Preschoolers attend Lil' Scholars Learning Center in Chicago
Preschoolers attend Lil' Scholars Learning Center in Chicago on June 18, 2021.
View ArticlePeople participate in the Pride Without Prejudice march in Chicago
People participate in the Pride Without Prejudice march in Chicago on June 27, 2021. Organizers wanted the march to focus on political protest, in contrast to the more commercialized and well-known...
View ArticleNo bail for man accused in deadly daylight stabbing outside NW Side fast-food...
A Norwood Park East man stabbed an apparent acquaintance two dozen times in front of horrified onlookers outside a Northwest Side fast food restaurant, prosecutors told a Cook County judge on Sunday.
View ArticlePride Without Prejudice marches in Chicago to protest racism, violence...
Pride Without Prejudice is an ad hoc group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer activists who were marching through Lakeview to the Town Hall police station Sunday.
View ArticleFamily of mail carrier who was pregnant when she disappeared renews call for...
Kierra Coles, a letter carrier for about three years, went missing Oct. 2, 2018, on her way to work.
View Article2 adults and child killed in Metra crash on Far South Side
Two adults and a child were killed after their vehicle was hit by a Metra train Sunday night on the Far South Side, officials said.
View Article5 people shot in South Shore attack, 8 shot in Marquette Park
A group was standing outside shortly before 8:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of East 71st Street when someone in a black SUV drove by and fired shots.
View ArticleFirst mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus this year reported in...
Until last week, the Chicago area had been experiencing drier weather than usual, which can be a risk factor for increased presence of West Nile virus.
View ArticleState bill and new scholarship provide more support for immigrant students in...
A bill awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature would require all college campuses to “designate an undocumented student resource liaison” by the 2022-23 school year to help immigrants and students...
View ArticleChicago Public Schools’ universal pre-K ‘strangling’ private day care...
Private day care centers say they have been "strangled" by Chicago's universal pre-K rollout in Chicago Public Schools.
View ArticleDaywatch: Why property tax hikes could be on the way, pride march protests...
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View Article6 shot in South Shore shooting
Six people were shot, one of them fatally, Sunday night in the South Shore neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
View Article6 people shot, 1 fatally, while waiting for food in South Shore neighborhood
A 23-year-old woman was killed and five men were injured in a shooting in South Shore, about two hours before 11 people were shot in another Chicago attack, according to police.
View ArticleAfter losing battle over renaming Lake Shore Drive, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she's forging ahead with plans to spend $40 million the development of DuSable Park and to provide additional programming to honor the Haitian explorer credited with founding...
View ArticleRockton chemical plant fire likely accidental, fire official says
An explosion and massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois that filled the sky with black smoke and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes for days was started accidentally during...
View ArticlePolice investigate homicide in Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights police investigate shooting death of 36-year-old city resident
View ArticleHarvey police mum about double fatal shooting on South Dixie Highway
Harvey police have not provided information regarding two homicides that occurred early Wednesday
View ArticleAlice Clark Brown, trailblazing Black circus aerialist and performer, dies at 68
She was a jazz singer, an actress, a poet and a writer. Her passions were anything creative and fun, her family said.
View ArticleCalumet City man charged with murder in girlfriend’s Chatham killing changed...
A Calumet City man was charged with murder Monday in connection with the shooting death of a 30-year-old woman over the weekend, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleWaukegan man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan
The county coroner’s office identified the dead man as Ivory Biggs, 35. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that Biggs died from drowning, Coroner Jennifer Banek said in a statement released Monday...
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