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For years after her son was fatally wounded by Chicago police officers on the South Side during a traffic stop in the Washington Park neighborhood, Octavia…
Baristas at a Starbucks location in suburban La Grange voted against forming a union Friday, becoming the first in Illinois to do so after workers at…
Chicago health officials announced Friday that indoor masking is once again “strongly recommended” — but not required — in the city as the risk of contracting…
Two semitrailers crashed into the same railroad viaduct in Joliet an hour apart Thursday morning, police said.Joliet officers responded about 5:24 a.m. to the viaduct over…
Thousands of Illinois students a year are receiving tickets at school for conduct that violates local laws, an investigation by the Tribune and ProPublica has found.…
Published May 6, 2022 At Bloom Trail High School in Chicago’s south suburbs, the student body is diverse: About 60% of the 1,100 students are Black…
Published May 6, 2022 At Bloom Trail High School in Chicago’s south suburbs, the student body is diverse: About 60% of the 1,100 students are Black…
President Joe Biden will travel to Chicago on Wednesday to attend the 40th convention of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the White House announced Thursday.Biden’s…
Billionaire Ken Griffin has upped his investment in Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s Republican bid for governor, kicking in an additional $25 million to the campaign after…
A Tinley Park man feared his 17-year-old daughter was hiding secrets from him and no longer loved him before he “went out of control” and severely…