Elvia Malagon

Child dies of the flu in Chicago, marking state’s first pediatric influenza death this season

January 9, 2020 at 10:41 p.m.

A child has died in Chicago of the flu — the first pediatric flu death in Illinois this season, according to a news release from the Chicago Department of Public...

The Milwaukee Avenue entrance of MOCA Modern Cannabis in Logan Square is shown on the first day of recreational marijuana sales, Jan. 1, 2020.

Chicago police investigating Logan Square cannabis dispensary burglary

January 7, 2020 at 5:56 p.m.

A Logan Square cannabis dispensary shop was burglarized early Monday, according to the Chicago Police Department. Just after 8 a.m., Chicago police responded to a report of a burglary that...

Police detectives investigate after a man was fatally shot during a pursuit in the 2100 block of North McVicker Avenue on Jan. 2, 2020, in Chicago.

Death of man shot by Chicago police ruled homicide, but self-inflicted gunshot also could have killed him

January 6, 2020 at 4:09 p.m.

The Cook County medical examiner's office has ruled a Melrose Park man who was shot by Chicago police and shot himself died in a homicide, although the man's self-inflicted gunshot...

Neffer Kerr, a social equity applicant with the Majority-Minority Group, chats with fellow applicants as she waits to submit her application to open a new recreational marijuana dispensary at the Thompson Center on Jan. 2, 2020, in Chicago.

Latest round of dispensary applicants hopes to capitalize on promised social equity elements of recreational weed law

January 3, 2020 at 1:32 a.m.

Neffer Kerr knew the day would come when she'd get a chance to try her hand at the blossoming cannabis industry. "I've been keeping up with the legislation and the...

Census advocates want to make sure everyone in Illinois participates in the 2020 census count, since federal funds and the state's representation in Congress hinge on the turnout.

The government will try to count the entire U.S. population this year: Here’s what you need to know about the census — and why it’s so important for Illinois

January 2, 2020 at 4:49 p.m.

You might have seen the various slogans: "Everyone Counts!" "Be Counted." "Shape Your Future." It's all part of a multipronged approach from federal, state and local entities trying to ensure...

A Yellow Line train at the Oakton Street CTA station in Skokie on Oct. 30, 2015.

Woman fatally struck by CTA train in Evanston, police say

January 2, 2020 at 3:42 a.m.

A woman was fatally struck by a CTA Yellow Line train Wednesday evening in Evanston, according to the Evanston Police Department. About 6:50 p.m., the woman was hit by a...

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich exercises Aug. 11, 2019, outside the Federal Correctional Institution-Englewood near Littleton, Colorado.

In apparent appeal to President Trump, imprisoned Rod Blagojevich argues today’s Democrats would have impeached Abraham Lincoln

January 2, 2020 at 1:41 a.m.

Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich rang in the new year by penning an editorial for a conservative website arguing that current House Democrats who have impeached President Donald Trump...

Benjamin Brown and Stephanie Travis hold their newborn son, Phillip Benjamin Brown, at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center on Jan. 1, 2020, in Chicago. The 6-pound, 14-ounce baby was delivered at 12:58 a.m., according to hospital officials.

West Side family rings in new year with baby boy

January 2, 2020 at 1:12 a.m.

Stephanie Travis already had spent two days at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center when just an hour into the new year, she gave birth to her first child. Her husband,...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, from left, senior adviser on cannabis control Toi Hutchinson and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx clap during an event at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago on Dec. 31, 2019, where Gov. J.B. Pritzker granted pardons for individuals with low-level cannabis convictions.

On eve of legal recreational pot sales in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardons more than 11,000 people with weed convictions

January 1, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

On the day before recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he was pardoning more than 11,000 people who had been convicted of low-level marijuana crimes. "When...

El Hefe restaurant in River North on Dec. 4, 2019.

Sued over alleged sex assault, River North bar El Hefe raises potential defense that woman as much as 50% at fault

December 31, 2019 at 4:15 a.m.

A River North restaurant and nightclub, responding to a lawsuit by a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted in an alley outside the business, has raised a potential defense...

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