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The Cook County Chief Judge entered an order Monday calling for all courthouse matters to be held via videoconference except in “extraordina...

A male police officer was seriously injured during a traffic stop near the 95th Street Red Line “L” station on Monday evening, according to...

Illinois senior Sen. Dick Durbin said Monday he’ll seek the position of top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee — a spot that could b...

A man in his 20s died and two other men were injured Monday in two separate shootings in East Garfield Park and West Garfield Park.

Chicago artist Tyrue “Slang” Jones creates mural for Brandon McGhee, 23, who was shot and killed in one of the most violent weekends Chicago...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that he sees a “glimmer of hope” in recent downturns in the number of new coronavirus cases and the positivit...

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Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady.

Three men who dressed as police officers to allegedly kidnap a Naperville man outside his electronics store have been indicted on federal ki...

Kwame Owusu, 29, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Danette Amos-Williams, 46, who was found strangled to death at a...

Police say Lockport woman reportedly stuffed a Yorkie into her jacket and walked out of a Naperville pet shop. She has been charged with fel...

The former president said he wrote the memoir with young people in mind will return for a book club discussion.

A new legal aid fund has been launched in Cook County aimed at helping those at risk of eviction or foreclosure as a result of the COVID-19...

An alderman introduced a plan on Monday to tax deliveries by companies such as Amazon, as the City Council also capped fees third party deli...

An Aurora man is accused of shooting a man in the head Saturday afternoon on the city’s near East Side, officials said.

Two women were arrested early Monday after they fought in a room at the Trump Tower and started breaking and throwing pictures that were on...

Two people were hospitalized after a fire Monday afternoon in Old Town, according to the Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Police Departme...

A former top aide to Chicago city treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin alleged in an email to a city ethics official that she was fired after re...

As the nation faces unprecedented coronavirus spread, a relative of the mayor of Naperville took to Twitter to publicly admonish him for att...

Nearly 700 nursing home workers went on strike Monday at 11 facilities in Illinois, seeking higher pay and greater protections from the COVI...

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

Wisconsin’s partial presidential recount entered its fourth day with very few changes in vote totals as President Donald Trump’s attorneys a...

Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to sentence 83-year-old Edward Vrdolyak to up to 3 1/2 years behind bars, saying his decision to hide...

Tuesday’s morning commute may be marred by snowfall, with as much as 3 inches falling in the west and northwest suburbs, meteorologists warn...

Workers at about a dozen nursing homes in Illinois, most in Chicago area, go on strike over wages and hazard pay.