Live grenade found in lunch bag in empty lot in Austin neighborhood
The Chicago Police Department bomb squad disarmed a live grenade left in a lunch bag in the Austin neighborhood Tuesday morning, officials said.
View ArticleHealth departments throughout Illinois, along with Walgreens and Jewel-Osco,...
The CDC and FDA are reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot that people have experienced after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to...
View ArticleWithout a high school vaccine plan, Chicago Teachers Union plans remote work...
Chicago Public Schools high school teachers will refuse in person work Wednesday if no COVID-19 vaccine plan is in place.
View ArticleLombard man charged with murder in Elmhurst bar altercation
A Lombard man has been charged with murder following an altercation Saturday in an Elmhurst bar.
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccination 7-day average at another new high in Illinois, but...
An additional 100,729 coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in Illinois Monday, while the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 for the first time since mid-February, public...
View Article16-hour armed standoff with police in Morton Grove ends with man taken into...
A man is in custody after being barricaded in his home during a 16-hour standoff with police in a residential neighborhood of Morton Grove, police said.
View ArticleChicago employers could face up to $5,000 fine for not letting workers take...
Chicago businesses would face fines up to $5,000 for not allowing workers to take time off to get COVID-19 vaccines under a proposal by Mayor Lori Lightfoot that moved closer to passage on Tuesday.
View ArticleDogs banned from Chicago firehouses after one kills smaller pet walking near...
The Chicago Fire Department will no longer allow dogs at firehouses after a firehouse dog killed a family pet near an Englewood fire station.
View ArticleChicago man charged with murder in killing of 75-year-old during robbery in...
A 26-year-old Chicago man was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 75-year-old man in the Rogers Park neighborhood last month during a robbery, police said.
View ArticleChicago Park District stands by decision to remove Columbus statue from South...
The Chicago Park District says it had the authority to remove a Columbus statue from a Near South Side park, despite an Italian American organization’s argument that a decades-old agreement proves it...
View ArticleLongtime precinct captain for indicted Ald. Edward Burke pleads guilty to...
Longtime political operative Rudy Acosta, 70, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misleading the FBI in a series of interviews in 2017 and 2018 about its investigation into elected officials.
View ArticleEx-Melrose Park cop charged with illegal bookmaking in scheme run by reputed...
A former Melrose Park police officer is facing federal gambling charges stemming from an illegal bookmaking operation run by a longtime mob associate sentenced to prison just last week.
View ArticleCrash on US 20 in Chesterton claims life of Chicago man, 23
The driver of the truck, who was not identified, was transported to a hospital with unknown injuries.
View ArticleArt Institute names Denise Gardner new board chair, believed to be first...
Denise Gardner breaks ground at Art Institute by becoming first Black woman board head
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Health departments throughout state pause...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleDaunte Wright police shooting: Brooklyn Center police chief and officer who...
A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday.
View ArticleSt. Joseph High School in Westchester, former basketball powerhouse featured...
St. Joseph High School in the west suburbs will close at the end of the current school year after more than six decades.
View ArticleGary man charged 2nd time with shooting witness after federal acquittal,...
A Gary man faces charges for the second time in Lake Superior Court for allegedly shooting a woman connected to his pending attempted murder trial, records show.
View ArticleCook County offers other COVID-19 vaccines to people who signed up for...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday said she was confident local residents won’t be deterred from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 because they’re worried about the few people...
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