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

A Chicago police lieutenant used excessive force in beating and kicking a Cubs fan during the raucous World Series celebration outside Wrigl...

Chicago Alfresco, the city’s new initiative for outdoor dining, stretches from Rogers Park to South Chicago, carving out space on streets an...

Tribune Publishing shareholders voted Friday to approve hedge fund Alden Global Capital’s $633 million purchase of the Chicago-based newspap...

Chicago Police Board clears officer Clauzell Gause of lying about whether he punched a handcuffed detainee in a hospital room man.

A man and a woman were shot Thursday night while driving southbound on Interstate 57 between 127th Street and 147th Street in the south subu...

A Chicago man faces at least 84 years in prison after being found guilty of a 2019 sexual assault of an employee at the Hyatt House in Oak B...

A male’s body was spotted by a helicopter Friday morning at Montrose Harbor, according to Chicago police.

A 17-year-old boy was rescued by Chicago firefighters early Friday after falling four stories down a shaft between buildings in the Old Town...

Three people were hospitalized after a shooting led to a crash early Friday on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway, according to Illinois Sta...

One woman died and two others were critically injured when their blue Hyundai Elantra hit a light pole Thursday night in the West Humboldt P...

Three men were killed within less than five hours early Friday in separate Chicago shootings that also left two other men injured, including...

Two men have been charged in the shooting of a 2-year-old girl near the Leighton Criminal Court Building and Cook County Jail in Little Vill...

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

An Illinois Supreme Court ruling will allow Curative Health Cultivation LLC to continue growing marijuana at its Aurora facility.

A Northwestern Medicine study, published Friday in a peer-reviewed science journal that focuses on aging, found that more than 20% of the su...

Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.

A former lobbyist and consultant indicted in the ComEd bribery scandal challenged the federal charges facing him Thursday, saying there is i...

Lightfoot's policies on policing, housing and education come under fire.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will spend up to $10 million on seven community projects, the city announced Thursday. Lightfoot said the city will giv...

llinois will tap state coffers to repay roughly $2 billion in remaining debt on emergency coronavirus loans from the Federal Reserve, abando...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday doubled down on her choice to only give one-on-one interviews to journalists of color for her two-year anni...

Two years ago, as Chicago’s city government reeled from a public corruption scandal that’s still ongoing, Lori Lightfoot rode her status as...

As the Chicago area reopens, some normalcy returns to Memorial Day. Here’s a list of holiday weekend activities.

A Nebraska man is charged in the death of his two young children from Rock Falls, Illinois, authorities said.