Block Club Chicago Staff

The district gave 150,000 at-home test kits to students in "areas hardest hit by the pandemic" earlier this month.

The city has yet to get at least .1 inches of snow this season. That could end Tuesday.

Julius Flowers, 23, was in jail charged with a carjacking that happened an hour before Rae Park was killed in Lincoln Square.

The kittens, Perceive and Nivea, were in carrier that was stolen by someone and thrown in a trash can. Two people rescued them.

MaShawn Plummer joined the Fire Department a year ago and belonged to Engine 94 in Portage Park.

Millions of teens now will be able to get a booster shot, giving added protection as the Omicron variant spreads.

Woom Sing Tse was fatally shot Tuesday near Wentworth Avenue and 23rd Place. Police say they arrested someone quickly after the slaying because of quick involvement from neighbors.

Cases of syphilis citywide jumped 13 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Data from this year is incomplete, but five cases have been recorded in Roseland since September.

The officer and another man were wounded after "an exchange of gunfire," officials said. The officer has non-life-threatening injuries.

Were the map to pass as-is, it would cut Austin out of the Far South Side ward where she's been alderman since 1994.

Abloh and Kanye West bonded over their love for design, and their collaborations helped bring the Rockford native global acclaim. He died after battling cancer.

On Thursday night, police said both girls have been located.

The news comes after police said they would push to temporarily close the Randolph Street restaurant and venue.

Police say Deandre Jennings and Antwon Montgomery were part of a group of four who ambushed the guards in a "foiled robbery attempt" in Chatham Monday. They killed the other two men about an hour later, police allege.

"Block Club Chicago’s emphasis on consistent presence in neighborhoods to build trust has made it a leader in community-rooted local news," a judge wrote of the nonprofit news source.

Ald. Walter Burnett said he's asked the Mayor's Office for a special entertainment police detail in Fulton Market, an area crawling with tourists and people enjoying nights out on the town.

Block Club is a finalist in the breaking news, public service and photography categories, among others.

Prosecutors allege Alton Spann, 18, shot Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng, 24, and later pawned his laptop and iPhone for $100.

The reader-funded nonprofit newsroom was also honored as a finalist for Best Solutions Project, Best Breaking News and Collaboration of the Year.

The threat was similar to a number of false threats that were made on college campuses across the nation, officials said.