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SWAT called, police officer fires weapon during short Gresham standoff

April 27, 2021 at 5:41 p.m.

A Chicago police officer fired his service weapon during a short standoff in the Gresham neighborhood Monday night, according to police. Officers responded to a domestic call of a person...

A Chicago police officer at the scene of a fatal fire in the 2600 block of South Harding Avenue in Little Village on April 23, 2021.

Man found dead in Little Village fire that displaced 4 others identified, officials say

April 25, 2021 at 1:51 a.m.

A 53-year-old man who died after emergency crews found in him in a burning Little Village apartment has been identified, officials announced Saturday. Police responded to a fire in a...

Robbie Galan, 72, receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Chicago Fire Department community paramedic Pattie Mankowski at her home on March 4, 2021, in Chicago.

Cook County doctors say vaccine pause should create confidence; walk-in appointments start Monday

April 25, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

Cook County health officials announced Saturday appointments won't be necessary at suburban mass vaccination sites starting Monday after they and the city said they are once again administering the one-shot...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Sun shining, even a shirt off at United Center vaccination site on first day walk-ins are welcome

April 24, 2021 at 12:44 p.m.

With city mass vaccination sites now open to walk-ins, regardless of city ZIP code or employment status, Friday marked an unofficial start of a final push to get shots into...

Aldermen, clockwise from left, Samantha Nugent, 39th, Jim Gardiner, 45th, Anthony Napolitano, 41st, and Nick Sposato, 38th, pose before the Chicago City Council meeting on April 21, 2021. It marked the first in-person council meeting since the pandemic.

In return to in-person meetings, Chicago City Council approves Lightfoot-backed affordable housing ordinance and advocates push for civilian police oversight plan

April 24, 2021 at 6:51 p.m.

At their first in-person meeting since the early days of the pandemic, Chicago aldermen on Wednesday approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot's long-promised changes to the city's affordable housing requirements for developers....

Musicians play as police with bikes block the entrance to Chicago City Hall as people participate in a demonstration for police reform on April, 21, 2021.

Protesters blast instruments, circle City Hall in push for civilian police oversight referendum

April 21, 2021 at 9:05 p.m.

As aldermen filed into the first in-person City Council meeting in a year Wednesday, demonstrators honked horns, banged drums and blasted brass instruments in a march around City Hall in...

Qwandra Drummer, an Evanston mother who was previously homeless, recently passed the Illinois state bar exam and has a degree in engineering from Temple University.

During COVID-19, many people who were homeless lived in Chicago-area hotels. Here’s what was learned.

April 20, 2021 at 5:56 p.m.

When COVID-19 halted the world a little more than a year ago, one group of people appeared to be particularly vulnerable to this new, little-understood coronavirus: the homeless. Often suffering...

The lighted tunnel connecting concourses in Terminal 1 of O'Hare International Airport in 2010. An apparent electrical fire in the tunnel caused it to close for part of Saturday.

Electrical issue possible cause for fire in O’Hare walkway famous for bright colored lights

April 17, 2021 at 8:20 p.m.

A fire broke out in a well-known underground walkway at O'Hare International Airport on Saturday morning, according to Chicago fire and aviation authorities. Shortly after 8 a.m., an apparent electrical...

Soccer players work out during practice on the Midway Plaisance near the University of Chicago campus on Oct. 18, 2020.

Illinois health department sets aside vaccine appointments for college students

April 17, 2021 at 2:48 p.m.

At the start of April, the group of Illinois residents with the highest coronavirus case count were those in their 20s. Over the past month, cases among those ages 18-24...

Chicago police officers and others on the sidewalk outside a building in the 1400 block of West Garfield Boulevard in Chicago where a fatal fire occurred April 15, 2021.

Basement fire in Back of the Yards kills two people

April 17, 2021 at 1:06 a.m.

Two people are dead after an apartment fire early Friday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, according to police and fire officials. A fire broke out in a basement...

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