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Travelers from more than a dozen states and territories, including Illinois neighbors Wisconsin and Indiana, no longer will face COVID-19 test restrictions upon arriving in Chicago under the city’s latest travel order update, officials announced Tuesday. Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin…

Is that … the sun? Over Chicago? Is the snow … melting? Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A Bronzeville man faces attempted murder and other charges after the stabbing of a woman and three girls late Saturday, according to Chicago police. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday is scheduled to sign a sweeping criminal justice overhaul package that has been praised by reform advocates and panned by law enforcement groups. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

One correction officer is dead and a second is seriously injured after an alleged attack Sunday by a prison inmate, Indiana State Police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Joseph R. Hannon admitted to sexually assaulting six children between April and September 2016. They were students at Energym, a Sycamore gymnastics school. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A woman and three girls were injured Saturday night during an alleged domestic dispute turned violent attack, according to Chicago police. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Officials in Homewood are considering the rezoning of the Calumet Country Club property from an open space/recreational classification to industrial use. The property is less than 750 feet away from the reporter’s yard. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe countries — and states in the U.S. — are dealing with wave and wave of illness. As hot spots shift, these charts will be updated daily with new totals. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

With vaccinations underway across the U.S. and world, Illinois is still in the first phase of its program. Here’s where the state stands. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A body was found in an alley Saturday morning in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Two men were arrested in connection to a fatal shooting Wednesday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A man was found shot to death next to his vehicle Saturday morning in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Report provides clear look at how police and city leaders were overwhelmed as unrest in Chicago after the death of George Floyd escalated beyond their control. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A federal judge on Friday dismissed several bribery charges against the owner of a Pennsylvania debt-collection business accused of steering money to then-Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s campaign. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The number of vaccines going to Black and Latino people in Chicago has gone up but the city still has work to do in closing the equity gap, according to newly released data. The city has improved its vaccination record among minority groups since December, when Chicago began receiving doses for distribution. White people initially…

Six fighters were injured, some of them suffering minor burns, when an extra-alarm fire in the Bridgeport neighborhood “flashed over” as a large part of the interior of a coach house caught fire all at once Friday morning, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

State Rep. Michael Madigan on Thursday announced his resignation from the Illinois House after representing a Southwest Side district for a half-century, the majority of that time as the powerful speaker. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

An estimated 73.2% of the contiguous United States was blanketed by accumulated snow, or snow cover, as of Feb. 16, according to NOAA’s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. That is the highest national coverage on record since 70.9% was observed on Jan. 12, 2011, according to WGN-TV chief meteorologist Tom Skilling. Top Featured Tags:…

Read Illinois Rep. Michael Madigan’s resignation letter. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A Chicago man has been hit with federal charges alleging he carjacked a Mercedes at gunpoint on Friday before crashing the car on the South Side and firing a shot at police as he fled. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago could break a long-standing record for consecutive number of days with measurable snow before subzero temps give way this weekend to more seasonable weather that could begin to melt the city’s more than 2 feet of snow. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service