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Despite federal aid and higher than expected revenues, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker faces several obstacles in getting his budget proposal pa...

After drawing stinging criticism for an improper raid in 2019 in which Chicago police officers executed a search warrant at the wrong addres...

Numerous park districts say they’re behind their lifeguard hiring goals. The three-pool Dundee Township Park District still needs to hire ab...

A niece made funeral arrangements for her uncle dying of COVID-19. Then she learned about a life-saving surgery. Now he’s ready to karaoke a...

A Glendale Heights man who was near death after being stricken with COVID-19 is ready to karaoke again after a double lung transplant at Nor...

Lawyers want alleged misconduct case against cop dropped because it took 16 years for CPD to seek an officer’s firing.

The Rev. Larry Sullivan, pastor of Christ the King on Chicago's Southwest Side, has been reinstated after an allegation of a sexual assault...

The state is closing an Aurora residential treatment facility for children and young adults after an advocacy organization for people with d...

Hackers recently stole a cache of thousands of city of Chicago emails that were electronically transferred from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s admin...

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

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has chosen Annette Nance-Holt to become the first woman ever to lead the Chicago Fire Department, she announced at a gr...

A black cat found some luck Thursday afternoon when it used one of its nine lives to take a chance leaping from a fifth floor unit that was...

About 12:30 a.m., the 14-year-old was standing outside in the 800 block of West 61st Street when multiple bullets pierced her abdomen, Chica...

Two men are dead after separate crashes Thursday on the Kennedy Expressway and Interstate 294, according to Illinois State Police.

We elected you, Mayor Lightfoot, to represent us, fight for us, listen to us and talk to us. You need to know our stories. The Chicago Tribu...

Ohio is offering a $1 million prize as an incentive to get COVID-19 vaccinations. Here are some ideas for things Illinois could offer to con...

Trap shooting, a sport in which participants blast flying clay targets out of the sky, has over the last decade grown from a handful of scho...

A TrumPoem about Liz Cheney, based on the words and action of our former president, Donald Trump.

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

A former corrections chief pleaded Thursday for McHenry County’s jail to keep holding people accused of illegally entering the country for p...

Top health officials in the Pritzker administration tell a House hearing that the state VA misled them about COVID-19 protocols at veterans...

Reginald Spears of Chicago's Bronzeville Classical School is one of 10 Golden Apple winners.

Pilot, three passengers suffer minor injuries in an emergency small plane landing on Interstate 355 south Thursday morning, officials said.

The CDC eased up its advice for what fully vaccinated people can do inside without wearing a mask. Fill out the survey to share what you're...