Man pleads guilty to firing at Chicago police in 2019 South Side shootout
A man who was seriously injured in a 2019 shootout with Chicago police pleaded guilty Tuesday to firing at an officer and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
View ArticlePresident of Loyola Academy to become pastor at Old St. Patrick’s parish in...
President of Loyola Academy to become pastor at Old St. Patrick’s parish next year.
View ArticleIllinois schools lagged behind most other states in access to in-person...
Illinois was among 43 states where access was higher for white students than for students of color.
View ArticleHow Illinois failed to stop a flood of unemployment fraud during the pandemic
A flood of unemployment fraud happened after the Illinois Department of Employment Security failed to follow federal recommendations to adopt free fraud-fighting tools that were made available in 2019.
View ArticleCollege athletes in Illinois can hire agents, be paid for endorsements under...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure into law that allows college athletes to sign endorsement deals, making Illinois the latest of nearly two dozen states to enact policies allowing student-athletes to...
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View ArticleIllinois gets first credit rating upgrade from Wall Street since George Ryan...
Illinois on Tuesday got its first credit rating upgrade in more than two decades on the strength of the state’s latest budget.
View ArticleMan charged with murder in killing of mother, 81, on the Near North Side
Marc Holliman, 53, was arrested Monday night in Morris, Illinois, after his mother’s body was found in his car in Dwight, officials said.
View ArticleMan who pleaded not guilty to murder, carjacking charges of Uber driver from...
An 18-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with fatally shooting his Uber driver in March during a West Side carjacking.
View ArticleLarge fire at Morris warehouse where batteries are stored prompts evacuations
An industrial fire Tuesday afternoon in Morris has prompted an evacuation order, officials said.
View ArticleProsecutors may seek death penalty in Gary bank robbery shooting where...
Two men who have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard during a June 11 bank robbery could face the death penalty, if federal prosecutors decide to seek it.
View ArticleCommunity organizations call for peace after South Shore shooting
At least 77 people were shot across the city, and seven of them died last weekend, according to Tribune data.
View ArticleOrgan transplant patients remain vulnerable as country struggles to reach...
Transplant patients vulnerable amid struggle to reach herd immunity.
View ArticleHow CPS will spend $525 million to get at-risk students back on track after...
About 18,000 students have been prioritized for extra support like home visits and one-on-one intervention.
View ArticleDaywatch: How Illinois failed to stop unemployment fraud, what to know about...
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View ArticleTri-State Tollway semi crash kills Montgomery man, injures woman near...
A man was killed and a woman injured Wednesday when two semitrailers crashed heading south on the Tri-State Tollway near southwest suburban Countryside, according to Illinois State Police.
View ArticleLawsuit against Chicago by shredding firm seeking operating permit tossed
A federal judge Tuesday tossed out a lawsuit filed against the city of Chicago by the owner of a metal-shredding facility that wants to operate in the city.
View Article2 teens, 17 and 16, shot in separate attacks, Chicago police say
Two teenage boys were shot in unrelated attacks overnight in Chicago, leaving one of them critically injured, police said.
View ArticleColumn: Beloved Downers Grove baker dies, but offers the world a final act of...
Beloved Downers Grove baker who was battling COVID-19 dies, but offers the world a final act of kindness.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot says criticism of her temperament is ‘about 99%’ because...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday night that “about 99%” of the criticism she receives over her temperament is due to the fact she’s a Black woman.
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