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Of the more than 100,000 appointments that were made available at the United Center mass vaccination site on Thursday, more than 27,000 have already been snapped up, health officials announced Thursday evening. According to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s press office, 27,819 appointments have already been booked for senior citizens to receive their first d...

A Barrington woman was charged with Aggravated Battery of a Child Thursday stemming from incidents which occurred in a suburban church, police said.

A new mass vaccination site set to open in Des Plaines by this weekend, becoming the first large-scale facility to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Illinois, will begin taking appointments Thursday afternoon.

One person was killed and two others injured due to a crash along Interstate 88 Thursday morning, according to Illinois State Police.

Several Chicago-area hospitals will receive additional COVID vaccine doses from the state as part of a new pilot program aimed at increasing equitable distribution, officials announced.

The body of a missing woman from McHenry County was found in a storage locker Tuesday in a suburb near Rockford.

Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today.

More than a thousand Peoples Gas customers in Logan Square were without heat for a second day Wednesday as the utility company said service could be restored by that evening.

Indiana residents age 55 to 60 are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials announced as Indiana’s supply of shots continued to increase.

Authorities at Cook County Jail are searching for coronavirus clues in the unlikeliest of places: the sewers. “You know, I wanted to get as far out front of determining what the positivity rrate was in the jail,” Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart told NBC5. “It’s just a proactive thing that I really wanted to do.” The proce...

An unknown number of Cook County residents who had received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine received a text message asking for proof of treatment, leading to plenty of confusion and concern among those who received them. Jessica Frank was one of those individuals, saying that she received a text message from a Florida area code that stopp...

More than 350 carjackings have been reported in the city of Chicago so far this year, and victims of the crimes are pushing for officials to do something about the vicious crime spree. On Wednesday, another violent incident took place in the city’s West Garfield Park neighborhood. According to police, a passenger in a ride-share vehicle attempted t...

Teachers in south suburban Bourbonnais will go on strike Thursday after a final bargaining session between District 53 officials and the Bourbonnais Education Association ended without an agreement late Wednesday night. Teachers will picket Thursday morning at 8 a.m., according to a statement issued by the BEA. Bargaining had gotten underway at 6 p...