JB Pritzker and wife gave big for DNC, which raised $97M in all
When Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker helped land the 2024 Democratic National Convention for Chicago, he vowed city and state taxpayers ...
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Chicago experts urge vaccination as COVID strain XEC spreads
A new COVID variant called XEC has been spreading around the globe as respiratory virus season begins — and many ...
String of Chicago workplace violence raises safety concerns
Authorities don’t know why Mehdi Medellel shot and killed two people in a JJ Fish & Chicken on Monday night. ...
Preckwinkle unveils $9.89 billion budget
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveiled her $9.89 billion 2025 budget proposal Wednesday, closing a $218 million projected budget ...
Best children’s hospitals in Illinois named by U.S. News
Lurie Children’s Hospital is the No. 1 children’s hospital in Illinois and tied for third best in the Midwest this ...
Cosmetologists learn to respond to domestic abuse at work
Charlene Stepney still thinks about a French-speaking woman who came into her salon years ago, brought by a man who ...
Chicago students push back against restrictive protest guidelines
When Chicago-area college students returned to campus this fall, they were greeted with more than just new lectures, readings and ...
The story how these teens became published authors
Five long months into the pandemic, Aiden Branss found himself wide awake in the middle of the night, meditating on the ...
Council, community divided on future of Pilsen taxing district
Signs of local pushback against the property tax zone expansion progressive Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez favors are readily apparent in Pilsen ...
West Side victims of July 2023 flooding still dealing with damage
Shirley Howard sighed as the rain pounded down in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Water seeped into her basement again, ...
You don’t have to be a billionaire to vacation on a yacht
When I told friends I was going to sail on a Dream Yacht Charter around St. Martin and St. Bart’s ...
Former detainees allege sex abuse in Illinois youth detention centers
Hundreds of former residents of juvenile detention centers are accusing the state and Cook County of failing to protect them ...
Former Outcome CEO will remain out of prison pending appeal
The former leader of Outcome Health – who was recently sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for his role ...
Ex-US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pushing for presidential pardon
Convicted former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is ramping up an effort to get politicians to encourage President Joe ...
In 1924, U.S. aviators won a round-the-world competition
A century ago next Sunday, Chicagoans’ necks craned skyward looking for a single-engine Douglas World Cruiser bearing their city’s name. ...
Man arrested amid allegations he used Facebook to stalk his ex
A former Chicago resident who publicly boasted about paying social media followers to take pictures of his children and ex-partner ...
CTA is testing a new gun detection system powered by AI
The CTA has begun testing technology that uses artificial intelligence to identify guns in its “L” stations. The technology, from ...
Dave Matthews Band bus incident, 20 years later
The first time the Dave Matthews Band swung through the Chicago area during the summer of 2004, the group played ...
Chicago business owners unsure if they’ll see DNC business boost
At the Chicago Oyster House near McCormick Place, reservations for the week of Aug. 19 are light compared with a ...
Migrant day laborers sue Home Depot, CPD and city of Chicago
A group of migrant day laborers have sued Home Depot, the Chicago Police Department, and the city of Chicago in ...
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