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Members of the Fraternal Order of Police, along with supporters, rally outside of City Hall ahead of a City Council meeting in Chicago on Monday, Oct 25, 2021. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

‘Cuanto más presionan, más me niego’: ??La amenaza de ser despedido aún no convence a algunos para que se vacunen contra el COVID-19. ¿Cómo afectan los opositores a la pandemia?

February 11, 2022 at 4:16 p.m.

La decisión de Wynne Lacey de omitir la vacuna COVID-19 ha tenido consecuencias. La consejera de salud mental de Oak Park perdió su trabajo cuando su empleador impuso un requisito...

Wynne Lacey is a mental health professional who has lived in Oak Park since 2005. She is also a member of the Oak Park Board of Health, which advises the village's public health department. She has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and has no intention of doing so.

‘The harder they push, the harder I’ve dug in’: The threat of getting fired still hasn’t persuaded some to get COVID-19 vaccine. How are resisters affecting the pandemic?

February 11, 2022 at 7:34 p.m.

Wynne Lacey's decision to skip the COVID-19 vaccine has come with consequences. The mental health professional from Oak Park lost a job when her employer imposed a vaccine requirement. She...

Amy Blobaum en el centro de Oregon, Illinois, el 25 de enero de 2022.

‘Todo lo que dices que no harás, lo terminas haciendo’

February 4, 2022 at 10:35 a.m.

En muchos sentidos, la vida es buena para Amy Blobaum. Tiene un trabajo que le encanta, está felizmente casada con un futuro pastor luterano y pronto dará a luz a...

Amy Blobaum in downtown Oregon, Illinois, on Jan 25, 2022.

Amy Blobaum spent four years in prison for a drug crime that wouldn’t be prosecuted today. Now free, she’s not through paying.

February 1, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

In many ways, life is good for Amy Blobaum. She has a job she loves, is happily married to a Lutheran pastor-to-be and soon will give birth to her second...

Maryland Terrapins guard Fatts Russell, left, guards Illinois Fighting Illini guard Trent Frazier during the second half at the State Farm Center on Jan. 6, 2022, in Champaign.

New Illini booster group aims to give University of Illinois athletes’ name, image and likeness deals a do-gooder twist

December 6, 2022 at 12:05 p.m.

As the once-taboo, now common practice of paying college athletes continues to spread, a group of University of Illinois boosters aims to give the money chase a do-gooder twist. The...

Virginia McCaskey looks up at Bears Chairman George McCaskey before Brian Urlacher was awarded with a ring of excellence during halftime between the Bears and the Seattle Seahawks at Soldier Field on Sept. 17, 2018.

Why the NFL’s ‘socialistic enterprise’ means the Chicago Bears win at the bank — even when they lose on the field

December 6, 2022 at 4:19 p.m.

When the Chicago Bears lowered the lid on another disappointing season, it was easy to view them as an NFL franchise in disarray. The head coach hadn't panned out, the...

Itasca residents opposed to a Haymarket drug rehab center protest along Irving Park Road outside Itasca's Village Hall, before the Plan Commission takes a nonbinding vote on the project on Sept. 22, 2021.

Haymarket drug treatment center files lawsuit against Itasca, claiming rejection of rehab facility was discriminatory

January 11, 2022 at 5:43 p.m.

The Haymarket drug treatment center filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the village of Itasca, claiming its rejection of a rehab facility proposed for a former hotel amounted to discrimination...

The Rev. John Lovell formed and helps run the Coalition for Canceled Priests, which raises funds to support legal expenses of Roman Catholic priests it says have been unfairly removed from the ministry by bishops.

Money, media and Mel Gibson: Suburban-based Coalition for Canceled Priests uses aggressive tactics in bid to reinstate sidelined clerics

January 3, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

A curious trio of billboards went up across Rockford in November. They showed five men in Roman collars bracketed by angry red type: "Not one more penny! Until you reinstate...

Police stage near Lifetime Fitness at Oakbrook Center shopping mall in Oak Brook after a reported shooting at the mall on Dec. 23, 2021.

‘It doesn’t scare me away’: Oakbrook Center’s Christmas Eve shoppers unfazed after Thursday shooting that left 4 people injured

December 26, 2021 at 8:15 a.m.

Half a day after SWAT teams combed through Oakbrook Center in the wake of a gunfight that left four people injured, a flock of Christmas Eve shoppers filled the upscale...

Shots ring out amid last-minute Christmas shopping at Oakbrook Center, four people wounded, police say

December 26, 2021 at 8:17 a.m.

Two nights before Christmas, gunfire erupted at one of the Chicago area's most popular shopping malls, leaving four people shot and throngs of holiday shoppers and store employees running for...

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