Chicago
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Chicago scrap shredder agrees to $18,000 fine, improvements
Nov 03, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A scrap shredder with a history of pollution problems has agreed to pay an $18,000 fine and make improvements intended to prevent explosions and stop meta...
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Reward up to $20,000 in death of East Chicago 8-year-old
Nov 03, 2020 6:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - The reward for information leading to an arrest in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old Indiana girl has climbed to $20,000, police announced Tu...
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Fire in Chicago suburb kills woman, sends residents leaping
Nov 02, 2020 6:00 am - LANSING, Ill. (AP) - An apartment fire in a south Chicago suburb killed a 49-year-old woman and sent residents leaping from windows early Monday as flames engulfed the t...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ted Nugent, Ray Kroc, Walter Payton and moreNov 02, 2020 4:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ted Nugent, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, Pee Wee football and more in our latest "Through the Film Magnifier" g...
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Chicago details safety plan for potential election unrest
Oct 31, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police are prepared for any civil unrest surrounding Halloween weekend or Tuesday's election, city officials said Friday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot sa...
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Families of police shooting victims rally voters in Chicago
Oct 29, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Family members of three people who were victims of police actions gathered Thursday in a Chicago park for a get out the vote rally. The relatives of Geor...
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Woman shot by suburban Chicago police sues officers, city
Oct 29, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Black woman who was seriously injured when a suburban Chicago police officer shot her and killed her boyfriend is suing the officer who opened fire and ...
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Chicago Symphony clarinetist John Bruce Yeh finding success with intimate, virtual CSO Sessions concertsOct 29, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra recently canceled more of its regular 2020-21 season through March 30 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet clarinetist and former Glenview...
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Families of Floyd, Taylor, Blake rally in Grant Park to encourage voting
Oct 29, 2020 1:00 am - With their relatives' names now etched in the collective consciousness, the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake and others killed or wounded by police ...
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Lawyers: Video shows bullet-riddled car but not fatal shooting of Black man by suburban Chicago police
Oct 28, 2020 7:00 am - DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers: Video shows bullet-riddled car but not fatal shooting of Black man by suburban Chicago police. ...