Articles filed under Chicago
-
Murals celebrating LGBTQ life to be installed in ChicagoJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Murals celebrating LGBTQ life will be coming to Chicago in the coming days, including to the Magnificent Mile. The work by Chicago artist Sam Kirk was pr...
-
Chicago police say boy, 3, fatally shot in car, dad injuredJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - A 3-year-old boy has died after a shooting on Chicago's West Side that also left the boy's father injured, police said. Authorities said it appears the father appeared ...
-
COVID-19 closes suburban Chicago Drivers Services officeJun 19, 2020 7:00 am - SCHAUMBERG, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Secretary of State's office has closed a Drivers Services Facility in suburban Chicago for two weeks, and staff is being quarantined...
-
Festive marches, community events mark Juneteenth in ChicagoJun 19, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of people participated in upbeat and celebratory marches through downtown Chicago on Friday, part of events citywide to mark Juneteenth, which co...
-
Chicago restaurants given OK for limited June 26 reopeningJun 19, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's restaurants will be allowed to serve limited numbers of diners indoors beginning next week, which is earlier than expected, Mayor Lori Lightfoot...
-
Court: Chicago can preserve old records of police complaintsJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Chicago can keep all records of complaints against police officers that are more than five years ...
-
Charges dropped against man accused in Chicago slaying of 4Jun 18, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Murder charges have been dropped against a man who was accused of fatally shooting four people at a Chicago restaurant in 2017, with prosecutors citing un...
-
Lightfoot denounces 'Scooby-Doo' meme posted by teachers union as 'clearly racist'Jun 18, 2020 1:00 am - In the latest back and forth between two fierce political rivals, Mayor Lori Lightfoot expressed outrage Thursday over a tweet by the Chicago Teachers Union that she cal...
-
Demonstrators call for defunding Cook County jailJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - For a solid 40 minutes, a cacophony of car horns, drums, cowbells and trombones echoed along the strip of grass just beyond the coiled razor wire glistening in the sunli...
-
Body found in NW Indiana ditch ID'd as missing Chicago womanJun 17, 2020 7:00 am - ROSELAWN, Ind. (AP) - A body found earlier this month in a rural ditch in northwestern Indiana has been identified as a missing Chicago woman, a coroner said. Investigat...