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The Chicago-born rapper, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, came out with a new song and video to mock the federal wire fraud conspiracy...

With live performances on hiatus, this year has forced performing musicians to mine their creativity for both inspiration *and* income strea...

A 27-year-old man was shot Thursday night while driving on the Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side, according to Illinois State Police.

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Two days after the arrest of a 15-year-old boy, a second teen has been charged with a botched carjacking that killed a retired Chicago firef...

Local oligarch offers to help boost Insult-A-Columnist Holiday Food Drive by matching donations up to $50,000.

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John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, is facing possible dismissal from the Chicago Police Department for offe...

A federal review into the historic effects of former President Barack Obama’s proposed presidential center in Jackson Park officially conclu...

Giant hemp grower to buy marijuana cultivation license in Illinois

Walgreens and CVS Health predict the vaccine will be available to the public during the spring, and patients will most likely have to make a...

Tensions between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are rising over whether it’s safe to bring students and teachers back...

The Cook County Board voted Thursday to recognize Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for Cook County government employees starting next...

A judge Thursday denied bail to a career burglar who Cook County prosecutors said admitted beheading the body of a woman inside her South Sh...

"It’s time for the CTU to put students first and be supportive partners in the effort to safely reopen classrooms," CPS said in response to...

Illinois ramped up its statewide vaccination effort on Thursday after the state received its expected full complement of Pfizer vaccines to...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said the city will no longer withhold video from residents seeking police records of their own inci...

Murder charges filed after the body of a woman found partially clothed in a vacant lot in Bronzeville.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s pilot program to galvanize public transportation on the South Side and south suburbs will chu...

With the COVID-19 pandemic having the potential to turn the annual camp-out by loving couples looking to tie the knot into a superspreader e...

Metra next month will change weekday schedules on four of its lines, including three of those serving the northwest and west suburbs and the...

Forecasters say there’s a chance of snow in the days leading up to Christmas. With so many Advent calendar doors to open before then, though...

The Ojala Foundation describes itself as a bridge between the Latino and Muslim communities, and its community work as a way of helping the...