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The governor announced he issued pardons for 9,210 low-level cannabis convictions, while Illinois State Police have wiped clean more than 49...

First year of legal marijuana in Illinois generated big bucks, but no new minority license holders

Outgoing Illinois Senate Republican leader Bill Brady, one of downstate Illinois’ most high-profile politicians, announced he would retire f...

It’s important to remember that kids returning to classrooms while the coronavirus rages aren't walking back into their pre-pandemic school...

A 4-month-old boy died on Chicago’s West Side early Wednesday, prompting investigations by police and the Illinois Department of Children an...

Here’s a look back at the warmest, coldest, wettest and snowiest New Year’s Day holidays in Chicago, going back to 1872.

Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 dose...

“He is a gentle soul and touched everybody," said one resident who recalled how Levin tended to her mother when she was ill.

Teenage girl, 17, shot once in the leg during apparent road rage shooting, Chicago police say.

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

In a year marred by a deadly pandemic and rocked by civil unrest over policing in America, Chicago in 2020 endured a level of violence that...

Chicago police made public Wednesday night additional dashcam recordings, body-worn camera footage and other documents from the raid on Anja...

A Huntley man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of a 36-year-old man in Carpentersville, according to t...

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Mike Mills was an award-winning hall of fame pitmaster, a restaurateur who became a worldwide ambassador for barbecue, the Southern Illinois...

The Illinois House will reconvene in Springfield starting Jan. 8 for the first time since May and as Speaker Michael Madigan’s continued lea...

With teacher vaccines expected to start in February or March, CTU says school reopening should wait.

A top aide to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot alerted her to the botched raid on Anjanette Young’s home, in which Chicago police handcuffed the...

Chicago in 2020 reached a level of violence not seen in the city in years, with homicides increasing by more than 50%, according to official...

Snowplow driver stabbed in Hoffman Estates.

By the end of the day on Monday, 126,211 COVID-19 vaccinations had been administered throughout Illinois, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s...

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

As the pandemic forces more people outside, animals like beavers are gaining a following.

A Hammond man charged with murder who escaped when a private driver who was extraditing him from Texas stopped at a Gary McDonald’s drive-th...