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Evanston approved spending the first dollars from the city’s reparations fund, created to compensate Black residents who have suffered discrimination on the part of the city. What does that mean, exactly? Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Officers with the Valparaiso Police Department were called around 8:16 p.m. March 21 to the 250 block of Michigan Avenue for a death investigation, and the coroner’s office was called to the scene just over an hour later. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A woman and an officer were injured in an early morning crash in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

About 1,000 Illinois prison inmates nearing the end of their sentences could soon be released under a settlement announced Tuesday in a federal lawsuit filed as the COVID-19 pandemic was creating a health crisis in state lockups. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A South Side alderman is withdrawing her proposal to set tougher zoning guidelines for museums like those planned for civil rights icon Emmett Till and blues legend Muddy Waters in residential Chicago neighborhoods, after facing push back from cultural groups that worried the new rules would have a chilling effect. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois…

Three people were killed and 11 others were wounded in multiple shootings in about nine hours Monday afternoon and evening, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The longtime pastor at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas J. Hurley, will be stepping away from his duties, he announced Sunday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 28-year-old Winthrop Harbor man died Thursday cq from injuries he suffered in a traffic crash in Zion earlier this week involving a Lake County Department of Transportation snowplow truck, police said Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A South Austin man accused of shooting and wounding a Chicago police officer before barricading himself inside an apartment for several hours was charged with multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Lottery officials said appointments are required to visit the new claim center in the George Dunne Cook County Office Building. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A Chicago police officer has been shot Saturday morning in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 10-year-old boy was among four people who were shot, one fatally, overnight Friday on the West Side, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

While vaccine rollout in Illinois was initially sluggish compared with most other states, the pace has since greatly improved. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A pedestrian was left in critical condition after being hit by several vehicles while crossing the Kennedy Expressway Thursday night, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A federal court jury found former Portage mayor James Snyder guilty of soliciting bribes as his two-week retrial on the charge concluded Friday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

As part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 budget plan is a proposal to install 96 parking pay boxes covering about 750 spots, mostly on the North Side and near downtown, during the first quarter of 2021. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The Cook County board on Thursday unanimously approved the appointment of attorney and reform advocate Sharone Mitchell Jr. as the next public defender. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Police identified the suspect as Fraron Cornelius, of Wauwatosa, who they said later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a police pursuit. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A Chicago-area woman with a long history of trying to sneak onto flights has been charged with escape from electronic monitoring after being arrested again near O’Hare International Airport. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service