1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (259+ words) A 'high alert' for bird migration over the Chicago area remains in effect through Sunday night as tens of thousands of birds continue to fly over the region each night. The alert comes as millions of birds migrated over Illinois…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (356+ words) “It’s about celebrating youth across Chicagoland that are doing phenomenal things in the community,” Walker-West said. “We have categories celebrating kids for dancing, singing, being scholars, athletes, humanitarians. There’s award events for adults, but we don’t have anything for kids....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (295+ words) (The Center Square) – Memorial ceremonies were scheduled across the state on Friday, marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the United States that happened Sept. 11, 2001. A n annual moment of remembrance ceremony was scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. at the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (333+ words) (The Center Square) – Du Quoin officials are asking the public to avoid the Main Street area after a multi-alarm fire rekindled overnight. The blaze reported early on Wednesday afternoon destroyed three businesses in the downtown area. As of Thursday morning,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1591+ words) Quarterback Caleb Williams led the Bears to their first division title in seven years and followed it with a playoff win against the rival Packers. Todd Rosenberg / Getty Images A Lombardi Trophy — Super Bowl LIV — remains the centerpiece on the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (148+ words) An Illinois iLottery player is $1.4 million richer after winning a jackpot in a FastPlay game in recent days. According to Lottery officials, the winning ticket was sold in the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot game, which is one of 39 instant play games…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (457+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: Aug. 29, 1955 1955: Eight days after 14-year-old Emmett Till took the City of New Orleans train from Chicago to stay with…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (466+ words) August 26, 2026 / 2:52 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday he has joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging new rules that purport to give it authority to regulate mail-in voting in federal elections. The suit…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1685+ words) CHICAGO — Minutes after Riverton police officer Brad Herzog ran 31-year-old Daniel Torrez Perez’s name through a law enforcement database one night in April 2025, his phone rang. It was the FBI. “Every bell and whistle went off,” said Jack Griffin, the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (281+ words) The new city guide covers seven teams, six stadiums and arenas, and more than a dozen concert and theater rooms, with parking prices, walk times and transit attached to each one. Chicago, IL, Aug. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FanAtlas Chicago launched this…...