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The director of a prominent statewide criminal justice reform project is Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle’s selection to be the county’s next Public Defender, records show. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The United Center mass vaccination site opened Tuesday morning after a one-hour delay in starting appointments led to more than a hundred people waiting on the sidewalks. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago police are investigating two shootings, one Monday afternoon and the other early Tuesday that each left a teenager injured, among attacks that also left four people dead and eight others injured from Monday into early Tuesday, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Parents from nine school districts angered their children have not returned to school on a full-time basis are planning a rally in downtown Naperville Sunday that could attract as many as 400 or more people. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The Chicago Cubs and White Sox will be allowed to have more than 8,000 fans in the stands apiece on Opening Day, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Nine people were shot in Chicago on Sunday, including an 11-year-old boy and a 51-year-old man who died from his injuries, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Authorities have identified three Des Plaines residents killed Sunday morning in one vehicle in a rollover traffic crash in Mount Prospect that officials said also sent the driver of the other vehicle involved to the hospital. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The Valparaiso community has rallied behind Noah Beller’s family with at least two fundraisers, including an online page set up by one of his former classmates. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

When Chicago police officers responded to a fire Saturday afternoon at an abandoned building in Englewood, they found a man dead with a gunshot wound to his back, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Two adults and a child were injured during an apartment fire at a Southwest Side apartment building Saturday, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Illinois set a new record for daily shots administered while also passing two COVID-19 vaccination benchmarks: More than 3 million doses administered and 1 million people fully vaccinated. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 26-year-old woman was shot through her front door after she refused to let an ex-boyfriend inside of her residence Friday night in the East Chatham neighborhood, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A Chicago police officer was found dead of an apparent suicide at his home in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on the city’s Far South Side Friday night, sources said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Controversy over monuments of historical figures in Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, includes five statues of Honest Abe in Chicago Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago investigators cited a private club in someone’s Old Town home for COVID-19 violations, along with six other restaurants and businesses. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The change is being driven by generational, ideological and demographic shifts. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Three teenage boys were shot, one of them fatally, in the West Chatham neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Hesitancy about the COVID-19 vaccine plays a role in some Latinos avoiding vaccination. But language and technology barriers are discouraging others. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago might be marking its 184th birthday on Thursday — but really, it’s almost 188 years old. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 17-year-old has been charged with shooting to death a teen who the shooter and his getaway driver mistakenly thought was a rival gang member, according to authorities. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a series of proposed changes to the city’s search warrant policies amid ongoing pressure from City Council members to implement police reforms in the wake of the wrongful raid on Anjanette Young’s home. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The son of former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal tax charges stemming from the ongoing investigation of the lobbying practices of Commonwealth Edison. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service