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Jan 23, 2022
Lightfoot says she's got "national reach" and is not worried about having enough funds for her reelection bid.
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Jan 22, 2022
As Chicago makes its climate change action plan, it looks to work equitably to help low-income and Black and brown communities with the disparate burden.
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Jan 22, 2022
The girl and an adult caring for her were walking on South Pulaski Road when they heard gunshots and ran into a bank, Tannehill said. They then noticed the girl had been struck in the head, she said.
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Jan 22, 2022
Flags at Illinois state office buildings were lowered for three days to honor a child welfare worker who was stabbed to death this month.
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Jan 22, 2022
The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the state's so-called "revenge porn" law that makes it a criminal act to distribute intimate images without consent.
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Jan 22, 2022
As the pandemic continues, the Tribune is tracking Illinois deaths, cases, test results and more here.
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Jan 22, 2022
As the now common practice of paying college athletes continues to spread, a group of University of Illinois boosters aims to give the money chase a do-gooder twist.
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Jan 22, 2022
Two men were fatally wounded Friday night and early Saturday morning in the Brighton Park and Gresham neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Jan 22, 2022
This is bald eagle viewing season in Illinois, with the birds congregating on unfrozen stretches of local waterways. The best places to see them include Starved Rock State Park and the Mississippi River.
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Jan 22, 2022
"No matter where you're going to go right now in health care, you're probably going to experience a delay"
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Jan 21, 2022
Fresh off a round of school closures driven by the omicron variant, Illinois school districts could soon be facing more upheaval as litigation challenging Gov. J.B. Pritkzer's mask mandate and other COVID-19 protocol lands before a downstate judge.
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Jan 21, 2022
French was killed in the line of duty months before the report was made public.
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Jan 21, 2022
Nikole Hannah-Jones' speech came at a time when there is a renewed spotlight on racial issues and grievances across the country.
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Jan 21, 2022
A Cook County judge on Friday again shot down a a lawsuit that argues consumers should be able to recover costs associated with the ComEd bribery scandal that implicated former House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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Jan 21, 2022
Adam Hollingsworth, widely known as Chicago's "Dreadhead Cowboy," pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty Friday, records show.
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Jan 21, 2022
A chemical explosion at W.R. Meadows Inc. in Hampshire Friday morning left one person dead and another critically injured, an official said.
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Jan 21, 2022
A news conference is expected to be held in the next hour on an incident at W.R. Meadows Inc. in Hampshire Friday morning in which it is believed one or more people may have been injured.
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Jan 21, 2022
Many aldermen are trying to avoid a referendum on the remap.
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Jan 21, 2022
A former general in Chicago's El Rukn street gang who was at the center of a stunning plot with Libya to commit terrorist acts in exchange for cash has been ordered released from federal prison due to a terminal illness.
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Jan 21, 2022
FaceBit, as it is called, also measures heart rate and respiration, similar to Fitbit, but with special attention to the mask fit. It may come in handy for workers who need to know their masks are working, Northwestern University researchers say.
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Jan 21, 2022
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan to fine and seize property from gang members is great if you like extremely terrible very bad ideas.
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Jan 21, 2022
I'm noticing more and more that kids and their parents are setting large parts of their lives to the same soundtrack.
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Jan 21, 2022
The city has paid more than $115 million to settle cases tied to the disgraced late police commander
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Jan 21, 2022
The Regional Logistics Center is operated jointly by Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Hope Clinic for Women, an abortion clinic just over the Missouri border in Granite City.
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Jan 21, 2022
Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series "Baskets," died Friday.
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Jan 21, 2022
An Illinois-based COVID testing chain has suspended operations statewide "for the foreseeable future" amid an investigation from state authorities, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a statement late Thursday.
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Jan 21, 2022
An Illinois-based COVID testing chain has suspended operations statewide "for the foreseeable future" amid an investigation from state authorities, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a statement late Thursday.
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Jan 21, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 21, 2022
Many aldermen are trying to avoid a referendum on the remap.
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Jan 21, 2022
Many aldermen are trying to avoid a referendum on the remap.
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Jan 21, 2022
With no vaccine for children under 5 and a lack of clear guidance from health agencies, many feel left out of the larger conversation around COVID-19.
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Jan 20, 2022
Those who loved Caleb Westbrook were still coming to grips with the teen's death this week.
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Jan 20, 2022
Law enforcement has had the gun since the day after Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men, two of them fatally, on Aug. 25, 2020, during a night of protests and unrest in Kenosha over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer.
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Jan 20, 2022
Dentists are seeing more issues amid the pandemic. "With increased stressors, we tend to take them out on our teeth," says one expert.
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Jan 20, 2022
The officer involved in the two shootings was identified as Nicolas Twardak in a statement from the university Thursday morning. Twardak has been with U Chicago police since 2016.
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Jan 20, 2022
Chicago's indoor vaccination requirement will be lifted once the COVID-19 spread declines substantially, the city's top health official said.
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Jan 20, 2022
Environmental justice activists expressed disappointment Thursday in the city's response to a watchdog's recommendations on the Hilco smokestack demolition.
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Jan 20, 2022
Gabriela Martinez, 25, remained jailed Thursday in lieu of $200,000 bail. She is charged with reckless homicide and concealment of a homicide in connection with the death of Alyssa Charles, 24, also of Waukegan.
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Jan 20, 2022
Those who loved Caleb Westbrook were still coming to grips with the teen's death this week.
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Jan 20, 2022
Doomsday Clock's hands stay at 100 seconds to midnight.
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Jan 20, 2022
As of this week, about 15% of Great Lakes surface is covered with ice. Lake Michigan's coverage — over 16% — is just below average for this time of year.
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Jan 20, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 20, 2022
"Belief" and "trust" are two words that resonate for Loyola and its first-year coach, Drew Valentine. The Ramblers have won 10 straight and, at 14-2, are off to their best 16-game start since the 1965-66 season.
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Jan 20, 2022
A new analysis suggests a key reason why dirty air problems continued here while other cities saw clear skies for the first time in years: Pollution from diesel trucks and locomotives barely changed in the Chicago area, one of the nation's major freight hubs.
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Jan 20, 2022
Billionaires J.B. Pritzker and Ken Griffin plan to spend millions on the Illinois governor's race. Why can't they just do something normal, like build a rocket into space?
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Jan 20, 2022
Marijuana edibles are becoming increasingly popular, but doctors warn the substances are prone to accidental consumption or may pack too much of a wallop for new users.
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Jan 20, 2022
With COVID-19 testing in high demand in the Chicago area, medical experts and government officials are warning consumers to be extremely wary of substandard or fraudulent "pop-up" testing centers.
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Jan 19, 2022
A record 15,400 students were in quarantine Wednesday, CPS reported.
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Jan 19, 2022
Fundraising by Republican contenders for governor in Illinois is dwarfed by the campaign account of billionaire Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the latest campaign records show. That could change if the state's richest man, Ken Griffin, follows through on his vow to defeat Pritzker.
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Jan 19, 2022
U. of I.'s Shield Illinois now has 24 testing sites statewide. DePaul's Loop campus partnership marks the nonprofit's third testing site in Chicago.
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Jan 19, 2022
Illinois appears to have passed the peak of the latest COVID-19 surge, with cases and hospitalizations starting to decline.
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Jan 19, 2022
Plans for the $858 million project include a technology gauntlet — an electric barrier, underwater sound, an air bubble curtain and flushing lock — to stop carp from swimming to Lake Michigan.
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Jan 19, 2022
A 22-year-old Alsip man died of a gunshot wound Tuesday following an argument in a Blue Island apartment, according to police
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Jan 19, 2022
The witness, Yang attorney Jed Stone said in court filings, would testify that former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle made incriminating statements about the death of his girlfriend, Rhoni Reuter, several hours after Reuter was fatally shot in her Deerfield condo in 2007.
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Jan 19, 2022
Corrections and clarifications for Thursday, Jan. 20
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Jan 19, 2022
Loved ones of Tamiko Talbert-Fleming gathered with city and county officials at West 71st Street and South Artesian Avenue to demand justice for the 49-year-old hairstylist, who was fatally shot last Friday as she drove through that intersection on her way to work.
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Jan 19, 2022
Three Illinois men were arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging they illegally entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
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Jan 19, 2022
Cook County Judge William Raines has been taken off the bench of his felony courtroom after he was caught on a YouTube livestream last week mocking an attorney who had argued before him.
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Jan 19, 2022
Three Illinois men were arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging they illegally entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
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Jan 19, 2022
A group of attorneys with the Civil Rights Bar signed a letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot Wednesday asking her to withdraw an ordinance introduced in September which aims to allow the fining of gang members.
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Jan 19, 2022
The workers arrived at the hospital Monday
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Jan 19, 2022
Yvette Mimieux, who found stardom in the early 1960s portraying delicate, fragile women in "The Time Machine," "Where the Boys Are" and other films, has died.
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Jan 19, 2022
French actor Gaspard Ulliel, known for appearing in Chanel perfume ads as well as film and television roles, died Wednesday after a skiing accident in the Alps.
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Jan 19, 2022
The new area code, 464, will soon be assigned to people living in the area covered by the 708 area code. Current users of the 708 area code can keep their number, as the change only affects new numbers and lines.
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Jan 19, 2022
The new area code, 464, will soon be assigned to people living in the area covered by the 708 area code. Current users of the 708 area code can keep their number, as the change only affects new numbers and lines.
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Jan 19, 2022
Opponent Fritz Kaegi's camp called it "troubling" that Steele's publicized Gardiner's backing.
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Jan 19, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 18, 2022
Nearly 90% of Illinois school districts statewide are struggling with an alarming teacher shortage that has reached a crisis level during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with an organization of regional superintendents said Tuesday.
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Jan 18, 2022
A man was injured Tuesday after an on-duty University of Chicago police officer shot him in the Hyde Park neighborhood, school officials said.
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Jan 18, 2022
A man was injured Tuesday after an on-duty University of Chicago police officer shot him in the Hyde Park neighborhood, school officials said.
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Jan 18, 2022
Keith Taylor, a prolific political cartoonist, dies at 72
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Jan 18, 2022
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin touts key endorsements from Republicans a day after announcing he's bid for the party's nomination for governor.
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Jan 18, 2022
Dan Hampton, three miles from his Winfield home, claimed he had five beers at a friend's house in Lowell, documents said. Later at the hospital, he learned his blood alcohol level was .189. The legal limit in Indiana is .08.
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Jan 18, 2022
Two people died in the fire and five others were hospitalized -- two of them with injuries considered life-threatening, according to fire officials.
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Jan 18, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 17, 2022
Mensa, who grew up in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood, was a member of the band, Kids These Days and released the solo album, "The Autobiography" in 2017.
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Jan 17, 2022
Independent contractor Austin McEwen, 26, and others were required to work in conditions that management knew were unsafe, law firm alleges.
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Jan 17, 2022
In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the goal was to leave the school a better place than when they found it, said City Year Chicago's chief.
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Jan 17, 2022
Attorney says helping to write the legislation in Ali's honor reminded her of the power of individuals, when speaking the truth isn't always popular.
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Jan 17, 2022
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin announces bid for Republican nomination for governor, joining a slate that backers hope will win support from Ken Griffin.
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Jan 17, 2022
The spikes in pressure were initially discovered by a NWS employee who "put two and two together" after the volcano erupted, Brian Leatherwood, a meteorologist at the NWS, said.
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Jan 17, 2022
The spikes in pressure were initially discovered by a NWS employee who "put two and two together" after the volcano erupted, Brian Leatherwood, a meteorologist at the NWS, said.
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Jan 17, 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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Jan 17, 2022
Whether it was volunteering to help clean and paint a neighborhood school or a rally to support voting rights, Chicagoans participated in Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali Day in Chicago, Jan. 17, 2021.
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Jan 17, 2022
Independent contractor Austin McEwen, 26, and other workers were required to work in conditions that management knew were unsafe, the release alleges.
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Jan 17, 2022
Les Grobstein spent over 50 years reporting and commenting on the Chicago sports scene.
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Jan 17, 2022
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 17, 2022
In 2021, state inspectors found about 64% — nearly 2 out of 3 — of overall complaints and abuse or neglect complaints at nursing homes unsubstantiated.
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Jan 17, 2022
In 2021, state inspectors found about 64% — nearly 2 out of 3 — of overall complaints and abuse or neglect complaints at nursing homes unsubstantiated.
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Jan 17, 2022
The 48-year-old designer, author and co-chair of a campaign for the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, is the fifth of Muhammad Ali's nine children.
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Jan 16, 2022
CPS says the family didn't establish Chicago residency, which the family denies.
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Jan 16, 2022
The fire caused extensive damage to the building, but a preliminary cause hadn't been determined.
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Jan 16, 2022
Illinois' Safe Haven Law offers new parents the option to safely and legally give up their child.
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Jan 16, 2022
Norman Bailey, 60, who was serving his second term on the school board, was praised by board president Robert Buggs. "I call him ‘Norman the quiet storm,' because he was nice and easy going, but don't get him riled," said Buggs.
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Jan 16, 2022
Sports economists say a bad season on the field for NFL teams is usually belied by a good one at the bank. No matter how poorly they play, teams get a share of the ocean of revenue generated by TV deals and national sponsorships.
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Jan 16, 2022
Sports economists say a bad season on the field for NFL teams is usually belied by a good one at the bank. No matter how poorly they play, teams get a share of the ocean of revenue generated by TV deals and national sponsorships.
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Jan 16, 2022
Here are some of the celebrities and newsmakers who died in 2022.
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Jan 15, 2022
A 30-year-old woman was charged with first-degree murder after being identified as the person who fatally stabbed an 82-year-old woman, stabbed 60-year-old woman multiple times and stabbed a dog to death, Chicago police said.
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Jan 15, 2022
Two men were shot dead, and three more men were seriously wounded in separate shootings Saturday on the West and South sides, Chicago police said.
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