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Two people are dead, and a man was seriously wounded overnight Friday on the South and Northwest sides, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Two female victims were pronounced dead, and a third was left in critical condition after the car they were traveling in struck a tree early Saturday morning in the Washington Park neighborhood, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The Chicago Park District recently hosted its inaugural esports tournament, giving teens, playing remotely on their own consoles, the chance to be declared city champion in the video game “NBA 2K21.” Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

This has been one of the coldest Christmas mornings in Chicago in recent history. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The Chicago Housing Authority’s Choose To Own homeownership program has helped 54 families buy their own homes this year, many of which were just in time for Christmas. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 19-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed Thursday afternoon in East Garfield Park. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A 48-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were killed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a street in the Gage Park neighborhood Wednesday night, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Traditionally most restaurants in the historic Chinese neighborhood on the South Side of the city remain open on Christmas Day Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

After a deployment in Afghanistan that included a bout with COVID-19, returning Illinois National Guard Maj. Scott Liebhaber doesn’t mind if Christmas back home comes with pandemic-related strings attached Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Joliet police officers on Tuesday shot and killed a male who was in the street “brandishing what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun,” according to a press release from the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The restaurants were issued citations for allowing indoor dining and the parties, both in River North, were shut down for dangerous conditions. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A gusty and unseasonably warm Wednesday in Chicago will give way to below-normal, bone chilling cold for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, along with the possibility of light snow for the holiday, according to forecasters. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

After months of delays due to COVID-19 concerns, a federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday set a September trial date for indicted singer R. Kelly Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Amid pandemic fears of overrun hospitals, federal regulators have released figures on bed usage at each hospital. The data covers the most recent Friday-to-Thursday period, and the figures are a daily average from that week. The figures cover all adult inpatient beds that a hospital Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Cook County prosecutors last week quietly dropped all charges against a man accused of fatally shooting 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins as her father held the child in his arms Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

On Dec. 21, the winter solstice, two planets will appear nearly aligned, resulting in an uncommon event. At one time, astronomers may have felt it so closely resembled a Christmas miracle — or, perhaps, the star of Bethlehem — that they named the spectacle the “Christmas Star.” Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release…

A woman in her 70s has died Sunday night after two gunmen opened fired into a home in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the South Side. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

For many families, winter break is fraught with anxiety about what school will look like in January. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Classic Chicago winter weather is on the horizon this week with bursts of snow predicted for late Sunday into Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The device called the SoToxa Mobile Test System is a handheld analyzer that uses an oral fluid swab to detect the presence of drugs. Results are available roadside within five minutes. 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

A Libertyville hospital is temporarily pausing vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus after four staff members had reactions after receiving the shot, hospital officials say. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service