View ArticleNew project seeks to improve retention and graduation rates for students of...
A total of 15 organizations will participate, with representatives from The Illinois League of United Latin American Citizens, the NAACP Illinois State Conference and the Chicago Urban League.
View ArticleLinda Murray, longtime educator at Hyde Park Academy, dies
Linda Murray, Hyde Park Academy educator, dies.
View ArticleAs kids begin to gather again, what are some of the childhood illnesses we...
What types of childhood illnesses are cropping up this summer, and other COVID questions answered by health and science experts.
View ArticleCook County voters would decide on property tax hike for Forest Preserves...
The referendum calls for a 0.025% increase to a total of 0.076% in property taxes, which amounts to hiking up the average Chicago homeowner’s bill by about $1.50 a month, or less than $20.
View ArticleR. Kelly moved to New York, hires new lawyer as racketeering trial nears
After two years in a federal jail in Chicago, indicted singer R. Kelly has been brought to a detention center in New York in preparation for his racketeering trial that’s scheduled to begin in Brooklyn...
View ArticleUnderwood says talk of raising cap on state and local deduction on federal...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood said Wednesday that efforts to lift a Republican-imposed cap on deducting state and local income taxes from federal taxes is part of larger discussions on tax...
View ArticleAs childhood vaccinations plummet across the US during pandemic, Illinois...
Alarmed by a steep decline in routine childhood vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cook County Health officials are urging parents to ensure that any missing shots get in kids’ arms this summer...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors investigating Cook County land bank, deals involving...
Federal prosecutors last month subpoenaed the Cook County Land Bank Authority for records as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the program, which was formed to promote economic development...
View ArticleNo vote on renaming Lake Shore Drive for DuSable as City Council adjourns...
Aldermen temporarily derailed Lightfoot’s appointment of a new top city lawyer over the Law Department’s treatment of Anjanette Young in her lawsuit over an infamous botched police raid.
View ArticleFitch shifts Illinois state government’s economic outlook from negative to...
Fitch Ratings maintained the state’s credit rating at one step above junk-bond status, but reversed its forecast outlook from negative to positive reflecting improved post-pandemic economic recovery...
View ArticleColumn: Army general shoots down GOP’s ‘critical race theory’ hysteria: ‘It...
Army Gen. Mark Milley shoots down GOP lawmakers' 'critical race theory' hysteria: ‘It matters to our military.’ Amen.
View ArticleDouglas Emhoff in Chicago: Getting the COVID-19 vaccine ‘is not political’
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, said in Chicago Wednesday that as he’s traveled the country in recent months to talk up vaccination efforts he hasn’t once heard...
View ArticleA ‘significant place of public engagement’: Preservationists protest state’s...
State agencies are expected to meet on Friday to oppose adding the Thompson Center to the National Register of Historic Places.
View ArticleThe Spin: No vote on renaming Chicago’s LSD as City Council meeting devolves...
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View ArticleSecond gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Chicago
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, stopped in Chicago on June 23, 2021, as part of the White House’s “We Can Do This” vaccination bus tour aimed at jump-starting...
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