New Lenox teen airlifted to Loyola after crash on Laraway Road
The teenager, who is a New Lenox resident, was heading to a sports practice at his school, New Lenox police Chief Louis Alessandrini said.
View ArticleIndiana daily COVID-19 cases spike back to January levels
The state Health Department’s latest report also showed that hospitals around the state were treating 2,048 patients for COVID-19 as of Tuesday — a nearly 30% jump in one week and up more than five...
View ArticleNorthwestern Medicine will require workers to get COVID-19 vaccines
Northwestern Medicine will require its physicians and staff to get COVID-19 vaccines or undergo weekly testing
View ArticleFormer Mother McAuley water polo player alleges in lawsuit she was sexually...
A former water polo player at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court Monday against the school and a former coach, alleging the coach groomed and sexually...
View ArticleRefugee children speak multiple languages, but struggle in school. Chicago...
Refugee kids arrive in Chicago speaking multiple languages, but struggling in school. Volunteers help tutor. ‘They need someone to remind them, you can do this.’
View ArticleTemperatures have been above normal for late August and we could stay in 90s...
“Dangerously hot temperatures” and periodic storms should persist in Chicago throughout the week, with cooler temperatures at night and during the weekend, forecasters said.
View Article‘It’s a new frontier’: Lake County treasurer among the first Illinois...
Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim, a Democrat who is running for reelection next year, became one of the first Illinois political candidate to accept digital currency when a supporter gave her a $3...
View ArticleLawsuit alleges former Plainfield Central High School football players were...
The parents of two former members of the Plainfield Central High School freshman football team have filed a lawsuit alleging their teens were sexually assaulted in the locker room during a so-called...
View ArticleMore secretary of state facilities will soon require appointments for...
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office will soon require appointments at more locations for driver’s license services and will also expand remote driver’s license and ID card renewal,
View ArticleWith start of school days away, CPS parents seek more COVID safety measures...
“This is not about CTU grandstanding," the teachers union president said of the push for safer schools.
View ArticleHeat wave: How you can help yourself and the people around you when it’s hot...
Chicago is seeing hot and humid weather that could be dangerous for its residents, particularly those who are elderly and live alone, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleCook County Commissioner Sean Morrison has COVID-19 breakthrough case
Morrison said he was vaccinated but tested positive.
View ArticleCity set to partner mental health clinicians and police responding to calls...
Mental health clinicians will be partnered with Chicago police officers to answer calls for service in two neighborhoods starting Monday as part of a new mental health response in the city, officials...
View ArticleIllinois governor to order statewide mask mandate and require vaccines for...
Everyone over 2 will have to wear a mask in indoor public settings.
View ArticleCPS students return to school Monday. We have answers to your questions about...
CPS students return Monday. Answers to your questions about fall in-person learning.
View ArticleColumn: COVID-19 vaccine mandates are coming. The willfully unvaccinated are...
COVID-19 vaccine mandates are coming. The willfully unvaccinated are about to see their world shrink.
View ArticleDaywatch: Pritzker to require vaccines for educators | Lightfoot mandates...
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View Article3 people shot, 1 fatally, in unrelated Chicago attacks, police say
Three teenagers were shot, one of them fatally, in unrelated attacks over a roughly 13-hour period beginning Wednesday afternoon, Chicago police said.
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to announce a statewide vaccine...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to announce a new statewide vaccine mandate for educators. Watch live here.
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