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View ArticleWisconsin biologist traded sturgeon research eggs for $20,000 worth of...
Ryan Koenigs, a biologist who oversees the state’s sturgeon spearing season in Lake Winnebago, is accused of accepting $20,000 worth of caviar in an illegal bartering scheme.
View ArticleRead the inspector general’s report on Chicago’s response to spring protests...
Read the report from Inspector General Joseph Ferguson on the city's response to protests and looting that gripped Chicago last spring after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
View ArticleBrookfield, Lincoln Park zoos prepare to reopen in March
The major zoos are welcoming visitors back, with COVID limitations, following extraordinary wintertime shutdowns.
View ArticleMan dies after awning weighed down by snow collapses in Pullman
A 54-year-old man died after a building awning collapsed in the Pullman neighborhood, according to officials.
View Article73.2% of the U.S. is covered by snow with 20 inches on the ground at O’Hare —...
An estimated 73.2% of the contiguous United States was blanketed by accumulated snow, or snow cover, as of Feb. 16, according to NOAA’s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. That is...
View ArticleMike Madigan, ComEd and corruption: Timeline of how the investigation unfolded
The announcement of a $200 million fine against ComEd for corruption and details of federal subpoenas to AT&T; and Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s office pushed the widening criminal probe...
View ArticleInside University of Illinois at Chicago's mass COVID-19 vaccination site
University of Illinois’ Chicago campus is serving a new purpose during the pandemic: the Credit Union 1 Arena now operates as a mass COVID-19 vaccination site, offering about 1,000 coveted doses to...
View Article2 teens arrested in unrelated carjackings, cops say
Two teenagers, ages 15 and 17, have been arrested in connection with carjackings on Chicago’s West and Northwest Sides, police say.
View ArticleChicago police showed ‘confusion and lack of coordination’ that endangered...
Chicago police showed 'confusion and lack of coordination' that endangered protesters, officers last May, city watchdog concludes in scathing report
View Article‘In 22 minutes, everything was full’: Thousands of Chicagoans receive...
The University of Illinois at Chicago didn't advertise its COVID-19 vaccine site. "It was all word of mouth," an official said.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent $281.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration spent $281.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief money on Chicago Police Department personnel costs, prompting an angry response from activists and some aldermen.
View ArticleActivists hammer Mayor Lori Lightfoot for spending $281.5 million in federal...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to use $281.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to cover Chicago Police Department payroll costs during the early months of the pandemic drew an angry rebuke...
View ArticleMissing medication, late bills: South Side residents, politicians say enough...
U.S. Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush called on Chicago’s top U.S. Postal Service official to resign, joining a coalition of politicians from the South Side and suburbs on Thursday saying their constituents...
View ArticleLan’s Old Town restaurant shut down after weekend party violates COVID-19...
Lan's Old Town shut down for violating COVID-19 restrictions Saturday night, the second citation for the longtime Chicago restaurant.
View ArticleColumn: I loathe ‘The Bachelor,’ but the spotlight on Chris Harrison is...
I’m less interested in the show host’s career than I am in how this moment might shape and inform our conversations and progress on race and history.
View ArticleIllinois identifies 17 more cases of UK coronavirus variant
Seventeen additional cases of the coronavirus variant from the United Kingdom have been identified in Illinois, bringing the statewide total to 42, state public health officials reported Thursday.
View ArticleNo consecutive snowfall record for Chicago, but snowshowers return as people...
No snow was recorded Wednesday at O’Hare International Airport, stopping just short of breaking a 78-year-old record for most days with snowfall in a row.
View ArticleMichael Madigan resigns: Read his statement about stepping down
Read Illinois Rep. Michael Madigan's resignation letter.
View ArticleMichael Madigan resigns from Illinois House after being ousted as speaker,...
State Rep. Michael Madigan on Thursday announced his resignation from the Illinois House after representing a Southwest Side district for a half-century, the majority of that time as the powerful speaker.
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