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Mary, Seat of Wisdom in Park Ridge delays school reopening after administrator becomes ill with COVID-19

August 20, 2020 at 8:50 p.m.

A Chicago-area Catholic school has delayed the start of its school year after an administrator tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago. Mary, Seat of Wisdom School...

The Rev. Marshall Elijah Hatch at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church on Aug. 6, 2020. The stained glass depicts five young victims of recent Chicago violence beneath the four girls killed in the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing.

For religious leaders who serve families affected by Chicago’s violence, the work takes a toll: ‘It’s a very lonely place’

August 14, 2020 at 10:01 p.m.

There he stood again, centered in his pulpit, trying to make sense of yet another life lost to violence in Chicago's streets. Dressed in a gray pinstripe suit, the Rev....

A man walks past a mural honoring a Puerto Rican Army infantry unit, known as the Borinqueneers, at the Healy Metra Station in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood on Sept. 17, 2019.

New census deadline could depress response in city’s Hispanic neighborhoods as lawmakers, organizers work to boost count

August 13, 2020 at 10:20 p.m.

After the Trump administration opted to end the federal census count one month earlier than previously announced, Illinois political leaders and census advocates are making a push to ensure as...

A damaged car is surrounded by downed tree branches on North Hamilton Avenue, Aug. 11, 2020, after a powerful storm tore through the area Monday evening in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. A tornado was also confirmed to have touched down in Rogers Park Monday according to the National Weather Service.

Tens of thousands in northern Illinois still without power Tuesday following storms that spawned Rogers Park tornado: ‘It was like a dinosaur was running at us’

August 13, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

About 60,000 ComEd customers in Chicago were without power Tuesday evening as the city neared 24 hours since powerful storms, which spawned a tornado that cut through Lincolnwood and the...

Passersby look over damage at the Jonathan Adler store on Aug.10, 2020.

Police shooting of Englewood man reignites political debate and looting as Mag Mile trashed, 13 cops injured, 2 people shot

August 11, 2020 at 1:55 a.m.

Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores and confronting police after officers shot a suspect in Englewood...

Jalisa Ford sits on the ground on Aug. 1, 2020, while rubbing the walkway where her 9-year-old son, Janari Andre Ricks, was fatally shot while playing with friends at the Cabrini Green rowhouses the previous evening.

‘I started praying,’ says witness who called 911 after 9-year-old boy fatally shot while playing on Near North Side

August 1, 2020 at 2:12 p.m.

A gunman opened fire into a parking lot, fatally hitting a 9-year-old boy who was playing with friends behind the Cabrini Green townhomes Friday evening in an attack of "senseless...

Bystanders watch as Chicago police officers investigate a shooting outside the Grand Central police station on July 30, 2020.

Morning exchange of gunfire at Chicago police station leaves 3 officers and a suspect injured

July 31, 2020 at 1:25 p.m.

Three Chicago police officers and a suspect in a carjacking were injured in an exchange of gunfire outside a Northwest Side police station Thursday morning, apparently after the suspect concealed...

Followed by people who have lost family members to violence, the rev. Cy Fields carries a letter to be delivered to State's Attorney Kim Foxx during a news conference outside Foxx's office.

Pastors, murder victims’ families ask Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for robust witness protection program

July 28, 2020 at 11:19 p.m.

Sharita Galloway stood at the microphones holding a cutout photo of her son Elijah Sims, who was shot and killed on the West Side of Chicago four years ago, two...

Activists in the North Lawndale neighborhood during a rally to defund police.

Black-led groups rally to defund police at site of 2016 Freedom Square Occupation while West Side prayer group urges community and police to work together to fight crime

July 28, 2020 at 5:22 a.m.

Activists and protesters took to the streets again Friday afternoon on the West Side with two very different messages. One demanded the defunding of the Police Department and for tax...

An extra "S" is painted on a Douglas Park sign on July 22, 2020, in Chicago.

Park District moves to rename Douglas Park, likely for Frederick Douglass

July 23, 2020 at 12:14 a.m.

The Chicago Park District Board voted Wednesday to initiate the process to rename Stephen A. Douglas Park on the West Side, likely for Frederick Douglass. The unprecedented decision comes after...

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