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Sep 25, 2020
All fifth-grade students at Lake Bluff Elementary School will stay home next week after positive coronavirus tests.
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Sep 25, 2020
Illinois election authorities are asking voters who applied for a mail-in ballot but then decide to cast their vote in person to "allow sufficient time" until their ballot arrives before heading into an early voting location.
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Sep 25, 2020
The three employees "are not under investigation for their conduct but may have information or evidence that would be helpful to an investigation," CPS says.
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Sep 25, 2020
Speaker Madigan declined an invitation to testify before a special committee investigating his conduct in connection with ComEd's alleged "yearslong bribery scheme." Read the speaker's letter to the committee here.
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Sep 25, 2020
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has declined an invitation to testify before a special committee investigating his conduct in connection with Commonwealth Edison's alleged "yearslong bribery scheme" aimed at currying favor with the powerful Democrat.
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Sep 25, 2020
Youth hockey in Illinois has been frozen by COVID-19 restrictions. Some parents say it's time for a thaw.
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Sep 25, 2020
With more than a dozen French Bulldogs found abandoned in an O'Hare warehouse facing a Monday deportation, U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley is among those demanding that the CDC halt its planned deportation of the ailing dogs back to Jordan.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Trump is expected to announce Amy Coney Barrett as a U.S. Supreme Court nominee on Saturday.
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Sep 25, 2020
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's daily politics newsletter.
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Sep 25, 2020
Shooting at Riverside Mall
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Sep 25, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 25, 2020
A 45-year-old woman who was found with bubble-wrap and a seat belt wrapped around her head early Friday suffered multiple injuries in an assault, officials said.
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Sep 25, 2020
The latest in a series of occasional TrumPoems chronicling the presidency of Donald Trump.
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Sep 25, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration is using electronic billboards on city property to honor Breonna Taylor following protests in Chicago this week in response to her fatal shooting by police in Louisville, saying the campaign on signs alongside local expressways is not politically motivated despite some aldermanic criticism.
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Sep 25, 2020
The break allowed NIU to identify exposed students and immediately quarantine them, the NIU president said.
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Sep 25, 2020
A day after a top Democratic ally warned of an across-the-board income tax increase if voters reject a proposed tax amendment, Gov. J.B. Pritzker sought to blame Illinois Republicans should such a tax hike take place.
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Sep 25, 2020
A top legislative adviser to Mayor Lori Lightfoot is marrying first-term Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner, raising concerns from some of the mayor's staff about the ethical implications of the relationship, sources told the Tribune.
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Sep 25, 2020
As the country deals with the fallout from the Breonna Taylor case, distrust of police among Black Americans in Chicago is clear in a survey by the monitor overseeing police reform and in legal challenges over street stops.
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Sep 25, 2020
The Pritzker administration released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois. The data shows at least 189 long-term care facilities in 22 counties reporting at least one case. In all, at least 1,860 cases can be tied to these facilities, with 286 deaths as of April 19.
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Sep 25, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and labor leaders whose members could bear the brunt of layoffs or furloughs as the city tries to close a yawning 2021 budget deficit called on Illinois' congressional delegation this week to work toward passage of a federal aid package that could forestall the deepest cuts.
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Sep 25, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 25, 2020
As the country deals with the fallout from the Breonna Taylor case, distrust of police among Black Americans in Chicago is clear in a survey by the monitor overseeing police reform and in legal challenges over street stops.
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Sep 25, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse's attorneys said Friday morning that they plan to fight his return to Wisconsin to face charges.
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Sep 25, 2020
Search COVID-19 cases in Illinois by ZIP code
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Sep 25, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads, the Tribune is tracking Illinois cases here.
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Sep 25, 2020
A shipment of sick dogs was discovered in a warehouse, and a worker tipped off the Chicago Police Department.
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Sep 25, 2020
Chicago's City Council violated the state's open meetings law when it held a series of conference calls with Mayor Lori Lightfoot during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois attorney general's office ruled.
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Sep 25, 2020
The former police chief in west suburban McCook pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges alleging he conspired with then-Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski to shake down a businessman who needed approval to serve liquor at events held at his restaurant.
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Sep 25, 2020
Two in-person fall festivals are still on the schedule for you to celebrate autumn in the West Loop and Lincoln Square neighborhoods of Chicago.
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Sep 25, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse's attorneys said Friday morning that they plan to fight his return to Wisconsin to face charges.
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Sep 25, 2020
Census director in Chicago said agency was ‘pulling out all the stops' in final weeks of count. Then the number of field workers went down by 3,000.
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Sep 25, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 25, 2020
With winter approaching, "we have to convince people that restaurants are safe," said one Chicago restaurateur. Air quality upgrades could make a difference.
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Sep 25, 2020
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Sep 25, 2020
The recent deaths of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Lewis feels like the loss of both parents — elders who showed us the way. What now?
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Sep 25, 2020
This will be remembered as the week President Donald Trump formally announced his plans to stage a coup. Coups, as a general rule, don't receive much advance publicity. But Trump needs attention the way normal humans need oxygen, so he went ahead and let the American people know what's coming after the Nov. 3 election.
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Sep 25, 2020
Educator: 'I have been seeing this as an opportunity to change business as usual. I'm hoping that this is going to stick, that we are going to get kids outside more.'
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Sep 25, 2020
The race for the White House between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will be determined in 12 key battleground states and a pair of congressional districts. The winner will need 270 of 538 total Electoral College votes to secure victory.
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Sep 25, 2020
Workers from the Shedd Aquarium and Cook County Forest Preserves spent a few days this week searching Poplar Creek and tagging more than 100 freshwater mussels, a group researchers say is among the most endangered in the world.
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Sep 24, 2020
Painful search continues for missing mail carrier Kiera Coles as loved ones gather for her 28th birthday
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Sep 24, 2020
Bombshell revelations involving Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara spark possible flip in murder conviction of Daniel Rodriguez, who spent 13 years in prison.
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Sep 24, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 24, 2020
Fifteen sick dogs rescued from an O'Hare cargo warehouse last month may face a dire future, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demanded they be shipped back on a 13-hour flight to the Middle East after arriving in the U.S. without proper documentation.
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Sep 24, 2020
Adam Hollingsworth — so-called Dreadhead Cowboy — pleaded for help from the mayor's office and Chicago's pantheon of famous and socially conscious rappers to make the criminal case go away.
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Sep 24, 2020
Census director in Chicago said agency was ‘pulling out all the stops' in final weeks of count. Then the number of field workers went down by 3,000.
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Sep 24, 2020
After a nine-month lag in the Cook County ethics board's plan to revise the ethics ordinance — as well as three member exits — the Board of Commissioners on Thursday unveiled a bundle of proposed reforms that mostly nailed the approval of two previously ousted ethics board chairs.
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Sep 24, 2020
Here's a guide to everything you need to know about early voting in Illinois.
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Sep 24, 2020
Voters in some Illinois counties experienced hourslong wait times trying to cast their ballots to vote in the general election on the state's first day of early voting.
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Sep 24, 2020
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's daily politics newsletter.
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Sep 24, 2020
Commonwealth Edison has agreed testify before a special Illinois House committee investigating Speaker Michael Madigan in light of the utility's admission in federal court that it engaged in a "yearslong bribery scheme" aimed at winning the powerful Democrat's favor.
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Sep 24, 2020
Corrections and clarifications for Friday, Sept. 25
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Sep 24, 2020
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton warned Thursday that Illinoisans could face an across-the-board income tax hike of at least 20% if voters reject a proposed state constitutional amendment to shift the state from a mandated flat-rate tax to a graduated-rate tax based on income.
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Sep 24, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse is scheduled for a hearing Friday that will focus on whether he will be sent to Wisconsin to face charges alleging he fatally shot two people and wounded a third during protests in Kenosha last month.
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Sep 24, 2020
Flu shots are administered to drivers on Sept. 24, 2020, in the parking lot of a Jewel-Osco in Highland Park.
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Sep 24, 2020
The Shedd Aquarium and Forest Preserve are launching a mapping project of freshwater mussels, one of the most endangered groups of animals in North America. An Elgin creek is one of the few places in Illinois where one species of freshwater mussel still lives at all. Once a hot spot for mussel diversity, the population in the Midwest has dropped drastically because of development and invasive species. Freshwater mussels, vitally important to the health of their aquatic ecosystems, are the "livers" of rivers and lakes. Their method of filter feeding removes material from the water, including potentially harmful algae, bacteria and chemical compounds. Mussels also play a major role in shaping the physical features of streams and reducing the probability of severe erosion.
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Sep 24, 2020
Republican U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood introduced legislation on Thursday backed by the GOP-aligned Illinois Policy Institute that would create a loan program for state and local governments — but it would effectively prevent Illinois from receiving any loan forgiveness because of its massive public employee pension debt.
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Sep 24, 2020
Police said they think the brothers arrived at the house around 10 a.m. to confront someone. However, the occupants told police they did not know why the brothers would have come to the residence.
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Sep 24, 2020
Six months into the pandemic, the new virus has infected more than 28,000 Illinois long-term care residents and killed more than 4,000.
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Sep 24, 2020
A child welfare worker and McHenry County board member pleaded not guilty Thursday to child endangerment in the death of 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake.
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Sep 24, 2020
Without the aid of someone to share the emotional and logistical work, single parents are juggling more than just online schooling and work from home.
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Sep 24, 2020
Here's where Illinois' 11 regions stand on the key metrics that would prompt the state to restrict activities to contain an outbreak.
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Sep 24, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads, the Tribune is tracking Illinois cases here.
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Sep 24, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 24, 2020
In the final sprint ahead of the Nov. 3 election, both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have ramped up their campaign travel despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Starting in September, Biden abandoned his months-long virtual campaign from his basement in Delaware while Trump has accelerated his travel and is once again welcoming crowds at some events. Here's a look at the campaign trail stops made by Trump, Biden, their spouses and running mates since Sept. 1.
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Sep 24, 2020
The longtime Chicago bar adds a food retail license so it can reopen under the city's coronavirus rules.
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Sep 24, 2020
A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of two types of controlled substances following a protest in Chicago early Thursday. No one else was arrested and charged in the Chicago protests, police said.
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Sep 24, 2020
As COVID-19 took hold on so many facets of our lives, from health and work to schools and culture, here's what has changed in Chicago.
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Sep 24, 2020
Restaurants are making air quality upgrades and other safety changes even as business remains devastated by COVID-19. "We have to convince people that restaurants are safe," said one Chicago restaurateur.
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Sep 24, 2020
A Chicago church where thousands mourned Emmett Till in 1955 after the Black teenager was brutally murdered in Mississippi will be named Thursday to a list of the nation's 11 most endangered places.
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Sep 24, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 24, 2020
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Sep 24, 2020
Parent rallies across the suburbs are calling for kids to get back in the classroom and into athletics.
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Sep 24, 2020
Early voting starts Thursday as some polling places open and mail-in ballots are sent to some of the more than 1.7 million applicants in Illinois. Here's everything you need to know.
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Sep 23, 2020
People gathered throughout the city to protest after a Kentucky grand jury decided not to charge any Louisville police officers for their role in Breonna Taylor's killing.
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Sep 23, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has mobilized hundreds of city vehicles ahead of potential protests and civil unrest after a Kentucky grand jury did not charge any Louisville police officers for their role in Breonna Taylor's death.
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Sep 23, 2020
Nothing short of an indictment in Taylor's death could have convinced the masses that the process was fair, Dahleen Glanton writes.
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Sep 23, 2020
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
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Sep 23, 2020
A Naperville man accused of illegally selling guns, two of which were reportedly stolen, has been charged with gunrunning by the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office following an ATF investigation stemming from illegal gun sales in Aurora.
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Sep 23, 2020
A Chicago man known as the Dreadhead Cowboy has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after galloping down the Dan Ryan Expressway on Monday afternoon.
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Sep 23, 2020
Many parents praised their kids' teachers but said too much time is spent on tech support and redirecting kids to screens.
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Sep 23, 2020
Many parents praised their kids' teachers but said too much time is spent on tech support and redirecting kids to screens.
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Sep 23, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned Wednesday the region of northwest Illinois that includes Rockford and Northern Illinois University and borders Wisconsin and Iowa could soon see stricter rules aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.
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Sep 23, 2020
You're hosting an upcoming event. Should you ask guests to get a coronavirus test before coming over?
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Sep 23, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 23, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 23, 2020
A 22-year-old man was fatally wounded and at least four others were injured in shootings Wednesday in Chicago, police said.
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Sep 23, 2020
Small business owners in suburban Cook County who saw their revenue evaporate during the coronavirus pandemic could get up to $10,000 in grants by the end of the year, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Wednesday.
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Sep 23, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has mobilized hundreds of city vehicles ahead of potential protests and civil unrest after a Kentucky grand jury did not charge any Louisville police officers for their role in Breonna Taylor's death.
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Sep 23, 2020
"If school buildings are not safe" for students, "why are they safe for test taking?" one critic asked.
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Sep 23, 2020
Party City will open about 90% fewer Halloween pop-up stores than last year as the coronavirus pandemic makes many traditional Halloween celebrations scarier than usual.
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Sep 23, 2020
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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Sep 23, 2020
Chicago's roads and airports were among some of the busiest in the United States before COVID-19 entered our lexicon. Public transportation by bus and rail, too, carried thousands of people between the city and suburbs each weekday.
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Sep 23, 2020
The annual fall Chicago bridge lifts signal the end of summer.
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Sep 23, 2020
A Chicago man known as the Dreadhead Cowboy has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after galloping down the Dan Ryan Expressway on Monday afternoon.
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Sep 23, 2020
Pritzker, Lightfoot and Preckwinkle join community leaders to discuss the Breonna Taylor decision. Watch live here.
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Sep 23, 2020
Here is a running list of Chicago-area bars and restaurants that have closed for economic reasons due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sep 23, 2020
A man was fatally wounded and a 39-year-old woman was injured in a shooting in the Logan Square neighborhood, police said.
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Sep 23, 2020
Chicago's classic French cafe Kiki's Bistro announced it will close at the end of September.
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Sep 23, 2020
Anyone who can't follow social gathering rules is being asked to consider canceling their housing contract.
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Sep 23, 2020
The indictment alleges that on two occasions Fields completed a USPS Change of Address form to redirect the facility's mail to Fields' address in Gary, a release said.
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