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Dec 06, 2022
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 06, 2022
The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines hosts the largest gathering of its kind outside Mexico City. Here's why hundreds of thousands of people gather there yearly from Dec. 11-12.
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Dec 06, 2022
The social media giant made the threat after reports surfaced that the measure, which has stalled in the Senate, would be added to the annual defense authorization bill before Congress.
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Dec 06, 2022
The Monday alert warns residents in the 11th, 12th, 14th, 17th and 25th districts of several early-morning robberies that occurred in early December.
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Dec 06, 2022
Former Illinois Democratic Chair and state Sen. Gary LaPaille, who also was chief of staff for former House Speaker Michael Madigan, has died at 68.
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Dec 06, 2022
By comparison, Lightfoot's single biggest contribution was $500,000 in 2019.
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Dec 06, 2022
More than 250 firefighters responded to the 3-11 fire at 5130 S. Kenwood Ave. that neighbors said started around 3 a.m.
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Dec 06, 2022
More than 250 firefighters responded to the 3-11 fire at 5130 S. Kenwood Ave. that neighbors said started around 3 a.m.
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Dec 06, 2022
More than 250 firefighters responded to a 3-11 fire overnight in Hyde Park that left one resident in critical condition, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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Dec 06, 2022
To appease concerned residents, the design now includes more greenspace road connections to ease traffic congestion.
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Dec 06, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 06, 2022
A 2008 Toyota driven by a 79-year-old woman crashed into a Morton Grove Culver's Monday afternoon.
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Dec 06, 2022
"It's like a calling that you get to go visit her," said Maria Vargas, the organizer of the pilgrimage and a trucking company owner.
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Dec 06, 2022
Avi Kaplan has earned the rare title of national master from the U.S. Chess Federation, an accomplishment earned by less than 1% of rated chess players.
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Dec 06, 2022
Avi Kaplan has earned the rare title of national master from the U.S. Chess Federation, an accomplishment earned by less than 1% of rated chess players.
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Dec 06, 2022
The latest tax bill was several months late and, for many, came with the sticker shock of a large increase, in part because of new assessments.
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Dec 06, 2022
Xavier Lofton of Bellwood had taken a turn as an actor in an African American-themed web series and short films that have thousands of online subscribers.
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Dec 05, 2022
Here are some of the celebrities and newsmakers who died in 2022.
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Dec 05, 2022
The hazing and sexual harassment of an employee at Pontiac Correctional Center in 2018 led to a shakeup of the maximum security prison's top staff last year, according to an inspector general report.
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Dec 05, 2022
John Thuet's reputation was so damaged that he has not been able to get work in education, his lawyer said during opening statements Monday.
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Dec 05, 2022
Autopsies showed the cause of death for all five family members to be from "sharp force injuries," the Lake County coroner's office said.
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Dec 05, 2022
Kirstie Alley, a two-time Emmy-winning actor who rose to fame with her role as Rebecca Howe in the NBC comedy series "Cheers," has died after a battle with cancer. She was 71.
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Dec 05, 2022
Autopsies showed the cause of death for all five family members to be from "sharp force injuries," the Lake County coroner's office said.
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Dec 05, 2022
Candidates Willie Wilson also faces a claim by challenger Ja'Mal Green that Wilson's main residence is in the suburbs.
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Dec 05, 2022
Homewood and Amtrak officials marked the full resumption of daily rail service Monday at Homewood's historic train station, which underwent a $15 million rehab.
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Dec 05, 2022
2 people were killed and four taken to hospitals Sunday following an accident on La Grange Road near Palos Park.
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Dec 05, 2022
One person died late Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in Liberty Township that police said was caused by a driver having a sneezing fit.
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Dec 05, 2022
The body recovered Monday morning from the Fox River in Carpentersville has been positively identified by the Kane County Coroner's Office as that of an Algonquin woman reported missing Sunday.
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Dec 05, 2022
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 05, 2022
The settlement results from a two-year investigation by the city into alleged misconduct on Uber's meal delivery platforms.
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Dec 05, 2022
Jose G. Arevalo, 83, was last seen Thursday shortly after 12:30 p.m. at their home near 19th Street and Scoville Avenue in Berwyn, his family said. He was wearing a green flannel shirt, jeans, a Cubs hat and black shoes.
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Dec 05, 2022
Autopsies showed the cause of death for all five family members to be from "sharp force injuries," the Lake County coroner's office said.
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Dec 05, 2022
Vince Zerante, an Evergreen Park resident for more than 40 years, was a science teacher for 44 years at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights.
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Dec 05, 2022
Maps and charts showing where and when homicides took place in the city during 2022, with race, sex and age of the victims.
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Dec 05, 2022
More than 100 truck drivers and their families participated in a caravan from Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 3, 2022, ahead of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which takes place on Dec. 12.
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Dec 05, 2022
More than 100 truck drivers and their families participated in a caravan from Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 3, 2022, ahead of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which takes place on Dec. 12.
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Dec 05, 2022
More than 100 truck drivers and their families participated in a caravan from Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 3, 2022, ahead of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which takes place Dec. 12.
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Dec 05, 2022
A semi-truck and a car burst into flames after crashing on the Dan Ryan Expressway, killing one and injuring another early Monday.
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Dec 05, 2022
A semitrailer and a car burst into flames after colliding on the Dan Ryan Expressway, killing one and injuring another early Monday.
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Dec 05, 2022
Bob McGrath, an actor, musician and children's author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children's show "Sesame Street" has died at the age of 90.
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Dec 05, 2022
Bob McGrath, an actor, musician and children's author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children's show "Sesame Street" has died at the age of 90.
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Dec 05, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 05, 2022
The Inner-City Muslim Action Network commemorated 25 years of community work by launching a mixed-use art gallery and community space.
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Dec 05, 2022
Richard Blackmon's own career as a guide and an educator has been full of twists and turns. And the influence of one particular teacher in his life can be traced back to some of his earliest years.
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Dec 05, 2022
With a new ward map and many open seats, the City Council could look very different after the Feb. 28 election.
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Dec 05, 2022
The 500-square-foot tiny homes will comprise a "micro-neighborhood" of two to five city-owned lots, with about two to four homes per lot.
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Dec 04, 2022
Marques Rose, 36, of the 8100 block of South Winchester, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the killing of 28-year-old Rockford resident Brandon McGee.
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Dec 04, 2022
A GoFundMe fundraiser has raised more than its $50,000 goal in less than 24 hours to cover funeral, transportation and burial costs for the woman and two children who were found dead in their Buffalo Grove home Wednesday.
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Dec 04, 2022
Marques Rose, 36, of the 8100 block of South Winchester, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the killing of 28-year-old Rockford resident Brandon McGee.
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Dec 04, 2022
After months of blistering attacks from Republicans, Democratic lawmakers came together during the final legislative session of the year to approve changes aimed at clarifying their criminal justice overhaul.
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Dec 04, 2022
Fifty years after the crash of United Flight 553 outside Midway much has changed at the airport and in commercial aviation.
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Dec 04, 2022
Fifty years after the crash of United Flight 553 outside Midway much has changed at the airport and in commercial aviation.
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Dec 04, 2022
In November, Illinois elected many legislators backed by state and national gun safety groups, but the entrenched and polarizing debate over guns is expected to remain intense, playing out in the General Assembly as well as the state's courtrooms.
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Dec 03, 2022
Four people fatally wounded in two separate overnight shootings on the West and South sides.
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Dec 03, 2022
A man fell from the Dan Ryan Expressway Saturday and died after stopping near a four-car crash, Illinois State Police say.
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Dec 03, 2022
Dunbar Vocational Career Academy Principal Gerald Morrow and another school administrator were removed Friday after misconduct allegations made against them.
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Dec 03, 2022
Four people fatally wounded in two separate overnight shootings on the West and South sides.
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Dec 03, 2022
Four victims were fatally wounded in two separate overnight shootings on the West and South sides, Chicago police said.
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Dec 03, 2022
The former defensive lineman "died peacefully in his sleep" on Tuesday, his agent, Sheree Cohen, said Friday. No cause of death was provided.
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Dec 03, 2022
National weather service officials issued a wind advisory Saturday morning cautioning of gusty winds capable of reaching up to 45 mph in portions of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.
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Dec 03, 2022
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has been hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia but his office says he is responding well. Holcomb's press secretary said Friday the 54-year-old governor was diagnosed with pneumonia after going to a doctor on Thursday believing he was ill with the flu.
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Dec 03, 2022
Tyrone Rogers, 19, and Kanye Larkin, 17, were killed in the crash that caused 10 other people to be transported to hospitals, the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
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Dec 02, 2022
Tyrone Rogers, 19, and Kanye Larkin, 17, were killed in the crash that caused 10 other people to be transported to hospitals, the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
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Dec 02, 2022
Tyrone Rogers, 19, and Kanye Larkin, 17, were killed in the crash that caused 10 other people to be transported to hospitals, the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
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Dec 02, 2022
The U.S. is among the top nations whose citizens go to Netherlands for work or study.
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Dec 02, 2022
The U.S. is among the top nations whose citizens go to Netherlands for work or study.
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Dec 02, 2022
Michigan is expected to be the Midwest representative among the first five states selecting the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.
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Dec 02, 2022
A 66-year-old woman who was stabbed in her home near Crete was released from the hospital Friday, but her husband and a man police say initiated the attack remain in critical condition with stab wounds, according to the Will County sheriff's office.
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Dec 02, 2022
Carmela Wallace, mother of the late Jarad Higgins, known as Juice Wrld, envisions her Homewood brewpub featuring art work and musical performances.
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Dec 02, 2022
A Lansing, Illinois, man is alive after being found clinging to a bridge support when his truck caught fire after careening over a toll-road bridge and landing in the Grand Calumet River.
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Dec 02, 2022
Betty Blum interviewed dozens of architects whose work had an impact on the Chicago area for an oral history project through the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Dec 02, 2022
A Chicago Transit Authority retirement specialist has been indicted on federal charges alleging she used phony beneficiary information for dozens of recently deceased retirees to steal more than $350,000.
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Dec 02, 2022
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 02, 2022
Chicago will likely be "a bigger and bigger part" of Uber's workforce, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said during an appearance in the city.
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Dec 02, 2022
Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek on Friday said an autopsy on a fifth person found dead in a Buffalo Grove home on this week showed their death was also a result of sharp-force injuries following a "domestic-related incident."
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Dec 02, 2022
As the legislation awaits a vote in the U.S. Senate, Schneider said additional laws are needed to reduce gun violence from mass shootings to suicides after five people were gunned down at a Colorado Springs nightclub and seven at a Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart in late November.
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Dec 02, 2022
Will County sheriff deputies responded at 6:41 p.m. Thursday to the 2600 block of Shady Grove Court in unincorporated Will County near Crete for a report of a shooting, but instead found three people apparently cut and stabbed with a knife.
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Dec 02, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 01, 2022
Democrats in the Illinois House filed a bill that would to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and eliminate the ability for most people under 21 to obtain a gun permit in the state.
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Dec 01, 2022
The Democratic-controlled Illinois legislature approved a series of changes to year-and-a-half-old criminal justice reform law just one month before some of its key provisions are slated to take effect.
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Dec 01, 2022
Lawmakers make changes to the criminal justice reform law known as the SAFE-T Act, just one month before some of its key provisions, including a controversial measure to eliminate cash bail, are slated to take effect.
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Dec 01, 2022
Chicago police still pressing to fill officer vacancies amid national shortage of recruits, though leaders see progress.
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Dec 01, 2022
Visitors crowded around the museum's front lawn Thursday to see the Dragon before it headed to the Henry Crown Space Center, where the permanent exhibit will open to the public in spring 2023.
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Dec 01, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposes a fine of more than $364,000 against a Matteson Dollar Tree store.
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Dec 01, 2022
Neighbors are stunned a day after five people were found dead in a "domestic-related incident" in the Chicago suburb.
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Dec 01, 2022
Neighbors remained stunned a day after five people were found dead in a "domestic-related incident" in the Chicago suburb.
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Dec 01, 2022
Vintage Chicago Tribune offers a look back at events, places and people involved in shaping Chicago's past, present and future, in ways both small and big.
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Dec 01, 2022
The report recommends barring gun permits — even with sponsorship — for minors, banning high-capacity magazines and strengthening the red flag law.
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Dec 01, 2022
The report recommends barring gun permits — even with sponsorship — for minors, banning high-capacity magazines and strengthening the red flag law.
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Dec 01, 2022
Brendon Brown, 27, of Matteson, is alleged to have used social media to "groom" two teen girls, one in the Chicago area and one in Texas, over a span of multiple years.
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Dec 01, 2022
The Museum of Science and Industry shows the arrival of a SpaceX Dragon 1 spacecraft.
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Dec 01, 2022
The former president will campaign with Warnock on the eve of the final day of early voting.
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Dec 01, 2022
Donald Trump's company "cultivated a culture of fraud and deception" by lavishing luxe perks on executives and falsifying records to hide the compensation, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday during closing arguments at the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial.
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Dec 01, 2022
HIs writing about the theater was a fixture of The Village Voice for decades.
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Dec 01, 2022
The Illinois Senate approved a series of changes to year-and-a-half-old criminal justice reform law just one month before some of its key provisions, are slated to take effect.
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Dec 01, 2022
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 01, 2022
Police tape surrounds a house in the 2800 block of Acacia Terrace in Buffalo Grove on Dec. 1, 2022, where five people were found dead.
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Dec 01, 2022
Here's a look at the 14th Ward alderman's career, indictment and upcoming trial.
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Dec 01, 2022
Officials are holding a news conference Thursday afternoon to provide an update on a "domestic-related incident" in Buffalo Grove where two children were among the five people found dead in a home.
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Dec 01, 2022
A Chicago man who earned the online moniker #Railmixer after being seen allegedly using a metal railing to ram the doors of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been charged.
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