Pritzker praised for signing Black Caucus-backed education plan even as...
A group of Black state lawmakers praised Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday for signing legislation aimed at addressing racial inequities in education, from early childhood through college, even as other...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Fewer than 30,000 COVID-19 vaccinations...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleLimited number of baseball fans will be allowed in for Cubs, White Sox games...
The Chicago Cubs and White Sox will be allowed to have more than 8,000 fans in the stands apiece on Opening Day, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Monday.
View ArticleMadigan wins legal battle centered on dirty tricks allegation
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan won a federal appeals court decision Monday in which a 2016 Democratic primary challenger for his Southwest Side legislative seat alleged Madigan planted...
View ArticleTarget in talks to replace Macy’s in Water Tower Place, a switch one local...
Target is looking for space on the Magnificent Mile, and that could include taking over part of the massive store Macy’s is set to vacate in Water Tower Place, according to real estate sources.
View ArticleEisenhower Expressway stretch is ‘most congested US road’ — and Chicago’s...
Even with the coronavirus pandemic making for far fewer drivers on the roads a new report found a stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway as the most congested commute in the U.S.
View ArticleOne of the biggest high school districts in suburban Chicago is moving toward...
"We’re hoping we can start doing almost everything we would in a normal year," one suburban official said.
View ArticleDaywatch: United Center mass vaccination site opens, Eisenhower Expressway...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View Article2 teens, 14 and 15, wounded in separate Chicago shootings
Chicago police are investigating two shootings, one Monday afternoon and the other early Tuesday that each left a teenager injured, among attacks that also left four people dead and eight others...
View ArticleFamilies who’ve been coping with the pandemic for a year still need to keep...
Families have gone through major shakeups in their routines during the pandemic. Therapists share ideas on how adults and children can cope.
View ArticleJudge warns ‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ after Facebook posts where he claimed he was...
Judge warns ‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ over claims he was riding horses and swore at a prosecutor.
View ArticleHe’s one in a million: Rare yellow cardinal has taken a liking to backyard...
Illinois' yellow cardinal is one in a million, and he's making himself at home in Rushville, 200 miles southwest of Chicago, while attracting a mate.
View ArticleColumn: Meghan Markle saw herself as biracial, but the royals saw her as Black
Maybe Meghan Markle knows now that racial ambiguity doesn't exist in the real world, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleHalf of Illinois residents 65 and up have now received at least one dose of...
Half of Illinois residents age 65 and over have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, state public health officials reported Tuesday.
View ArticleThe power of mRNA, the threat of mutations and the difficulty of the last...
Things we’ve learned about COVID-19 a year into pandemic.
View ArticleMan charged in death of former Valparaiso football player has lengthy...
Online court records note that Blake, charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon in the death of Noah Beller, 19, of Valparaiso, was released from prison on...
View ArticleNebraska, Texas moved up Chicago’s emergency travel order as 9 states bumped...
Travelers heading to Chicago from Nebraska and Texas will be subject to additional coronavirus mitigations under this week’s update of the city’s emergency travel order, which also removed restrictions...
View ArticleSen. Tammy Duckworth takes to Twitter to announce reelection bid
First-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth used a brief message on Twitter on Tuesday to officially announce her bid for reelection in 2022.
View ArticleColumn: 2 guitar-playing, Beatles-loving doctors and their search for a liver...
Rick Foulkes and Rita Rossi-Foulkes are pinning their hopes on an unknowable, fickle resource: Human kindness. (Human kindness on Twitter, no less.)
View ArticleNaperville woman accused of casting a ballot for someone else in 2020 general...
A Naperville woman was one of five people charged with voter fraud in the 2020 general election.
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