Order follows state Attorney General filing against fake papers posted Illinois voters' birthdays and addresses.
Shouting could be heard from beyond the walls of Calumet City’s closed-door session Thursday as Mayor Thaddeus Jones sparred with an alderman over management of the City Council agenda.
A 23-year-old Springfield resident was arrested and charged with making a false bomb threat that targeted two Illinois state buildings last month.
Christopher Crane, the CEO and president of Commonwealth Edison parent company Exelon from 2012 until 2022, has died.
Israel’s use of U.S-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law, the Biden administration found in a new report.
A 1930 steam engine called The Empress pulled into downtown Franklin Park Wednesday – taking a break from its trek along the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad line on its trip from Calgary, Canada to Mexico City, Mexico – and hundreds turned out to witness the historic visit. The locomotive’s stop was part of the one-year anniversary of the Canadian Pacific’s purchase of the Kansas City Southern line. The buy created the only single-line railway connecting the three North American countries, and hauls freight. Читать дальше...
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The storm could produce northern lights as far south in the U.S. as Alabama and Northern California, according to NOAA.
A 24-year-old man was pronounced dead after being wounded Friday morning in a shooting in the Portage Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. The victim was wounded about 7 a.m. in the 3900 block of north Pittsburg Avenue. He was walking when someone opened fire in his direction striking him to the chest, police said. He was taken in critical condition to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood where he was later pronounced dead. No one was in custody for the fatal attack, and detectives were investigating.
A Cook County judge on Friday ordered factual documents sealed in the highly-scrutinized case of a man accused of killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and injuring his pregnant mother.
Maya Hightower, a Crete-Monee High School graduate, presented 21 scholarships from Witherite Law Group to seniors heading to college this fall, calling them the brightest of their graduating class.
Armed robbers hit at least six businesses overnight on the North Side stealing cash from registers and in some robberies forced customers hand over their wallets, Chicago police said. The latest robbery happened shortly before midnight Friday at a restaurant in the 5200 block of North Nagle Avenue in the Jefferson Park neighborhood, police said. Two […]
A 27-year-old woman was discovered in a kitchen with fatal gunshot wounds to the body Thursday afternoon, in the North Lawndale neighborhood, Chicago police said. Police reported Thursday night the woman was discovered in the afternoon during a wellbeing check in the 1400 block of South St. Louis Avenue. Police discovered the woman in a […]
Sending my first-born child to college has me feeling contemplative and raw and, above all else, grateful beyond belief for our village.
A 27-year-old woman was in serious condition after she was shot while sitting in a third floor apartment Thursday night in the West Woodlawn neighborhood.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived in Nigeria on Friday to champion mental health for young people affected by conflicts and to promote the Invictus Games, which the prince founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and veterans.
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The third week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial draws to a close Friday after jurors heard the dramatic account of porn actor Stormy Daniels, while prosecutors gear up for their most crucial witness: Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney.
Several companies are now offering blood tests to help detect various types of cancer.
Karis Calderon, 25, walked across seven countries to make it to Chicago for a stable job. Four weeks later, she couldn’t even afford to pay for the funeral services of her youngest child. The Venezuelan mother lost her 3-year-old — Luciana Valentina Suarez Calderon — at the end of April to a bacterial infection in Chicago. But without the $2,750 needed for a funeral, Calderon had to wait in mourning while her daughter’s body sat at the morgue for days. “I wanted people to be able to visit her body to say goodbye. Читать дальше...
In 2023, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District collected 675 tons of debris from the river using skimmer boats. Between 75% and 95% of debris collected is plastic.
Diamond Gibbs rose through the ranks to become captain. Now she's helping bring more women and people of color into the world of boating.
See how your hospital fared in rankings by three prominent organizations.
The Senate has passed a $105 billion bill designed to improve air safety and customer service for air travelers.
The Illinois House passed a measure to consolidate early childhood services under a single agency, paving the way for the creation of a new state Department of Early Childhood.
