Former city inspector pleads guilty to fraud involving company tied to Ald. Carrie Austin

A former Chicago city inspector pleaded guilty to fraud Tuesday in a case stemming from the ongoing federal investigation of Ald. Carrie Austin. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Where are you in the vaccine line? We charted out who is eligible and who is not in as much detail as we could find.

The Tribune charted all of the vaccine groups by phase to give a little more context to just who might be next in line for the vaccine. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Charges may be filed today in fatal North Chicago shooting

North Chicago Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 6:40 p.m. at the apartment complex on Prairie View Court. Officers found the body of a 47-year-old woman with what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago Public Schools reopens after yearlong COVID-19 shutdown: ‘When schools closed … none of us thought it would be yet another year’

Up to 37,000 students were expected to return to CPS Monday, though remote learning continues for them and scores of other kids. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago police officer dies in apparent suicide at North Side police station

A Chicago police officer was found dead Monday morning in a North Side police station in an apparent suicide, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

2 charged with fatally shooting teen in Marquette Park neighborhood after dispute while he visited apartment, police say

Two men have been charged in the fatal shooting Friday of a 16-year-old boy in the Marquette Park neighborhood after the three got into a dispute at an apartment the boy was visiting that night, Chicago police said Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Young girl among 2 killed in Gresham house fire, officials say; 4 others injured

Two people, including a young girl, were killed in a Gresham house fire early Sunday. Four more adults also were injured in the blaze, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 83,048 vaccine doses administered, 1,780 new COVID-19 cases and 34 additional deaths reported Saturday

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

You’ve gotten your second COVID-19 vaccination. When will your life get back to normal?

There are reasons to be hopeful that life can improve after the second COVID-19 vaccination shot, but experts are telling people to continue masking and social distancing after they are considered fully inoculated. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

2 drivers wounded after Eisenhower Expressway shooting

Two people were shot while driving Friday night on the I-290 Expressway. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Boy, 16, killed in Marquette Park shooting after 2 gunmen chase him down street, authorities say

A 16-year-old boy died after being shot multiple times Friday night in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Man killed in West Garfield Park fire identified as 72-year-old

A West Side fire left a man dead Friday evening, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

United Center parking lot could distribute up to 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day; will be open March 10 to eligible Illinois residents

The United Center parking lot will serve as a mass vaccination site capable of distributing 6,000 doses per day as part of a joint effort by local, state and federal government health officials to increase inoculations in communities hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a White House announcement Friday. Top Featured Tags: -…

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: United Center COVID-19 vaccination site could distribute up to 6,000 doses a day, White House says

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

Chicago area to see ‘splendid’ weekend, with temps cooler where there’s still snow cover

All right, winter-weary Chicagoans. Get ready for what forecasters are saying will be a “splendid” weekend. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

In an error, Facebook labels Illinois US Rep. Marie Newman’s video ‘hate speech’ in feud over LGBTQ rights with Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene

U.S. Rep. Marie Newman’s feud over LGBTQ rights with controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene took a new turn Thursday when Facebook temporarily took down Newman’s video putting up a transgender pride flag in a congressional office hallway, labeling it hate speech. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Madigan picks another House successor after quickly forcing out his first choice over ‘alleged questionable conduct’

Former Illinois House Speaker Madigan picked Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar to replace him. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

2 officers, 1 other driver injured in rear-end crash on Near North Side, police say

Two Chicago police officers were injured in a rear-end crash across the street from Holy Name Cathedral early Thursday, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Michael Madigan’s hand-picked successor in state House resigns just three days after being installed

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s hand-picked successor for the legislative seat he held for a half-century resigned Wednesday morning, just three days after being selected for the seat Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Anjanette Young police raid prompts Chicago aldermen to push for search warrant changes

Aldermen introduced a plan on Wednesday to significantly tighten the rules the Chicago Police Department must follow to obtain and execute search warrants in response to the high-profile wrongful raid of Anjanette Young’s home by officers who made her stand naked while handcuffed as they searched her apartment. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press…

Days before CPS schools reopen to thousands of students, parents send demands on in-person and remote learning to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Board of Education

COVID-19 “has definitely have definitely opened all of the equity gaps” in CPS, one activist said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Tuesday with COVID-19 as Chicago lakefront finally reopens

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

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