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April is National Poetry Month, so columnist Mary Schmich is sharing a few poems that have kept her good company through the years.

In some of the more heavily vaccinated parts of Chicago, COVID-19 cases on the rise.

A north suburban man was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in federal prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State terrorist group by provi...

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A judge Friday denied bail for a West Rogers Park man accused of trying to conceal the body of his roommate who was fatally assaulted and fo...

Family of 13-year-old Adam Toledo to view police video of shooting next week, lawyers say.

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

Nearly 100,000 public school students in the state are still full-time remote, out of 2 million total.

For teens, COVID-19 curtailed freedoms and added isolation, even as some of them return to the world of school and activities. Here's how to...

Chicago youth work together to help Latino elders book an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine as many begin to reunite with loved ones a ye...

A man is dead after a roadway shooting caused him to crash into a light pole on I-57 Thursday morning on the city’s Far South Side.

A new daily high for coronavirus vaccinations was set in Illinois on Thursday but the daily COVID-19 case count also was remarkable, crossin...

University of Illinois gymnast shines light on vaccine advocacy and his sport.

Police are warning Far South Side residents after several bizarre arson incidents in the Hegewisch neighborhood.

One district is giving the tests on Saturdays, and offering gift cards to students as incentives to come in.

DMX, one of the most popular and successful rappers to emerge in the 1990s, died on Friday. He was 50.

A west suburban businessman is under federal investigation for allegedly obtaining more than $1 million in COVID-19 relief loans and using m...

A candlelight vigil for Uber driver Javier Ramos was held in Franklin Park on March 26, 2021. Ramos was shot and killed by a passenger durin...

Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99.

Seven changes that some people familiar with FOIA would like to see in Illinois.

I was glad to see President Joe Biden, while announcing limited executives actions aimed at curbing gun violence Thursday, call American’s...

City officials estimated it will cost $27,000 to replace each of the 650 lead service lines they plan to dig out of the ground this year, fa...

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

Two employees of a private ambulance service were injured and an ambulance was tipped on its side after a crash in the Avondale neighborhood...

Two officers involved in the shooting of an unarmed man last year as they struggled to detain him at a busy downtown CTA train station now f...