Illinois appeals courts see ‘dramatic increase’ in cases following...
From Sept. 18 through the end of the year, more than 1,300 pretrial appeals of detention decisions were filed in the state’s five appellate districts, an increase that comes on top of the normal caseload.
View ArticleAdvocates champion job permits for immigrant workers who report labor abuse...
A federal program grants two-year work permits and protection from deportation to workers who are witnesses in labor investigations.
View ArticleAfter carjacking, South Side youth baseball coach Ernest Radcliffe receives...
Longtime youth sports coach Ernest Radcliffe was carjacked in Woodlawn on Jan. 13. A surprise donation helped to replenish his travel baseball club's equipment.
View ArticleDaywatch: Appeals skyrocket as courts grapple with bond reform
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleThree-alarm fire tears through commercial building in Evanston
At around 8:30 p.m., firefighters responded to reports of the blaze at 1402 Greenleaf St.
View ArticleChicago homicides in 2024: 23 people slain. Here’s how that compares with...
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Jan. 2, 2024.
View ArticleChicago weather: How our 2023-24 seasonal snowfall compares with previous years
Snow seasons in Chicago are tracked from July through the following June. The area normally can expect 38.4 inches.
View ArticleAl Borcover, former Tribune travel editor who made stops in 60 countries,...
Alfred Borcover, the Tribune’s travel editor in the 1980s and ‘90s, has died at age 92.
View ArticleAfternoon Briefing: State officials to weigh removing Trump from March ballot
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
View ArticleMigrant girl, 16, reported missing: CPD
Chiquinquira Iwa-Ruiz was reported missing after last seen Sunday on a CTA bus on Ashland Avenue near Lake Street
View ArticleNorthwestern Medicine residents form union with 84% of voters in favor
After an 84% majority vote, residents, chief residents, fellows and interns at McGaw Medical Center will be represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents, which represents more than 30,000...
View ArticleHearing officer agrees Trump engaged in insurrection, but tells state...
The Illinois State Board of Elections is set to decide on whether Donald Trump should appear on the March primary ballot after a hearing officer recommended that the matter be left to the courts -- but...
View ArticleJohnson postpones shelter eviction dates until March
On the eve of a City Council hearing to probe conditions at a migrant landing zone and shelters and days before thousands were scheduled to be evicted from the shelters, Johnson said that move would be...
View ArticleDNC host committee seeks representatives from Chicago’s 77 community areas
The neighborhood ambassadors will each be responsible for recruiting at least 50 volunteers from their neighborhoods to help with the convention.
View ArticleChicago man first charged in high-profile Munster home invasion: records
A Chicago man was the first charged Friday in connection with a high-profile Munster home invasion.
View ArticleMuslim student in hijab attacked at Glendale Heights middle school, cellphone...
Police and the school district are investigating the attack at Glenside Middle School, where students filmed the abuse but did not intervene.
View ArticleChicago man arrested in massive $400 million ‘SIM swap’ scheme allegedly...
A Chicago man has been arrested in a sophisticated $400 million ‘SIM swap’ scheme that allegedly siphoned cryptocurrency
View ArticleSupport staff at Crystal Lake D47 file unfair labor practice charge after...
Contract workers from a staffing firm make more than four times what some permanent paraprofessionals make, the union representing paraprofessionals across 12 schools argues.
View ArticleProsecutors want up to 5 years in prison for former Madigan aide Tim Mapes,...
Prosecutors argued in a court filing that Tim Mapes lied to a federal grand jury in a cynical attempt to protect House Speaker Michael Madigan.
View ArticleDaywatch: Donald Trump and the Illinois ballot
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleMan charged with attempt murder in Saturday shooting in Woodlawn...
Michael Ross of the 6400 block of West Lavergne Avenue was arrested Saturday night in the 6600 block of South Drexel Avenue after being identified as the gunman who shot a woman minutes earlier in the...
View Article3 injured in overnight fire in Old Town neighborhood, officials said
An extra-alarm fire broke out about 1 a.m. at a 4-story building at 1446 N. Wells Street. A 2-11 alarm was called at the scene, Chicago Fire Department officials said.
View ArticleValentine’s Day in Chicago: The warmest, coldest, snowiest and wettest...
A look back at the warmest, coldest, wettest and snowiest weather for Feb. 14 in Chicago since 1871.
View ArticleNiles, Lincolnwood, Norridge pass ordinances to curb unscheduled bus...
The Village Boards of Niles, Lincolnwood and Norridge passed ordinances meant to curb unscheduled bus stops, like other suburbs who made bussing ordinances to prevent migrants from being dropped off.
View ArticleFormer NBA star Rajon Rondo, who played for the Chicago Bulls, is arrested on...
Two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo was arrested in Indiana over the weekend on charges related to firearm and drug possession.
View ArticleAfternoon Briefing: CPS students walk out across the city
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View ArticleStudents walk out at several CPS schools to demand City Council support...
At about a dozen high schools across Chicago Tuesday, students are holding walkouts to demand aldermen vote in favor of a cease-fire resolution.
View Article3 dead in single-vehicle crash near Palos Heights, 4th person hurt
A pickup truck crashed late Monday night into a ravine off Harlem Avenue near Palos Heights, leaving three men dead and a fourth injured, according to Cook County sheriff's police.
View ArticleChicago aldermen focus on migrant work authorizations rather than shelter...
The bureaucratic focus of aldermen’s testimony belied the heated rhetoric and protests that have characterized discussions of the migrant crisis for months across Chicago
View ArticleJudge orders Wisconsin elections officials to move quickly on changing...
A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday ordered the state elections commission to implement his ruling allowing election clerks to accept absentee ballots that have partial witness addresses, a decision that is...
View ArticleCould Ohio be the next state to use nitrogen gas in executions? A new method...
Attorney General Dave Yost said adding nitrogen gas as an execution alternative in Ohio could end an unofficial death penalty moratorium that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine declared in 2020.
View ArticleCity Council to vote on police arbitration again after committee opposes...
The committee’s vote tees up another chapter in the back and forth between City Hall and the Fraternal Order of Police over the contract provision.
View ArticleChita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91
Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car...
View ArticleNotable celebrity and newsmaker deaths of 2024
A look at the notable celebrities and newsmakers who died in 2024.
View ArticleIllinois elections board keeps Donald Trump on primary ballot. ‘I love...
Over objections based on the 14th Amendment, Illinois State Board of Elections unanimously votes to put Donald Trump on the state's March 19 primary ballot.
View ArticleActivists call on Chicago to reverse permit denial for march before...
A group of abortion and LGBTQ+ activists appealed the city’s decision to reject their permit application for a march just before the Democratic National Convention.
View ArticleChicago Bears, schools are $100M apart on tax value of former Arlington Park,...
The huge gap means that the two sides are likely to have difficulty reaching a compromise and further complicates the team’s plan to move to Arlington Heights.
View ArticleElon Musk cannot keep Tesla compensation package worth more than $55 billion,...
Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.
View ArticleWhat to know about the Chicago Bears’ possible move from Soldier Field — and...
Here’s what to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field.
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