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An armed woman was shot multiple times during a confrontation involving Chicago police officers on the West Side on Saturday afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Illinois heads into a challenging year with the possibility that the man who’s pulled the strings in Springfield for decades, House Speaker Michael Madigan, will no longer be at the helm. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Two men and a teenage boy were wounded in separate shootings since Friday afternoon on the South and West sides, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Iris Martinez, the first Latina elected to run the administration for the Cook County Court system, is looking to move forward with plans of an overhaul that will prioritize transparency and efficiency in an office with about a $120 million annual budget and 1,400 employees. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Some CPS parents are eager to end remote learning. Others say the risk of COVID-19 is simply too great. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Facing increasing calls for her resignation after citing Adolf Hitler in a recent speech, newly inaugurated Downstate Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller apologized Friday and said she regretted using the reference while blaming others for “intentionally trying to twist my words.” Miller, only days into office, received condemnation from Republicans and Democrats alike as well as…

Almost a half-century after opening on North Michigan Avenue, the Water Tower Place mall faces its greatest challenge. How effectively the massive shopping center can repurpose more than 300,000 square feet soon to be vacated by Macy’s — amid a pandemic that has devastated the retail industry, no less — will help determine the health…

Chicago Public Schools will reopen as planned on Monday, officials announce. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A federal judge has rejected a motion by Chicago’s main police union complaining of inadequate COVID-19 precautions for officers during training and seeking further protections Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger called Thursday for the use of the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, saying the nation’s chief executive has become “unmoored” from reality. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 6-year-old boy died after a residential fire in the 13000 block of South Evans Avenue in Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, the senior pastor of Chicago’s largest Black Catholic parish who stepped away from ministry because of an allegation of child sex abuse from more than 40 years ago, released a short statement Wednesday thanking people across the country for their support. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A Chicago man died Tuesday night after his car was struck by an eastbound train and pushed from Gary over the county line into Portage, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Barbara Byrd-Bennett was involved in “one of the most exceptional cases of … abuse of public trust in CPS’s history,” the report states. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Two men who robbed a Naperville bank Monday afternoon were chased down Interstate 88 by Naperville police, who lost sight of the car near Interstate 294, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A federal program that has provided boxes of fresh food to charities facing long lines of hungry people during the coronavirus pandemic has been extended through April, offering a lifeline as the economy struggles to recover and unemployment remains high. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump and the incoming Joe Biden administration to exponentially increase the number of COVID-19 vaccines given to cities, saying the current distribution is not enough. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Teenage girl, 17, shot once in the leg during apparent road rage shooting, Chicago police say. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

In a year marred by a deadly pandemic and rocked by civil unrest over policing in America, Chicago in 2020 endured a level of violence that reversed recent progress, with homicides increasing by more than 50% Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Snowplow driver stabbed in Hoffman Estates. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 16-year-old girl was shot four times while walking to a friend’s house about 3:20 a.m. Sunday, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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