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David Kendziera rides in the Fourth of July parade in Mount Prospect. Kendziera, a graduate of Prospect High School and the University of Illinois, will be competing in the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympics in Tokyo.

Illinois athletes head to Tokyo for an unusual Olympics — but without their parents or support teams: ‘This is their moment too’

July 18, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.

Every morning for the past year, David Kendziera's mother sent him a text message with an inspirational quote as he trained for an Olympics postponed by the pandemic. Maureen Kendziera...

Olachi Tiffany Etoh, who was arrested in Chicago for kidnapping in 2014 and found not guilty by reason of insanity, in Baltimore on July 14, 2021. Baltimore is where said she's found balance among friends and family after returning.

She went to jail after hallucinating a shooting at O’Hare. Now she advocates for those with mental illness in the criminal justice system.

July 16, 2021 at 4:08 p.m.

When the hallucinations started, Olachi Tiffany Etoh says she could see stars raining into her hands. Then 24, college educated and working for a Fortune 500 company, she fled her...

Patricia LaPorta and her son Michael leave for a therapy session from their West Morgan Park home on March 20, 2017. Michael LaPorta was shot in the head at Chicago police Officer Patrick Kelly's home in 2010.

Police Board votes to fire Officer Patrick Kelly, the cop involved in controversial shooting of his friend

June 19, 2021 at 6:58 p.m.

Chicago's police disciplinary panel voted to fire a veteran patrol officer Thursday after finding that he shot a close friend with his service weapon and then lied about it for...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in his office in the Thompson Center on June 3, 2021, in Chicago.

As lawmakers scramble to avoid threatened nukes shutdown, Pritzker pitches plan that would cost ComEd ratepayers nearly $3 more a month

June 11, 2021 at 8:02 p.m.

With lawmakers set to return to Springfield next week to vote on an energy policy overhaul, an outline of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's latest plan shows customers would pay nearly $3...

Kevin Riddle, left, Chicago field office director for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, asks Illinois National Guard Spec. Alan Juarez, second from right, to recite the oath of allegiance in a special ceremony at Cook County Health's vaccination site at Thornton Township High School in Harvey on June 10, 2021. Major Gen. Richard Neely, adjutant general of the state of Illinois and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle were on hand.

‘I’ve always felt I was an American’: Illinois guardsman realizes dream of citizenship at mass vaccination site

June 10, 2021 at 6:01 p.m.

A few hours into his shift checking in people for their vaccine appointments Thursday, Illinois National Guard Spec. Alan Juarez briefly left his post and took his final step toward...

The Metea Valley High School marching band participates in the Memorial Day parade in Naperville on May 31, 2021.

Memorial Day 2021 in Chicago marks step closer to normalcy following pandemic cancellations last year

May 31, 2021 at 6:34 p.m.

As the Naperville Municipal Band finished the final notes of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the annual Memorial Day parade, several members could be seen wiping away tears. It had been...

Cassandra Tanner Miller reacts as she visits her sons playroom at her home in Joliet, Feb. 6, 2020. Her son, Colton, was shot and killed by his father, Christopher Miller, on Sept. 21, 2019.

Domestic violence task force in honor of slain Joliet toddler approved by Illinois lawmakers

May 31, 2021 at 4:42 p.m.

Illinois is expected to launch a new task force aimed at identifying gaps in domestic violence laws in memory of a Joliet boy whose mother's pleas for protection against the...

Wendolyn Reyes, 19, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination event held by St. Anthony Hospital on May 2, 2021, in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. St. Anthony hired about 80 people to go out into communities like Little Village, North Lawndale and Chinatown for the vaccine effort.

‘This is the norm.’ How early vaccine shots went to residents of affluent suburbs and Chicagoans in low-risk areas, despite city push for equity.

May 21, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

In the early weeks of the COVID-19 vaccine's release, a joke made the rounds among people hunting for appointments in Chicago: What's the best way to find a shot in...

A dog can be seen inside Pocket Puppies, one of three Chicago pet stores that sell puppies, in 2018.

Puppy mill loophole closed: Chicago pet stores banned from passing off purebred, designer dogs as rescues

April 22, 2021 at 6:33 p.m.

Pet stores in Chicago can no longer pass off high-priced purebred and designer dogs as rescue animals under new restrictions that close a long-standing loophole in the city's anti-puppy mill...

Protesters rally outside the 3rd Precinct on April 19, 2021, in Minneapolis as the murder trial against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd advances to jury deliberations.

Chicago activists and politicians praise guilty verdict in George Floyd murder but differ on what comes next

April 20, 2021 at 9:41 p.m.

As people celebrated in the streets of Minneapolis following Derek Chauvin's murder conviction Tuesday, Chicago activists and politicians praised the verdict as an important step toward achieving justice for people...

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