Negotiations over another round of stimulus checks follow two previous rounds of COVID-19 economic impact payments to most American households. We’d like to hear how you used the — to pay bills, donate to charity, go shopping, invest or put it in the bank. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
3 men charged in Chicago carjackings, police say
Three men have been charged in connection with two separate carjackings, including a robbery and theft of a Jaguar one afternoon last week in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Catholic schools on South and West sides hit hard by pandemic get $1.8 million donation
An emergency donation of $1.8 million to the Archdiocese of Chicago from the nonprofit Big Shoulders Fund will keep the doors open at several West and South side Catholic schools with budgets hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 57,292 vaccine doses administered, 3,345 new COVID-19 cases and 65 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
Winter storm may leave more than 1 foot of snow in Chicago area before it’s over, flight cancellations stack up, roads remain hazardous
More than a foot of snow could fall in parts of northern Illinois, including Chicago, under a revised forecast issued by meteorologists early Sunday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
National teachers union leader Randi Weingarten calls on Lightfoot to work with CTU: ‘Why is the mayor not listening?’
National teachers union leader Randi Weingarten calls on Lightfoot to work with CTU: ‘Why is the mayor not listening?’ Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
3 juveniles in custody after a carjacking a ride-share driver on South Side, police say
3 juveniles in custody after a carjacking a ride-share driver on South Side, police say Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
1 dead, at least 8 others wounded in city shootings since Friday afternoon, police say
1 dead, at least 6 others wounded in shootings since Friday afternoon on South, West sides, police say Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
‘Quincy is inside’ Two more Illinoisans charged with entering U.S. Capitol during riot
A downstate couple who allegedly subscribe to the QAnon conspiracy group are the latest Illinoisans to be accused of illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 mob attack. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Filing a complaint against a Chicago cop? You wouldn’t have to sign your name to it under new law
Citizens who file complaints against Chicago police officers could soon do so without signing their name to a document that warns they might be prosecuted if their allegations are determined to be false. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago’s 10 largest snowfalls since 1886 — and how the Tribune covered them
With a major winter storm blanketing the area, here is a look back at Chicago’s largest blizzards and how the Tribune covered them. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Cook County Board enacts suburban residential tenant, landlord ordinance strengthening renters’ rights: ‘It’s time’
Cook County Board commissioners are set to vote on a proposed suburban residential tenant and landlord ordinance on Thursday following a preliminary signoff that they hailed as a victory for hundreds of thousands of renters without such protections but was condemned by real estate groups. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago police, firefighters called to 4 fires overnight, including at least 2 two arsons, but officials won’t say if they’re connected
Chicago police and firefighters were called to four fires in the span of about 2 1/2 hours overnight, but authorities said it was too early to say whether there’s a connection between any or all of the blazes, at least some of them intentionally set. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
10,000 CPS students who chose in-person classes later opted out; racial disparities seen in attendance rates
Nine percent of students were entirely absent the week of Jan. 11, neither attending in person nor remotely. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Second man faces murder charge after fatal Little Village shooting, police say
A 28-year-old man faces a murder charge after Chicago police say he was involved in a fatal shooting Sunday in Little Village. He is the second person to be arrested in connection with the shooting, which led to a police standoff with the first suspect early Sunday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release…
Historic gift of $75 million will go to University of Chicago social work school from Crown family
The school will be renamed the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice in honor of the benefactors. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Cook County could get another 3 inches of lake effect snow, forecasters issue winter weather advisory
Parts of Cook County could get another 1 to 3 inches of snow Wednesday just a day after the area was walloped by a system that dropped 6 inches of snow at O’Hare International Airport, the city’s official weather station. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
City shuts down gallery hosting a private party during Chicago’s first weekend reopened for indoor business
Chicago art gallery closed for COVID-19 violations, but otherwise high level of compliance Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago weather live updates: Snow piles up largely north and west of city, with more expected Tuesday
Here are the latest updates as a winter storm bears down on the Chicago area. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Crestwood mayor gets December trial date on federal bribery charges
A jury trial has been set for December for Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta on charges alleging he took an envelope stuffed with cash bribes from a representative of clout-heavy red light camera company. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Man barricaded himself after Little Village homicide, arrest made in connection with death of 34-year-old man
A man was in police custody Monday after a fatal shooting Sunday morning in Little Village and a standoff with a man suspected in the killing, according to police. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
2 brothers describe allegations of abuse by the Rev. Michael Pfleger: ’I’m not carrying this burden, not one more year’
Brothers say that their former choir director, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, molested them dozens of times over several years beginning in the early 1970s. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
