As we enter cold and flu season, here’s how to tell if you have COVID or a cold
As we lurch into fall and then winter, we also say hello to flu season, which starts in early to mid-September. But we are also in the throes of a...
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Man charged with attempted murder in connection with July shooting on the South Side
Police this week made an arrest related to a shooting this summer that left a 43-year-old man wounded on the South Side, according to Chicago police. Jermaine Campbell, 37, was...
61 people shot, 12 fatally, during the weekend in Chicago — including 29 on Sunday alone
Sixty-one people were shot — including a 3-year-old boy — and at least 12 of those died from their wounds this weekend in Chicago. There were at least 29 people...
Chicago gas station owners say city inspectors shutting them down for minor violations and ‘racist reasons’
Multiple gas station and convenience store owners across Chicago are calling on the City Council to investigate what they allege are mass shutdowns of their businesses as part of Mayor...
Man charged with attempted murder in connection with Labor Day weekend shooting
A Chicago man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting that occurred over Labor Day weekend, according to the Chicago Police Department. James Vaughn, 44, was...
Boil water order lifted after 16 schools reverted to remote learning amid E. coli outbreak in Plainfield
A boil water order in Plainfield that forced schools to revert to remote learning Monday was lifted after water samples showed no signs of E.coli bacteria. A letter to parents...
Man charged in shooting death of 1 man, wounding of another in East Garfield Park, police said
A Chicago man has been charged in the shooting death of Antonio K. Holmes, 31, and the wounding of another man in August, according to Chicago police and the Cook...
Shootings in Near South Side and Pilsen leave 2 dead early Friday
Two men were killed in separate shootings that occurred within an hour of each other early Friday, according to the Chicago Police Department. Police found a 19-year-old shot in the...
Illinois State University graduate student is missing. ‘I need you to see him, recognize him and grab him,’ his mom pleads to the public.
The family of missing Illinois State University student is offering a reward for information about his disappearance, according to the student's mother. Jelani Day, a 25-year-old graduate student at ISU,...
People seeking refuge from Afghanistan might be housed in a military base near you. Here’s how that’s going, and what you should know.
In April, President Joe Biden announced his plan to withdraw remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan, an operation that officially ended Aug. 31. Tens of thousands of Afghan residents have been...