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Ald. Derrick Curtis has been fined $1,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics. Political work using public resources is not allowed.

“At least through the workweek, it’s going to be real nice,” according to a National Weather Service meteorologist.

The jury that will decide R. Kelly’s fate on federal charges stemming from the alleged sexual abuse of minors is expected to be empaneled in...

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That Mensa had to go around the licensing process illustrates the difficulties facing minority companies trying to get started in the almost...

Development is finally underway in the Six Corners area near Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, bringing sighs of relief from residents.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to sell off an abandoned industrial site best known as a backdrop for the 2014 “Transformers" movie.

A City Council resolution also seeks bans on high-capacity ammunition magazines and body armor, in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at t...

Consumers reported finding metal in the pizza.

From the beach where he swims on Lake Michigan, Rob Heitz can see the rehabilitation hospital where he began his recovery journey after bein...

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Authorities are not investigating the attack as a hate crime at this time because they don't know the motive behind it.

Rob Heitz, 41, is preparing to swim from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park in San Francisco Aug. 19. The Chicagoan has been training for a yea...

Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with pe...

Police said shots were fired at a vehicle eastbound on the interstate near York Road at approximately 1:15 a.m. Sunday, causing a crash.

A 40-year-old man was shot and gravely wounded outside a CTA Red Line station in Englewood on the South Side Saturday night, police said.

A number of last-minute issues are already hanging over R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago as jury selection gets underway on Monday.

A third person suffered a shoulder injury and declined medical attention. Officials initially said three people had been shot.

Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the cli...

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Shedd Aquarium and the Chicago Park District will lead the project, which includes installing floating wetlands and native plants along the...

An analysis last year of Chicago Police Department deployment data appears to raise questions about whether Chicago police officers are con...

The park closed early with guests and team members departing under direction of the Gurnee Police Department.

At a news conference Sunday afternoon, Illinois rideshare drivers and delivery workers announced that local groups are joining a national mo...

A retired Chicago police officer was wounded during an exchange of gunfire that erupted during an attempted robbery in the city’s Lawndale n...