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The Crawford power plant, where a smokestack was demolished on April 11, 2020, is shown from the Little Village neighborhood on April 12.

Little Village leaders demand city strip tax subsidies from company that botched demolition of power plant smokestack

April 16, 2020 at 2:45 p.m.

Community leaders demanded Thursday that the city of Chicago strip $19.7 million in tax subsidies they say have been granted to the company that oversaw the botched demolition of a...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Residents of assisted living home make mask kits for neighbors. ‘It’s been a wonderful response.’

April 9, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

Each day, 98-year-old Lorraine Kozak sits at a table in her nursing home and carefully cuts out swatches of fabric and places them into plastic bags with elastic and instructions...

People crowd The 606 trail in the Wicker Park neighborhood on March 25, 2020.

‘It’s gorgeous outside but please behave.’ No end in sight for stay-at-home order as Chicagoans fight summer weather temptations.

April 7, 2020 at 8:13 p.m.

On the first balmy spring afternoon that promised the return of hot summer days, Chicagoans wondering when the stay-at-home order would end were given an answer: not anytime soon. As...

As temperatures are forecast to soar into the 70s on Tuesday, officials to step up stay-at-home enforcement

April 7, 2020 at 8:39 a.m.

On Tuesday, temperatures in Chicago will likely break into the 70s for the first time this year, sparking some concerns over whether residents will continue to abide by the governor's...

Andre Wallace, manager of Personal Liquors in the 4200 block of West Madison Street in Chicago, with Tatyanna Smith, put together an order on April 6, 2020. As a precaution against the spread of COVID-19 virus, the store and a few other liquor stores will voluntarily close early.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot floats move to crack down on congregating outside Chicago liquor stores

April 6, 2020 at 5:41 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday said that the number of Chicagoans hanging around outside liquor stores is a problem, and floated the idea of enacting new rules to try to...

In this April 1, 2020, photo, the long hallway inside Naveed Abidi's Bikram Yoga West is empty, of members after being closed by the city last week, tipped off by several residents who disagreed with it being an essential health and wellness center in Chicago. "It was not like an act of rebellion or anything," said Abidi, who faces a fine of up to $10,000. "If we were naughty with the government's order, then we're very, very sorry. We're not here to cause problems, we're here to practice our poses."

Chicago yoga studio could face up to $10,000 in fines for defying stay-at-home order, city says

April 3, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

A West Loop yoga studio could face up to $10,000 in fines for continuing to operate during the statewide stay-at-home order, according to city officials. The Business Affairs and Consumer...

19-year-old man shot in Lynwood, area police searching for more information

April 3, 2020 at 12:28 p.m.

Lynwood police are asking the public for any information anyone might have about the Thursday evening shooting of a 19-year-old man. Around 9:35 p.m., Lynwood police were dispatched to the...

West Loop yoga studio closed after city says it is not an essential business under stay-at-home order

March 30, 2020 at 2:22 p.m.

A West Loop yoga studio has been issued a violation notice after the city disagreed with its contention that it was a place of "health and wellness" and therefore could...

At University of Illinois at Chicago's Makerspace lab, Dylan Lynch, an assistant director of Makerspace, operates a laser cutter while wearing a plastic face shield on March 26, 2020. The shield was designed at the lab and have been delivered to medical professionals combating the spread COVID-19.

UIC engineers pitch in to ease shortage of protective gear for health workers: A face shield that can be made in 20 seconds

March 27, 2020 at 7:37 a.m.

As coronavirus cases continued to soar last weekend, Dylan Lynch got an urgent call from the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center: It desperately needed protective gear for workers...

Chicago police disperse groups from lakefront, will start ticketing as Mayor Lightfoot scolds residents ignoring stay-at-home order

March 26, 2020 at 10:28 a.m.

Update: A day after Mayor Lightfoot scolded residents who packed parks, trails and the lakefront, the city shut down the Lakefront Trail, parks and beaches until further notice. Four days...

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