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Man gets back class ring lost in Wisconsin in 1976 after three strangers track him down

A body was found floating in the North Branch of the Chicago River Wednesday afternoon, officials say.

Evanston police are investigating after a house explosion was reported late Tuesday night.

Indicted R&B star R. Kelly formally told a federal judge in New York on Wednesday that he wishes to dump his Chicago-based attorneys just tw...

Summerlike temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s are expected throughout the week, with chances of showers and thunderstorms before te...

A man was charged with attempted murder after hitting a woman in the head and body with a “blunt object” in mid-May in the Lakeview East nei...

Teachers walked off the job just days before the end of the school year.

A man’s body was found Tuesday night after he was burned near a vacant lot in the South Deering neighborhood, authorities said.

A 9-year-old boy was among at least 13 people shot between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in Chicago, one of them a man shot to death...

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

Police on patrol in the Gresham neighborhood early Wednesday saw a man shooting into a garage and fired at him before he ran off and barrica...

Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to...

A 38-year-old man was arrested after he hit a CTA bus with gunfire in the West Pullman neighborhood late Tuesday after a bus driver told him...

Joe Manchin knew he could could cause more harm to Democrats by pretending to be one, Dahleen Glanton writes.

Beloved music teacher leaves life still searching for joy.

Then-25th Ward Ald. Daniel Solis recorded Madigan on numerous occasions as the speaker allegedly sought business for his private law firm, t...

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The strike is "not in the best interest" of students after a year of COVID-19 disruption, a school official said.

Thousands of chicken were stranded in Addison the heat after the truck carrying them needed service.

The brother of a Chicago rapper Lil Durk was killed and a police officer was wounded in a weekend shooting at a strip club in suburban Harve...

A semi broke down on Interstate 90 with a trailer full of 14,000 chickens. An Addison mechanic and the Fire Department worked to hose the bi...

People out fishing early Tuesday found a body Tuesday morning in Lake Michigan east of the East Side neighborhood, officials said.

An impassioned plea to end the continued violence against young people from a member of the public early in the meeting was answered with a...

The Field Foundation named its 2021 winners for the Leaders for a New Chicago award.

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