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With new COVID-19 cases in Illinois more than doubling in May compared to April, the likely approval of a booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 this week is perfect timing, experts said Tuesday. → Read More
Travel is expected to rebound this Memorial Day weekend after a COVID-19 slump, but road trippers should brace for regular gas to average more than $4 a gallon in 47 states, AAA reports. → Read More
Metra's BNSF service is operating on a reduced schedule Thursday as authorities continue investigating a fatal crash in Clarendon Hills. The collision between an express train and a truck on Wednesday killed a female passenger. → Read More
All service is suspended on Metra's BNSF Line after a train collided with a truck at a crossing in Clarendon Hills, killing a passengere. → Read More
That oasis will be a mirage. Tollway yanking glass Hinsdale oasis structure over I-294. Work will close lanes temporary, stretch into summer. → Read More
GOP gubernatorial candidate and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin criticized Gov. J.B. Pritzker's handling of a fatal COVID-19 outbreak at a veterans home but evaded giving his opinion of another politician -- Donald Trump at a media event Monday. → Read More
"The Janes," a documentary film about the intrepid collective of Chicago area feminists who helped pregant women get abortions when it was criminal, will soon debut on HBO, and before that at the Davis Theater in Chicago. → Read More
"Where's the doctor?" police yelled in a 1972 bust. But there was no male doctor performing illegal abortions. Instead it was Jane, a collective of female activists who defied authority to help women in Chicago and the suburbs. → Read More
The Chicago Department of Public Health is "strongly recommending" masking indoors and on public transit to prevent spread of COVID-19 as cases spike, officials said Friday. → Read More
For the third time since Joe Biden's inauguration, Air Force One will touch down at O'Hare. The president will visit Chicago Wednesday, May 11, to speak at an IBEW conference. → Read More
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday announced he would end a mask mandate on public transit and at airports after a federal judge's ruling. That means masks on Metra, the CTA, Pace and at O'Hare will be optional now. → Read More
Masks are a must on planes and transit until May 3, the feds now say, to keep people safe and reduce spread of COVID-19. But what about the risk that a mask altercation will erupt 35,000 feet up in the interim? → Read More
Kane County authorities have identified the man killed in a shooting outside a West Dundee fitness center on Wednesday. → Read More
Authorities charged a Naperville man with robbery Saturday following an investigation into a heist of over $14,000 Thursday at a Downers Grove credit union. → Read More
Lake County Sheriff's Office detectives are seeking information on the whereabouts of a Wadsworth 18-year-old in connection with a child pornography investigation. → Read More
Is it COVID-19 fatigue? Or COVID-19 malaise? Here's why some aren't worried about COVID-19 and why it's important to use common sense, especially with cases on the rise. → Read More
Union Pacific miders will get some Metra mojo when the railroads adds back trains suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minor changes also are coming for UP North trains. → Read More
New cases of COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 Wednesday for the first time since February, and the state's positivity rate for cases rose above 2%. → Read More
With a fast-spreading COVID-19 variant spiraling in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, local health officials are eying Illinois' case and infection rates closely. → Read More
It's not so painful to fill up today, AAA says. That's partly because of a White House plan to release millions from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Here's what region averages are now versus a week ago. → Read More