Tatyana Turner

A couple takes a festive selfie during the tree lighting ceremony.

City announces plans for live, in-person holiday traditions to return to Chicago this fall, from tree lighting to ice skating

September 23, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

Ice skating, new art exhibitions and an annual tree lighting ceremony are among some seasonal traditions that will be returning to Chicago this fall. After a year of canceled festivities...

Requirement to obtain a federal Real ID has been postponed until 2023. Here’s what Illinois residents need to know.

September 23, 2021 at 1:51 p.m.

Good news for procrastinators and the perpetually late: Those wanting to fly out of state no longer need to rush to the secretary of state's office for a Real ID...

2 ATMs taken in separate heists about the same time Thursday morning in Chicago

September 23, 2021 at 11:18 a.m.

Two ATMs were taken from separate businesses almost simultaneously early Thursday, Chicago police said. The cash machines were taken from a convenience store in the Mayfair neighborhood and a restaurant...

Members of the abortion rights group Reproaction demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 9, 2021. A man in Arkansas and another in Illinois on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, filed what appeared to be the first legal actions under a strict new abortion law in Texas that is enforced by ordinary citizens, regardless of where they live.

Former Chicago lawyer sues Texas doctor who violated the state’s abortion law

September 22, 2021 at 4:10 p.m.

On Monday, former Chicago lawyer Felipe Gomez sued Dr. Alan Braid of Texas, who in a Washington Post column shared that he had violated the state's abortion ban, known as...

Large waves on Lake Michigan break near 31st Street Beach on Sept. 22, 2021, in Chicago.

Fall blows in with chillier temperatures, high winds, towering waves and even waterspouts over Lake Michigan

September 22, 2021 at 4:32 p.m.

The first day of fall Wednesday definitely felt like it, with temperatures cooler than they've been in months, high winds, scattered showers and churning waves beating Lake Michigan's shoreline. Waves...

2 men killed in separate Chicago incidents Friday afternoon

September 10, 2021 at 6:41 p.m.

A man was found unresponsive with a head injury in Pilsen Friday afternoon, while another was shot in Austin minutes later, and both died of their wounds. The first man...

From left, Angela Gregg and Mychal Moultry, Sr, the parents of Mychal Moultry, Jr., hold a press conference at St. Sabina Church in Chicago on Sept. 9, 2021, to call for the person who fatally shot their son to come forward and surrender to police.

Mother of 4-year-old killed over Labor Day weekend calls on shooter to come forward: ‘Don’t take away our son and take away our peace too’

September 9, 2021 at 7:50 p.m.

Her pain was palpable. Angela Gregg, joined by roughly a dozen family members and community activists, gathered in front of St. Sabina Church in the Gresham neighborhood to remember the...

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