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Firefighters work a fire at Citywide Disposal scrapyard near Cicero and 39th in Stickney on Nov. 5, 2020.

Fire at business off Stevenson Expressway near Cicero Avenue extinguished after hourslong fight

November 5, 2020 at 10:44 p.m.

Several Chicago area fire departments responded early Thursday to a large blaze at a business just north of the Stevenson Expressway near Cicero Avenue that wasn't extinguished until afternoon, fire...

Poll worker Aana Vigen places a flag outside the Ward 49 voting site at the Rogers Park Library in the 6900 block of North Clark Street in Chicago, as Election Day voting begins early in the morning of Nov. 3, 2020.

Chicago-area voters shatter records as they cast ballots with ‘a sense of hope and purpose’

November 4, 2020 at 4:54 a.m.

Long before sunrise Tuesday morning, Nakiea Love headed to the United Center after a sleepless night in her South Side home. Armed with a Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee and a...

Eshaunte Williams, left, brother of Tafara Williams, and Clifftina Johnson, Tafara's mother, march through Waukegan to protest the police shootings of Marcellis Stinnette and Tafara Williams.

Mother of Black man killed by Waukegan police alleges in lawsuit that medical response took 8 minutes after he was shot

October 30, 2020 at 1:12 p.m.

The mother of a Black 19-year-old shot and killed by a Waukegan police officer filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against two officers and the city of Waukegan alleging that the...

Breonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, listens to speakers during a get-out-the-vote rally by the families of George Floyd, Taylor, Jacob Blake and Alvin Cole in downtown Chicago on Oct. 29, 2020.

‘Standing together, they can’t stop us.’ Families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake and Alvin Cole speak at Grant Park rally to urge people to vote.

October 29, 2020 at 11:11 p.m.

Greeted by a standing ovation and chants of "say her name," Breonna Taylor's mother and the families of other people of color shot or killed by police gathered Thursday for...

Tweet about 102-year-old woman voting goes viral, and Obama says ‘102 never looked better!’

October 22, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

A tweet showing a 102-year-old woman moments after casting her vote for the upcoming election went viral Wednesday morning after it caught the attention of several celebrities, including former President...

St. Malachy school Principal Patrick Dwyer talks with eighth grader Deonte Meeks on Oct. 7, 2020.

How St. Malachy school beat the odds and thrives as a Catholic school on Chicago’s West Side

October 12, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.

In fifth grade math class, the sun seeped in through the windows. Students sat 6 feet apart and wore face masks. The school hallways were quiet. Half the students were...

Chicago police and pedestrians appear around police tape outside an apartment building at 103rd Street and Calumet Avenue Oct. 9, 2020, where there was an unconfirmed report a child was shot.

Boy, 3, finds gun and shoots himself in foot in Far South Side home, police say

October 10, 2020 at 12:42 p.m.

A 3-year-old boy shot himself in the foot after finding a gun at a Far South Side apartment, officials said Friday afternoon. Shortly after 2:45 p.m., police were called to...

Mourners line up outside Our Lady of Angels Church for the funeral for three nuns Dec. 4, 1958. Sisters Mary St. Canice Lyng, 44, Mary Seraphica Kelley, 43, and Mary Clare Therese Champagne, 26, died in the fire at Our Lady of the Angels grade school on Dec. 1 in Chicago.

Our Lady of Angels school, site of devastating 1958 fire, has fire sprinkler system installed

October 7, 2020 at 9:45 p.m.

Chicago Fire Commissioner Richard Ford couldn't help but reflect on one of Chicago's greatest tragedies as he spoke in front of where the original Our Lady of Angels school once...

Chicago judge accused of trying to kiss cop, propositioning court reporter in elevator, making sexually suggestive comments to assistant state’s attorney resigns

October 2, 2020 at 11:35 p.m.

A Cook County judge accused of sexually harassing multiple women has resigned, an Illinois courts' spokesman confirmed Friday. The Judicial Inquiry Board filed a complaint against Judge Mauricio Araujo last...

Man shot by police, charged in fatal Stone Park nightclub shooting is held without bail

September 30, 2020 at 9:18 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Wednesday denied bail for a man accused in the shooting death of a Cicero man outside a Stone Park nightclub that led to the suspect...

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