Articles filed under Region
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Constable: Drone view of city and suburbs comes to WTTWNov 19, 2020 4:00 am - Any of us who have flown into Chicago have gazed out the airplane window and tried to spot landmarks, expressways or maybe even our house. “It's hard to get your bearing...
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Madigan's leadership in jeopardy as more House Democrats say he doesn't have their votesNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - Michael Madigan's 35-year tenure as speaker of the Illinois House could be in jeopardy as some Democratic lawmakers predicted Thursday he won't have the votes needed to ...
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Illinois reports 14,612 new COVID-19 cases, 168 more deathsNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - The number of new COVID-19 cases surged to 14,612 Thursday, with a record 6,037 hospital patients and 168 more deaths from the respiratory disease as tighter restriction...
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New statewide network helps get marijuana convictions expungedNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois' legalization of cannabis earlier this year means people with arrests or convictions for lower-level marijuana offenses can have their records expunged. While ...
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Indiana health leaders warn COVID-19 risking hospital careNov 18, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - State health and hospital leaders warned Wednesday that Indiana could be facing months more of the surging coronavirus infections that have already s...
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4 indicted in scheme to allegedly influence Speaker MadiganNov 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Four people, including an associate of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges they orchestrate...
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Chicago police release video in drive-by shooting of boy, 5Nov 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Video released by Chicago police after a 5-year-old boy was shot in the head while playing on an iPad at home shows that an SUV drove past the apartment b...
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Hacker closing out prison sentence in Chicago halfway houseNov 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Computer hacker Jeremy Hammond, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for breaking into computer systems of security firms and law-enforcement agencies...
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EXPLAINER: A look at Trump's long-shot legal challengesNov 18, 2020 6:00 am - As President Donald Trump continues to push falsehoods about the election, his legal team has so far failed to gain any traction in court without evidence of widespread ...
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Indiana county OKs fining businesses violating mask orderNov 18, 2020 6:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Businesses in a northern Indiana county could now face fines if they fail to enforce a county mask order requiring employees of businesses to wea...