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An Oak Lawn man has been charged in connection with the death of longtime Hometown police officer who was hit by a vehicle early Saturday

An alleged drunken driver clipped an empty Chicago Fire Department ambulance with his SUV early Monday morning and fled the scene, Chicago p...

Only 27,248 coronavirus vaccinations were administered in Illinois on Sunday, a fraction of the state’s daily average, although the state sa...

Not only am I unsure of what post-pandemic life will look like, I’m also entering a world that looks vastly different from what I was educat...

Ald. Pat Dowell is expected to announce this week her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state, j

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a tweet that Chicago would welcome Major League Baseball’s All-Star game following the league’s decision to move...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for a new foot pursuit policy to be implemented by Chicago Police before the start of summer after a city cop sh...

The Porter County Sheriff’s Department identified the man as Joseph W. Magura, 82, who lived in Portage Township in the area where the brus...

All people ages 16 and older in Michigan became eligible for COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, as the state passed the halfway point in its goal...

Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes in municipal elections, choosing mayors and village presidents in multiple Chic...

An event at a rural Illinois bar in February led to an outbreak of 46 cases of COVID-19, a school closure and the hospitalization of a long-...

At least seven people were shot to death in Chicago on Easter Sunday in separate attacks across the city, according to Chicago police.

Park officials released a satellite photo showing smoke from the wildfire extending 80 miles north onto Lake Michigan.

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Chicago police are investigating at least seven homicides and shootings that injured at least 10 other people on Easter.

Breaking out of "cave mentality" will be harder and take longer than expected, Dahleen Glanton writes.

An 18-year old man was charged with aggravated vehicular carjacking and armed robbery after what prosecutors said was a three-day crime spre...

Man allegedly used a samurai knife to stab her 35 times.

A body was seen in the Chicago River Sunday afternoon and police said a 51-year-old man was pronounced dead after he was pulled from the riv...

Two people were shot on area expressways Easter weekend, according to state police.

Three men shot in the Central District, downtown Chicago, Easter weekend, authorities said.

A Trempealeau County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a Chicago man on Interstate 94 near Osseo for multiple traffic violations. A police dog alerte...

Anthony Alvarez's cousin spoke in front of at least 50 people Saturday afternoon at Federal Plaza about her anguish over the death of her co...

A motorist was shot on the Kennedy Expressway on Saturday morning near Belmont Avenue on the Northwest Side, officials said.