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Fire, police crews search Lake Michigan near Navy Pier after unoccupied paddle boat found

July 31, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

Chicago fire and police crews Friday afternoon searched Lake Michigan near Navy Pier after someone spotted an unoccupied paddle boat floating in the water, according to authorities. Police came upon...

Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., on Oct. 14, 2019.

Illinois State to rename floors in residence hall named after U.S. secretaries of state who owned slaves, including Jefferson, Monroe and Madison

July 31, 2020 at 5:07 p.m.

Illinois State University announced Thursday it plans to rename a residence hall's floors that are named after slave owners. The dorm, the 28-story Watterson Towers, opened in 1968 and divided...

Volunteers sort clothing items at the Cradles to Crayons warehouse on July 30, 2020.

Chicago parents struggle to get rid of car seats, children’s items after COVID-19 closures: ‘Recycling is really seeing a decline’

July 31, 2020 at 6:25 a.m.

If you're hoping to donate your child's car seat or crib this year, many thrift stores and retailers likely won't take it. But throwing it away may not be the...

State Board of Elections’ Springfield office closes after staff member tests positive for COVID-19, several others show symptoms

July 29, 2020 at 2:43 p.m.

The Illinois State Board of Elections closed its Springfield office Tuesday for about two weeks after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, according to an agency spokesperson. The board...

Aldermen, advocacy groups call on City Council to pass ordinance to move medically vulnerable people out of shelters and jails

July 28, 2020 at 7:05 p.m.

A coalition of groups voiced their support Tuesday for an ordinance sitting in the Chicago City Council's housing committee that would prioritize finding housing for medically vulnerable populations living in...

Coast Guard finds four teen siblings in kayaks pushed 4 miles out into Lake Michigan by storm

July 27, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

After hours of searching, the U.S. Coast Guard found four teen siblings on two inflatable kayaks in Lake Michigan more than four miles offshore early Monday, authorities said. Three 19-year-olds...

At least 18 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago shootings Thursday night into Friday morning

July 24, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

At least four people were shot to death across Chicago from Thursday night into Friday morning in a series of attacks that also left 14 others injured, according to police....

Decomposed body discovered in South Shore apartment

July 24, 2020 at 11:18 a.m.

A female's decomposed body was discovered late Thursday inside a second-floor apartment in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. Police found the body about 10:58 p.m. in the 7400 block of South...

People listen to speakers at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Thursday, July 23, 2020. A coalition of activist groups complained in federal court that Chicago police have abused and insulted protesters for weeks.

Black Lives Matter, activists go to court to avoid Portland-style federal response to protests, while other groups say CPD has abused protesters

July 24, 2020 at 9:32 a.m.

As federal agents prepared to come to Chicago with the stated goal of stopping violence, activist groups voiced fear that those forces would be used to quell protests against police...

Faculty and staff of the University of Illinois at Chicago are among a group opposing a reopening of college campuses in the fall.

More Illinois college faculty call for remote learning this fall, say schools are ‘prioritizing financial health over’ the lives of students and employees

July 23, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

A coalition of faculty and staff from Illinois colleges and universities insisted Thursday that their institutions stick with remote learning in the fall, with very few exceptions for courses that...

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