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Officers investigate where Chicago police exchanged fire with an adult male, with an officer being struck in the vest, in the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue on June 8, 2020, in the South Austin neighborhood.

Chicago police officer hit in vest by gunfire on West Side, officers fired at in Englewood

June 8, 2020 at 11:06 a.m.

A Chicago police officer was shot in the vest after responding to a domestic disturbance in the South Austin neighborhood early Monday, authorities said. The officer was taken to Stroger...

Chicago police work at the scene where a 35-year-old man was shot and killed in the 6800 block of S. Emerald Ave., in the Englewood neighborhood on June 7, 2020.

Overnight violence in Chicago: Man shot dead in Englewood, six wounded in Bronzeville attack

June 8, 2020 at 7:54 a.m.

A man was shot to death in Englewood and six others were wounded in a Bronzeville attack hours later on Sunday night, according to Chicago police. The Englewood shooting happened...

Joann Magoch, left, stands next to her mother, Betty Barrett, on the balcony of their condominium on May 14, 2020, in Bloomingdale. Both women had COVID-19 and are recovering.

Woman and her 89-year-old mother both survive COVID-19: ‘I didn’t know if she was gonna live or die’

May 15, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

Joann Magoch knew her 89-year-old mother was on the mend from COVID-19 when she got her attitude back. "She's getting back to her old self because she's getting cocky with...

Volunteers load boxes and bags of food from the Greater Chicago Food Depository for residents.

Food distribution pop-up sites start on South, West sides to fill gap during COVID-19 pandemic

May 4, 2020 at 6:11 a.m.

Under a sunny sky Friday morning outside Trinity United Church of Christ on the city's Far South Side, Monica Moss and other volunteers gave away 500 boxes of boxed and...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

Chicagoans cope with another month at home: closing a pancake house, missing students and setting up routines

April 24, 2020 at 8:49 p.m.

OK, campers. Rise and shine. And don't forget your booties. Because it's cold out there today. It's just another Groundhog Day in Illinois, where Gov. J.B. Pritzker has extended the...

Police stand at attention during the funeral procession for Chicago police Officer Marco DiFranco at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.

Third Chicago cop dies after contracting COVID-19. ‘There is one less officer that will be out on patrol’

April 17, 2020 at 8:36 p.m.

A third Chicago police officer has died from complications stemming from COVID-19. Ronald Newman, 59, died Friday morning, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot. He had been a Chicago cop since...

Chicago police setting up checkpoints to remind people of stay-at-home order, raising concerns of union and ACLU

April 16, 2020 at 6:54 a.m.

Chicago police are setting up checkpoints throughout the city both to remind people about the statewide stay-at-home order during the coronavirus outbreak and to "show a strong police presence" in...

Volunteers pack boxes of nonperishable food March 27, 2020, at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Greater Chicago Food Depository launches coronavirus crisis grant program, suspends charges to pantries for food, seeking volunteers

April 8, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.

The Greater Chicago Food Depository on Wednesday set up a $1 million grant program to help food pantries across Cook County remain open and is seeking volunteers to help pack...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said local officials will assist small businesses, nonprofits and contract workers in getting federal coronavirus relief money.

Cook County aims to help local businesses and nonprofits be first in line for federal coronavirus relief money

April 2, 2020 at 8:34 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday announced a program to help ensure that local business owners, nonprofits and contract workers have access to their piece of the $2.2...

Cans of sweet peas are ready for volunteers to pack into boxes of nonperishable food at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Food-assistance agencies are gearing up for a wave of demand amid closings because of coronavirus

March 28, 2020 at 8:56 p.m.

With nearly one-third of Chicago-area food pantries closed because of the coronavirus, those still open are changing their operations in response to an expected wave of demand and to adhere...

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