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A pesar de un esfuerzo federal para reducir el número de vacunas requeridas para los niños, nuevos datos muestran que las tasas de vacunación siguen siendo altas entre los niños en edad escolar en Illinois. La tasa de vacunación contra …

A union strike at Brookfield Zoo ended on its third day after zoo officials and union officials found common ground for a tentative four-year collective bargaining agreement. The tentative agreement Wednesday covers employees in animal care, facilities, custodial and security …

La Policía del Estado de Illinois (ISP) ha comenzado una investigación sobre el tiroteo fatal de Silverio Villegas González, casi ocho meses después de que fuera asesinado por un agente federal de inmigración durante una parada de tráfico en el …

“The Bear” is coming to an end this summer — and now fans can save the date. The final season of the Chicago-based hit TV show is set to air beginning June 25, according to a news release from FX. …

Beachgoers may notice changes at several lakefront parking lots this summer as the city rolls out a new “modernized” payment management system. The Chicago Park District installed automated parking gates at 10 lots on the city’s lakefront and is using …

Some might get a queasy feeling looking over the railing at the top of the 33-foot-high slide that anchors a new exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Others will begin thinking “Wheeeeee!” before even entering the mouth …

Newly appointed Zoning Committee Chair Gilbert Villegas led his first meeting Wednesday and started chipping away at the backlog of 138 projects stalled by the stalemate over who should head up one of the City Council’s most powerful committees. It’s …

Drivers are being alerted to several road closures planned for Thursday and Friday due to funeral services for Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew in Edgewater. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Sheridan Road and Bryn Mawr Avenue will shut down surrounding St. …

Bryson Graham’s words on Wednesday were profound. Then again, they often are in prepared introductory press conferences. Bulls fans, however, are at the point where they deserve more than the decades-long distraction of the Michael Jordan statue in the United …

Anjanette Young, a social worker who became a police reform advocate after an infamous botched raid on her home in 2019, is one step closer to becoming a bureaucrat with sway over police policy. That’s after the Chicago City Council’s …

The Illinois attorney general’s office and consumer advocates say Peoples Gas’ proposal to raise rates by $202 million would ultimately cost homeowners while lining the pockets of the utility’s shareholders and proposed a rate decrease instead. It will be up …

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in the Preakness Stakes next weekend, trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday. DeVaux and owners decided to skip the Preakness and set their sights on the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga …

Plot twist: Ajša Sivka is headed to the University of Kentucky. After playing internationally last season, the Sky’s No. 10 pick in the 2025 draft was expected to join the team in 2026. When training camp started without her, the …

The Cubs might be the hottest team in baseball — with seven straight wins overall and 13 in a row at home entering the third game of a four-game series against the Reds at Wrigley Field — but Wednesday turned …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The continued development of the White Sox on this just-concluded six-game western excursion vs. the Padres and Angels has to be best exemplified by the presence of reliever Mike Vasil. Vasil, 26, would have been in the …

Mayor Brandon Johnson teamed up with mayors from around the state and headed for Springfield to push back on Gov. JB Pritzker’s planned reductions for local government funding in this year’s proposed budget. Proposed by Pritzker in February, the budget …

A longtime deputy district director for Congressman Danny Davis has been hit with federal charges for allegedly obtaining more than $31,000 in unemployment insurance benefits during the pandemic — while still working for the congressman. Gerard C. Moorer, 42, of …

Two months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV called his bank in South Chicago to change his phone number and address. The former Robert Prevost answered all his security questions posed by the teller, but there was still a problem. …

The Chicago Teachers Union is threatening to file a lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools over what the union’s lawyers say is the delayed payment of some $300,000 in stipends for high school athletic directors. On Monday an attorney representing the …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It wasn’t the best of outings for White Sox left-hander Noah Schultz on Wednesday. He walked the first batter he faced, but worked out of the first inning unscathed. The proverbial roof then caved in during a …