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Secluding schoolchildren in isolated spaces would be illegal under a new federal bill.

Aldermen advanced Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 spending package Thursday, setting up an up-or-down vote on the full budget next week. After t...

A Homeland Security special agent from Naperville is charged with concealing information from his supervisors and structuring bank account d...

Illinois public health officials reported 168 coronavirus-related deaths Thursday, the most in a single day since the height of the disease’...

With Wrigley Field joining a select circle of national landmarks, its owners become eligible for millions in federal tax credits

Cook County commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved a $14 million payment to settle a lawsuit alleging that a pattern of “masturbatio...

A Montgomery man was charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot at a car, causing the driver to crash and die last month, offi...

Cook County Judge LeRoy Martin Jr., who presides over the busiest felony courthouse in Chicago, has been appointed to a seat on the state’s...

“Whatever we have control over, make yourself happy,” says Jessica Cabe, who put up her Christmas tree the day after Halloween.

Models predict temperatures in the upper 40s with dry conditions on November 26.

More Illinois House Democrats drop their support for Speaker Michael Madigan a day after one of his closest allies is charged with bribery.

Without outdoor seating (too cold) or indoor seating (too cozy), trying to operate solely on takeout and delivery makes no sense for some re...

Embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan responded Thursday to a new federal indictment alleging key allies orchestrated a bribery scheme wit...

60 plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against numerous Chicago police officers alleging they were beaten, unlawfully arrested, and...

After 20 years of selling raspados--shaved ice--in Little Village, Guadalupe Perez, known as Don Lupillo, will never sell again. He died Sun...

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

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

It's not hoarding, it's charity stocking, Dahleen Glanton writes.

Two weeks after Election Day and with the counting of ballots completed, Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood formally declared victory Wed...

Two more deaths makes a total of 23 veterans with COVID who have died in an outbreak at the Illinois Veterans' Home in LaSalle.

The community mourns the death of a Little Village street vendor Guadalupe Perez.

The neighbor heard half a dozen shots then loud screams as she ran out of her apartment and tried to open the door across the hall. It was l...

African American and Latino students "have not been served well enough by remote learning," a top-ranking CPS official said.

One of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s oldest and most trusted confidants was among four people charged Wednesday with orchestratin...

The announcement of a $200 million fine against ComEd for corruption and details of federal subpoenas to AT&T and Illinois House Speaker Mik...