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Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

No matter how many coronvarius cases a school has, the state isn't mandating that schools close.

Amid a fractured federal response, the usually invisible army of workers charged with preventing the spread of infectious diseases has becom...

The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois are scheduled to be administered Tuesday, bringing a sense of hope along with the most significa...

A vote by a special Illinois House Committee to charge embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan with conduct unbecoming a legislator failed a...

Federal officials Monday said a suspect turned himself in to authorities after the FBI recently released video images of a gunman who fired...

After chipping away at its persistently low homicide clearance rate, the number of murders solved by Chicago police has dropped in 2020, dep...

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Even as a vaccine approaches, COVID-19 shows few signs of waning at Aurora's Rush Copley hospital. Take a look inside the emergency room, a...

The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history is now underway, an effort to start beating back the pandemic has killed 1.6 million people...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to quickly set up a special property tax district on North Michigan Avenue following high-profile looting incide...

Residents of suburban Cook County will likely receive vaccines in a variety of places in the coming months, including from their own doctors...

Illinois on Monday received its first shipments of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine that federal regulators approved for emergency use late la...

The Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed medical facility in the Austin neighborhood, will administer Chicago’s ceremonial first COVID-19 vaccination...

Illinois delivered its 20 Electoral College votes to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday i...

The former NU lecturer called Biden's use of "Dr." “fraudulent” and “a touch comic."

This week, the first Americans will roll up their sleeves and receive a vaccine to protect them against the coronavirus. It’s a stunning sci...

Dining in their converted van has been a way for a Lombard couple who loves eating out to revisit restaurants — and feed their soul.

A man was found dead in the North Branch of the Chicago River early Monday and Chicago police launched a death investigation.

The National Weather Service considers Christmas to be white only when snow depth on the ground is 1 inch or more the morning of Dec. 25.

A chronological look back at how the Chicago Tribune covered the Top 10 Christmas temperature highs and lows.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

People pay their respects during a funeral for Calumet City police Officer Adam Zieminski on Dec. 13, 2020, in Dyer, Indiana. Zieminski, 49,...

After a wet weekend, northern Illinois’ stretch of unseasonably warm weather has ended and forecasters said much of the area will be in for...

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.