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Legislation to prohibit Illinois schools from putting students alone in locked rooms or physically restraining them face down will have to b...

The Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday approved a sweeping overhaul of the state’s criminal justice system that would end cash bail and...

The pair are accused in the Jan. 18, 1998, bludgeoning deaths of Elva Tamez, 36, Jerod Hodge, 18, and Timothy Ross, 16, at Tamez’s home in...

A 27-year-old Aurora man is accused of battering and causing serious injuries to a 2-month-old girl, Aurora police said.

Cancel culture took center stage as President Donald Trump was impeached a second time. But if cancel culture is so real, how come the peopl...

A 24-year-old man was critically injured Wednesday afternoon in a shooting in the West Pullman neighborhood, police said.

Teachers say their students shouldn't also be punished for educators' decisions to stay home.

Chicago Fire Department officials say they’re aware that federal authorities are seeking information about a suspect photographed in the Cap...

With vaccinations underway across the U.S. and world, Illinois is still in the first phase of its program. Here’s where the state stands.

A Chicago man was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging he participated in last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, posting a photo of...

An 18-year-old Aurora man who was shot while in a car on the city’s near East Side in December has died from related injuries, Aurora police...

Former Whiting Mayor Joseph Stahura will not serve time in jail for wire fraud and filing a false income tax return.

The full gamut of winter weather is expected in Chicago from Thursday through Sunday, forecasters said, with multiple systems moving through...

Small numbers of at-risk older Chicagoans could start getting COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next week, the city’s health commissioner said We...

On Monday about 6,500 CPS students in pre-kindergarten and special education were expected to return to in-person learning across the city....

A McHenry man was killed Wednesday morning near Wauconda in a three-vehicle accident, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

The COVID-19 pandemic might have some Chicagoans reconsidering their stance on avoiding the cold outdoors. Here are tips for how to get fit...

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

"History shows us that our democracy has been challenged tremendously over the years," one teacher said.

Chicago cites 11 bars, restaurants and residential addresses for COVID-19 violations.

A 35-year-old man died after speeding and losing control of his car and hitting another vehicle early Wednesday on the Far South Side, accor...

The Chicago Archdiocese has said Paul Burak, a retired priest from St. Michael Catholic Church in Orland Park who was charged in a fatal hit...

The jackpot for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions was $625 million and lottery officials say it’s rising to an estimated $750 million. The Mega...

A woman was dead and a man was in critical condition after an apparent carbon monoxide leak early Wednesday at a Northwest Side home that wa...