Former Chicago Tribune advertising staffer dies at 90: ‘Always a joyous person’
Before retiring from the Tribune in 1991, Labuz spent long hours coordinating the newspaper’s sales and printing staff.
View ArticleSouth Side hospital failed to properly triage a pregnant woman who later...
Illinois health regulators are inspecting Roseland Hospital after the death of a pregnant woman to make sure it’s following a correction plan.
View ArticleBars and restaurants find themselves at coronavirus crossroads for July...
After neighborhoods like Wrigleyville saw a surge in unmasked patrons, Mayor Lori Lightfoot told bars and restaurants to expect fines up to $10,000 if they don't comply with COVID-19 restrictions.
View ArticleControversy over keeping police in Chicago schools rages on, moves to City...
The Board of Education narrowly voted to keep the police contract, but it still ends in August.
View ArticleNo apparent COVID-19 spread from George Floyd protests; Chicago and Cook...
Protests in Chicago and the suburbs over the Minnesota death of George Floyd as a police officer knelt on his neck so far have caused no identifiable uptick in COVID-19 cases, city and suburban Cook...
View ArticleDownstate judge voids Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus orders; state to appeal
A southern Illinois judge on Thursday declared void Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s orders aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus, saying state law doesn’t allow governors to extend disaster...
View ArticleJoliet police not at fault in death of man who passed away after arrest...
The Will County state’s attorney’s office Thursday said Joliet police were not at fault for the death in January of a man who was arrested during a drug investigation 11 hours before he passed away.
View ArticleBrothers who were in altercation with Joliet mayor won’t face charges,...
The Will County state’s attorney’s office on Thursday said it will not bring charges for now against two men involved in an altercation in May with Joliet’s mayor.
View ArticleColumn: ‘Boxes of hope': In Little Village, a food pantry turns the COVID-19...
Few places were harder hit than Little Village, sometimes known as the capital of the Mexican Midwest. Many people got sick. Some died. In the consequent economic crash, thousands were laid off.
View ArticleDaywatch: Lightfoot’s new travel rule, no apparent virus spread from protests...
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View ArticleNearly 60 Chicago street vendors get $500 relief check from grassroots...
Almost 60 Chicago street vendors have received COVID-19 relief aid thanks to an emergency fund created by a community group that has raised about $39,000 in donations.
View ArticleCaravans, peace grants and basketball. Finding ways around the pandemic to...
Many of Chicago’s summer programs to prevent violence have had to readjust because of the pandemic. But the need for activities has rarely been more critical in Chicago, with a troubling spike in the...
View ArticleSoldier from Calumet City kills himself as police try to arrest him in...
A suspect in the disappearance of a soldier at Fort Hood this past spring has been identified as a fellow soldier from Calumet City.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: A Fourth of July without firework shows,...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleChicago will rely largely on signs along highways and at airports as it...
Chicago health officials said Friday they have no plan for enforcing the city’s abrupt quarantine order for people arriving from states where coronavirus cases are surging, but will rely largely on...
View ArticleThe latest from editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis offers his take on current events.
View ArticleWheaton College fires chaplain for ‘inappropriate comments and actions of a...
Wheaton College announced Friday it has dismissed the school’s chaplain for “inappropriate comments and actions of a racial and sexual nature” toward staff members.
View ArticleDay after judge declares his executive orders void, Gov. J.B. Pritzker urges...
A day after a southern Illinois judge ruled that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive orders aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus are void, the Democratic governor and the state’s top health...
View ArticleParachutist spotted floating among high-rises near lakefront. ‘My immediate...
Michael McLean woke to fireworks outside his Lakeshore East apartment early Friday. Then he saw a parachute float past his window.
View ArticleBlack rookie Chicago cop says he’s leaving police union over criticism of...
Black rookie Chicago cop says he’s leaving union over criticism of kneeling officers.
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