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A toddler is dead after another child found a gun and it was accidentally discharged in a home in Englewood, authorities said.

“As of right now, it’s an experiment in progress," one physician said of the COVID-19 risks of attending Lollapalooza.

Only 150 students out of 3,000 eligible had applied to the Virtual Academy.

Here is a brief history of the singer’s success and troubles.

Dolton police Chief Robert Collins released 27 minutes of video Thursday showing the view from cameras worn by officers and from a fast-food...

Clinics for patients with long-haul COVID-19 are popping up across the Chicago area, as hospital systems grapple with how to treat patients...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday announced a plan to use collaborative approaches learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to tackle Chicago’s v...

Opponents say they're still considering an immediate appeal of the ruling against a preliminary injunction.

Urban Rivers' Wild Mile project is aimed at reinventing the North Branch Canal of the river into an eco-park.

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White orders all employees to get vaccinated or be tested regularly.

A student from Bartlett High School died and three others were injured following a single-vehicle crash in Bartlett on Tuesday night, school...

A man in his 80s has been confirmed as having this year’s first human case of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, in Cook County, acc...

The weekend in Chicago will get hotter with time, reaching up to 89 degrees on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms are likely, but not a "watc...

The Des Plaines police officer who accidentally shot a then-15-year-old in 2019 will not face criminal charges, Cook County State’s Attorney...

Former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell, who pleaded guilty in 2012 to what authorities then called the largest municipal fraud in the count...

A Chicago police officer who shot a man on a CTA Red Line platform early last year has been charged with aggravated battery and official mis...

Gary Rabine, one of three announced GOP candidates for governor, attacked Gov. J.B Pritzker’s mask mandate for schools by falsely contending...

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A 13-year-old boy was shot in the neck around 7 p.m. Wednesday and he was in critical condition, Chicago police said. A 19-year-old man also...

The reason many Americans still refuse to get the free, safe and wildly effective COVID-19 vaccine: It can’t be eaten. Perhaps if we offer a...

“This will help us shut down any local outbreaks before they get started,” the post said.

Workers try to band some ospreys in Busse Woods, part of Forest Preserves of Cook County, on July 9, 2021, in Elk Grove Village.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's mask mandate for all K-12 students in Illinois is unlikely to quell debate at local school board meetings, some of whic...

After Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a statewide mask mandate for schools on Wednesday, the Illinois High School Association announced the direct...

A student from Bartlett High School died and three others were injured following a single-vehicle crash in Bartlett Tuesday night, school of...