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Journalist Jerome Cahill, who covered national politics with a ‘determined pursuit of facts,’ dies at 92

A Cicero man once dubbed the “No Boundaries Bandit” for a prolific string of bank robberies in 2014 is under arrest again.

A flash flood watch remains in effect for much of the Chicago area through Saturday morning, with several rounds of “torrential rainfall pro...

Lawyer steps away from case after guilty verdict in his brother's murder trial.

Legislation headed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk could set the stage for a wave of annual real estate tax increases across Illinois by allowi...

A prominent Lake County, Ind., attorney was found dead in his ransacked Hobart home Thursday afternoon.

About 2,000 Cook County employees went on strike Friday morning, a day after the county hospital system’s nurses also staged a work stoppage...

Staff at Columbia College, frustrated after almost three years of contract negotiations with their employer, decided to make a point by appl...

A Loyola University graduate who lives in Chicago is among the missing in the condo building collapse in Surfside, Fla., according to the Mi...

Last year was billed as an outlier for violence in Chicago as tensions flared during the pandemic and civil unrest. But as the first half of...

For the third consecutive City Council meeting, an ordinance to rename Lake Shore Drive from Hollywood Avenue to 67th Street for Chicago fou...

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A proposed resolution to temporarily hand Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office more control of $1 billion in federal aid wa...

Kane County officials say they are concerned about a live tiger show to be offered at the county fair, but have no power to stop it because...

Lawyer Candace Jackson-Akiwumi will be the first active Black judge serving on the 11-judge court since Judge Ann Claire Williams stepped ba...

A Cook County jury has again convicted Anthony Jackson of first-degree murder in the gruesome 2013 beating of a stranger on a Green Line pla...

A young mother was injured during the tornado Sunday evening and lost her unborn baby. Now, family members, friends and strangers are offeri...

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A downstate man was arrested Thursday on federal charges alleging he assaulted members of the media and tripped a police officer during the...

RefugeeOnepartnered with Mount Sinai Hospital to get refugee families vaccinated against COVID-19.

A Crestwood gas station sold a Mega Millions ticket worth $56 million to a frequent customer who hasn't stopped by the store since discoveri...

Chicago parents shed light on why their children can't swim. According to a new survey by Lurie Children's hospital, the cost of swim lesson...

The area could see 3 to 4 inches of rain by Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

Tornado severely reduces tree population in Naperville and Woodridge.

The Federal Election Commission on Thursday delayed until next month a ruling sought by Illinois Democrats over how its new leader, U.S. Rep...