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When state lawmakers in Springfield approved a spending plan in the wee hours of the morning this week, it included a $20 million injection...

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty Thursday on 34 felony counts in a hush money case in New York, with the former commander-in-...

As Pride Month begins this June, so too will Chicago’s month of festivities, which will culminate with the city’s annual Pride Parade, mark...

A Chicago woman who pleaded guilty to helping her mother kill a pregnant teenager in 2019 before the baby was cut from her womb with a butc...

A request from Peoples Gas for an additional $7.9 million rate hike was denied by the Illinois Commerce Commission Thursday, officials said...

More details about Chicago’s popular Windy City Smokeout festival for 2024 have been announced. The country music, barbecue and beer fe...

Two iconic Chicago summer festivals won’t be held on their typical dates this year due to other major events taking place. The Chicago...

A baby bobcat is on the loose after escaping from a Michigan City zoo, Indiana officials said Wednesday in a release.Grace, a 9-month-o...

The Democratic National Convention is coming to Chicago Aug. 19-21, and its host committee is looking for 12,000 volunteers to help make th...

Two men were found fatally shot in a soccer field at La Villita Park early Thursday in Little Village.Officers responded to a call of s...

Private equity firm Hoffmann Family of Companies bought Oberweis Dairy and its assets on Wednesday in a bankruptcy auction, besting an init...

In Illinois, water park season officially begins Saturday. Raging Waves, the state’s largest water park, will open for the 2024 summer...

A community is in mourning after a mother of five on her way home from work was killed in a two-vehicle car crash Tuesday night in Elk Grov...

Melissa Robertson knows pain. She also knows perseverance.“They just got the 42 staples out yesterday, and then five more from where th...

The Illinois State Treasurer’s office is holding over $5 billion in unclaimed funds for Illinois residents, leaving significant money on th...

A video showing a Michigan man with a suspended driver’s license make his court appearance via Zoom call while driving has gone viral, with...

Preparations for the 2024 NASCAR Street Race in Chicago will be getting underway shortly, with the first street closures set to begin in le...

For years, dozens of people have reached out to our NBC Responds teams across the country, saying their social media accounts have been com...

Budget talks can be tedious and hard to follow, but when the person in charge of a substantial budget is at the center of numerous lawsuits...

With the historic cicada emergence now fully underway in the Chicago area, many homeowners may be wondering how the insects may impact thei...

The Chicago Air and Water Show will once again put on incredible displays in the skies and waters of Lake Michigan, but the dates were move...

Researchers and doctors have been left baffled after a recent study found more than 50% of Asian women diagnosed with lung cancer have neve...

More than a dozen people stood in support Wednesday of 27-year-old Ryan Arliskas as they learned the teenager who admitted to killing him t...

Illinois State Police have issued an alert after a 5-year-old girl was reported missing from suburban Woodstock this week.According to...

Another major retailer just announced big summer savings as inflation continues to pinch consumers’ pockets. Beginning Wednesday, Walgr...