Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president, the AP has projected. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
2 dead, 13 wounded in overnight violence on South, West sides
Two people were fatally wounded, and at least 13 others were injured in shootings since late Friday afternoon to early Saturday morning on the West and South sides, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Election 2020 live updates: Georgia will recount votes, secretary of state says, as Biden holds razor-close lead
By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania — both states the president must have to win another term. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
2 Wisconsin police officers shot, suspect at large
Two officers were shot and wounded early Friday after confronting a hit-and-run suspect in Wisconsin, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Naperville Driver Services office closed until Nov. 19 after employee tests positive for COVID-19
The Naperville Driver Services facility on 75th Street will be closed until Nov. 19 because an employee has tested positive for COVID-19, the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Sangamon County judge dismisses lawsuits challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus orders and restrictions
A judge in central Illinois this week dismissed a group of lawsuits challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s authority in issuing pandemic-driven orders and restrictions, calling the arguments in those actions “devoid of facts to support the conclusions.” Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Election 2020 live updates: Trump tweets false information as vote counting continues Thursday
Thursday brings the potential for clarity in the presidential election. Here are the latest updates. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Murder suspect who escaped while on electronic monitoring is captured in West Virginia days after allegedly pointing gun at police
A Chicago murder suspect has been captured after he fled to Ohio while on electronic monitoring and then pulled a gun on police officers there. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Illinois election live updates: Here’s where things stand Wednesday morning with key Chicago-area results
Here are the latest election updates from across the Chicago area and Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: CPS will spend $8.5 million on classroom air purifiers as it eyes reopening schools
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
With Chicago’s Wednesday high temperature in the 70s, will the warm weather last?
Chicago and Rockford could set records for five consecutive days with temperatures at or above 70 degrees in November, forecasters said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Illinois election live updates: How the vote’s going Tuesday in the Chicago area
Here are the latest election updates from across the Chicago area and Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Taco in a Bag is the latest Chicago restaurant closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic toll. Here’s our running list.
Here is a running list of Chicago-area bars and restaurants that have closed for economic reasons due to the coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
17-year-old charged with killing his Hoffman Estates pot dealer 1 day after trying to rob him, prosecutors say
A 17-year-old Hoffman Estates boy has been charged with murder after prosecutors say he tried to rob his marijuana dealer, then killed the man the next day. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Voters in line at suburban Cook County polls told to go home at 7 p.m. cutoff
Poll workers at some Cook County sites sent voters who were still in line about 7 p.m. home, an election official said. Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s election offices turned away voters who were still in line at 7 p.m. on Monday, the clerk’s spokeswoman Sally Daly said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press…
Park Ridge restaurants fined for defying Pritzker’s order and continuing indoor dining as COVID cases rise
Park Ridge restaurants that defy the governor’s indoor dining ban and continue to serve customers inside are being fined daily, a city official said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Evanston mayor asks Northwestern to pay bill for protests as student groups push school to defund campus police
Evanston police said the pepper spray was deployed to “prevent injury to bystanders and police officers.” Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Judge Diane Gordon Cannon, longtime Cook County jurist, dies after long medical leave
Cook County Judge Diane Gordon Cannon, a veteran jurist with a controversial reputation at the county’s largest criminal courthouse, died Saturday after a long medical leave, authorities confirmed to the Tribune Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Man on electronic monitoring in Cook County now wanted in Ohio, where he is accused of pulling gun on deputies
A Chicago man who was charged in connection with a fatal November 2019 knife attack was pulled over in Ohio where he drew a gun on sheriff’s deputies and fled, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Boarded-up windows, limited hours as Chicago businesses brace for possible Election Day unrest. ‘It’s clearly a potential triggering event.’
Between the civil unrest this summer, the coronavirus pandemic and a divisive election whose outcome may still be unsettled after Tuesday, businesses are weighing the prospect of further unrest in a way they haven’t before. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
‘Dead people always seem to get in the way of the living.’ Facing death with Chicago’s ‘Cemetery Lady’ Helen Sclair.
This is a celebration of the ever-growing afterlife of a woman who spent so many of her days thinking about death. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Foul play suspected after man found dead inside Aurora Township home under renovation
Kane County Sheriff’s officials say foul play is suspected after a man was found dead Saturday morning inside a home under renovation in Aurora Township. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
