What’s expected to be the biggest snowstorm to hit the Chicago area in about two years should start hitting the far south suburbs before rush hour Monday, with snow spreading north as the afternoon wears on, according to the National Weather Service. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Illinois woman who tricked nonprofits into donations by pretending to have muscular dystrophy, breast cancer sentenced to 18 months in prison
Sarah Delashmit of Highland pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges after authorities claimed she defrauded nonprofits by pretending to have muscular dystrophy and breast cancer. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Indoor dining officially allowed back in Chicago, Cook County; 5,152 new COVID-19 cases and 97 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
Seniors, shelters eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine as Illinois enters the next phase — but they hope the pace picks up
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Chicago area will be added to the roster of those allowed vaccines starting on Monday, but many will be waiting longer to receive their first shot, officials have said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
What is allowed and not allowed in Illinois’ COVID tiers plan? And where does your region stand
With indoor dining returning throughout parts of the Chicago area there is new attention on the state’s system for managing COVID mitigations. Here is where the regions stand and what is allowed under the guidelines. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
2 dead, at least 8 wounded in city shootings since Friday evening
Two victims are dead, and at least 6 others were wounded since Friday evening in city shootings, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Indoor dining officially allowed back in Chicago, Cook County under COVID-19 restrictions
Chicago and suburban Cook County are officially open for indoor dining for the first time since late October under coronavirus pandemic restrictions, state officials said Saturday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago and suburban Cook County on track to have limited indoor restaurant and bar service resume 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
Would a Chicago teachers walkout be legal? What you need to know about the fight over reopening CPS schools.
A “collective failure” of teachers to show up for work “constitutes an illegal strike,” a CPS official says. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Limited indoor dining could return Saturday in Chicago and suburban Cook County
Chicago and suburban Cook County are on track to have limited indoor restaurant and bar service resume Saturday under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus reopening plan, state public health officials said Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
One found dead in South Austin apartment house after extra-alarm fire, officials say
One person died after a two-flat style home in the South Austin neighborhood caught fire Thursday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: COVID-19 restrictions loosened in Will and Kankakee counties and downstate region that includes Champaign-Urbana and Decatur
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
Rock Island girl, 3, fell out of window and died from cold overnight, police say
A 3-year-old northwestern Illinois girl died after she apparently fell from a window on a frigid night and couldn’t get back inside her family’s home. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Valparaiso High School teacher charged after police raid underage drinking party: police
Officers with the Valparaiso Police Department were called around 12:20 a.m. Sunday to Bernardi’s home after receiving an anonymous tip about an ongoing drinking party. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Man faces attempted murder charge after police say he shot at officers in Homan Square exchange of gunfire
A 29-year-old West Side man is facing an attempted murder charge after he fired a gun at officers who were chasing him when he ran from a traffic stop Monday night in the Homan Square neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Trump pardons Casey Urlacher, suburban mayor and brother of Bears Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher
Amid a slew of pardons in his final hours at the White House, President Donald Trump pardoned Casey Urlacher, a suburban mayor and the brother of Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Elderly man found dead after Waukegan apartment fire
The body of the man, whose identity has not been released, was found in a 10th-floor apartment of a building at 542 Washington Street, near downtown Waukegan. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago man dead, 2 passengers injured after I-65 crash in stolen Maserati: Indiana State Police
A Chicago man was killed and two passengers in a car that had been reported stolen more than a year ago were seriously injured early Monday on Interstate 65 in Gary. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Gun owner who left car running in Wicker Park scares off thief in exchange of gunfire, police say
A 22-year-old carrying a concealed handgun left his vehicle running while he went into a store and returned to find a person driving off in it. He told police he feared for his life and began shooting at the SUV, thwarting the attempted vehicle theft. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Illinois State University president to receive $46,000 bonus before June retirement
Illinois State University’s Board of Trustees approved a $46,000 bonus for its outgoing president on Saturday, an installment signed off by all board members but criticized by disgruntled graduate workers. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Woman accused of robbing four 7-Elevens in less than an hour during Thursday ‘crime spree’ on North, Northwest sides: prosecutors
A woman was charged in connection to four robberies across convenience stores in the Loop and on the Northwest Side this week, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Daily Illinois coronavirus graphs: 130 new deaths, 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases and 102,372 new test results
As the pandemic continues, the Tribune is tracking Illinois deaths, cases, test results and more here. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
