Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

As attempts to ban books across the county increase, Chicago establishes ‘Book Sanctuaries’: ‘Encouraging and alarming’

CHICAGO — A glass shelf displaying some of the most notable challenged books in the country adorns the entryway of the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont branch. The books are surrounded by yellow tape and red signs that inevitably steer the attention of those who walk inside to the titles…

Chicago Tribune

Over 60 ready-to-eat meat products from Illinois company are recalled due to listeria threat

Listeriosis kills around 200 people every year, according to the CDC

The Independent UK

Simply Better Brands Expands PureKana Wholesale Distribution Into Four Large Cannabis Markets

Simply Better Brands Corp. (OTCQB: PKANF) (CVE:SBBC) expanded its PureKana wholesale distribution into the four large U.S. markets of California, Texas, Florida, and Illinois.

Benzinga

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

7 Takeaways from Bears’ narrow victory over the Texans

From Justin Fields' regression to Roquan's big bounce back, here are our takeaways from the Bears' victory over the Texans.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Best photos from the Bears’ Week 3 win vs. Texans

The Bears defeated the Texans in Week 3 thanks to an interception by Roquan Smith. Take a look at the action:

USA Today Sports Media Group

Improving the workplace for low-wage workers is a matter of justice

These workers got the rest of us through the pandemic but continue to experience no benefits or unaffordable benefits, few health and safety protections, and job and income insecurity.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago outdoors: Hummingbirds, greenback walleye, IL pheasant forecast, IL’s longest lived goose

Suburban hummingbirds, a surprise greenback walleye from the Kankakee system, a nugget on the Illinois pheasant forecast, and Illinois’ longest-lived Canada goose are among the notes from around Chicago and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Chicago, suburbs back down to low COVID-19 risk level: CDC

Illinois has reported an average of 2,482 new cases per day over the past week, a 32% decline compared to a month ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

20 trails where Chicago-area hikers can enjoy nature, peace before winter sets in

There are hiking gems to be found within three hours of Chicago that aren’t as urban as the North Branch River Trail or as crowded as Starved Rock State Park in Utica.

Chicago Sun-Times

Saturday is the last day for Illinois residents to claim a cut of $100 million Google Photos privacy settlement

Illinois residents have until Saturday to submit claims for their cut of a $100 million class-action settlement reached this spring in a lawsuit against Google over alleged violations of the state’s biometric privacy law.

Chicago Tribune

Figuring bowhunting for deer in Illinois as the season opener comes Oct. 1

Figuring the changes and what the data means for deer hunting by Illinois bowhunters as the season opener comes Oct. 1.

Chicago Sun-Times

State Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty to federal bribery charges

Jones allegedly agreed to protect the red-light camera company SafeSpeed from legislation in the Illinois General Assembly in exchange for $5,000 and a job for an unnamed associate. Then, the state senator allegedly lied to the FBI about it.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police: Inmates got out of Illinois jail with pandemic loans

More than two dozen people have been charged in Illinois with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief money, with authorities alleging some of them were behind bars when they used their relief money to post bond and free themselves from jail

The Independent UK

WATCH: Chicago Rapper Vic Mensa Seen Giving Away $10K In Free Gas As He Promotes His New Weed Brand

Chicago rapper, actor and activist Vic Mensa recently unveiled his new brand 93 Boyz, an equity-focused cannabis company - and the first Black-owned and led weed business in the state of Illinois.

Benzinga

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Heads up for waterfowl hunters: Be aware of avian flu and proper precautions during hunting seasons

Avian flu is expected to spike again and Illinois is the latest Lake Michigan state to advice waterfowl hunters on what to notice and precautions for the upcoming seasons.

Chicago Sun-Times

Amendment 1 is a property tax hike in disguise

Passage of Amendment 1, on the November ballot, would put Illinoisans’ pocketbooks at risk of another hit during a time when it is already difficult to make ends meet.

Chicago Sun-Times

Charges against state Sen. Emil Jones III show cheap price of corruption in Illinois

The paltry $5,000 kickback Emil Jones III was allegedly promised in a scheme with the red-light camera company SafeSpeed LLC is indicative of how easily some of our elected leaders can apparently be bought off.

Chicago Sun-Times

AP Week 5 Illinois high school football rankings

The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Asharq Al-Awsat

2 Claim Mega Millions Prize; 3rd-Largest US Lottery Jackpot

Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket to the late July drawing was sold in a Chicago suburb, opting to take a lump sum payment of $780.5 million, lottery officials said Wednesday. The Illinois Lottery said the prize…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Illinois vs Chattanooga Prediction, Game Preview

Illinois vs Chattanooga game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 4 game on Thursday, September 22

WEKU

Two people who agreed to split the Mega Millions jackpot have claimed the prize

The Illinois Lottery said the $1.337 billion prize for the July 29 drawing was claimed by two people who wish to remain anonymous. They chose a lump sum payment of $780.5 million.

Chicago Tribune

Amid mounting pushback, Illinois drag queens push forward

For the last four years on the third Sunday of every month, drag queen Ginger Forest heads to Jerry’s Sandwiches in Lincoln Square just in time for brunch. She’s there to put on a show.

Chicago Sun-Times

Naturalization ceremony in Daley Plaza results in 63 new U.S. citizens

“This is the first step in achieving most of the goals I’ve set for myself,” said Sharon Celestine, 20, who came to Chicago from Nigeria.

The Independent UK

Jury awards Illinois woman $363M in suit over plant's gas

A jury has awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged that a now-shuttered suburban Chicago plant that sterilized medical equipment exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and gave her breast cancer

Chicago Sun-Times

State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigation

The son of former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. is also charged with lying to the FBI.

1 … 99 100 101 102

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.