Javonte Anderson

Pablo Rodriguez, left, and his son, Pablo Jr., 13, lead a procession on South Washtenaw Avenue from the former St. Roman Catholic Church to Our Lady of Tepeyac on Dec. 5, 2020.

Family cancels pilgrimage after third brother dies of coronavirus: ‘We just pray that we get the strength to keep going day by day’

December 12, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

Tragedy has once again struck the family who started the pilgrimage from Chicago to Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in Des Plaines. In September, 63-year-old Ricardo Alanis, founder of the...

Firefighters battle the burning West Side commercial building.

Extra-alarm fire hits West Side auto supply business, sending 250 firefighters to scene

December 10, 2020 at 6:17 p.m.

About 250 Chicago firefighters battled an extra-alarm fire in a commercial building in the Lawndale neighborhood for about three hours Thursday morning, according to the Fire Department. The fire in...

FBI looking for man who fired rifle on Metra platform

December 9, 2020 at 7:18 p.m.

The FBI is searching for a man who was caught on video firing a rifle on the Metra platform earlier this month. At 10 a.m. on Dec. 1, the man...

Police looking for driver in fatal East Garfield Park hit-and-run

December 7, 2020 at 10:33 p.m.

Police are asking for help in identifying the driver of an SUV who fled after striking and fatally injuring a man in the East Garfield Park neighborhood earlier this fall....

No Thanksgiving reunion for couple after man barred from U.S. visit by Customs officers at O’Hare

November 26, 2020 at 7:41 p.m.

They were a long-distance couple hoping to reunite for the holiday season. An African man and an American woman who fell in love during a religious mission trip. Nkosinathi Gama...

Custodian Juan Franco strips and waxes floors at St. Paul of the Cross School in Park Ridge last August in preparation for the school's fall reopening. Some schools in the Chicago Archdiocese are returning to remote learning after Thanksgiving.

Some Catholic schools in the Chicago area will shift to remote learning after Thanksgiving

November 24, 2020 at 7:24 p.m.

After a fall surge of coronavirus infections, more Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic schools will temporarily transition to e-learning next week. Catholic elementary schools were scheduled to shift to remote learning...

Detainees wait in the intake area before entering to Cermak Health Services for a COVID-19 test and health screening in the Cook County Jail in Chicago in May.

Cook County sheriff gives coronavirus update at jail, asks community for help heading off next wave

November 12, 2020 at 9:32 p.m.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart on Thursday pleaded with the community to follow public health guidelines for COVID-19 as cases are on the rise again across the state. At a...

St. George American Legion Post 1164 members prepare for the 21-gun salute during a Veterans Day ceremony at the state's Manteno Veterans' Home in Manteno, Nov. 11, 2020.

Soldier Field’s Veterans Day ceremony scaled down but ‘still means a lot to us at heart’

November 11, 2020 at 10:02 p.m.

Five military veterans stood side by side, with their right hands over their hearts, as a recording of the national anthem echoed through the empty Soldier Field concourse. With America...

Names etched into Chicago's Vietnam War memorial along the Chicago River are shown Nov. 10, 2020.

Coronavirus pandemic forces changes in Chicagoland Veterans Day ceremonies

November 11, 2020 at 4:52 p.m.

With the nation grappling with another surge in COVID-19 cases, the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt almost every aspect of life, including how we publicly celebrate the veterans who served...

Police tape surrounds a home in the 600 block of Red Coach Lane on Nov. 9, 2020 in Algonquin, where police say a double homicide occurred sometime over the last days.

Algonquin woman who fled to Colorado faces charges in double homicide believed to be domestic violence

November 9, 2020 at 9:57 p.m.

An Algonquin woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of two people who were found dead in a home in the northwest suburb Sunday evening, police said....

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