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An armed man was fatally wounded by police Wednesday night after officers were called to a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop in Forest Park because...

Monarch butterfly population down, so plant milkweed

After more than a year and a half in custody, embattled R&B singer R. Kelly’s prospects for trial in two separate federal cases are not quit...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has loosened restrictions on outdoor dining, exercise classes, weddings and performance venues such as theaters, her ad...

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

A Waukegan man was shot and killed Wednesday, according to police.

Bertrand Tavernier, the prolific French filmmaker noted for films such as “Coup de Torchon,” “A Sunday in the Country” and “Round Midnight,”...

A long-awaited plan to convert a toxic lakefront sludge dump into community parkland would give residents lakefront access. The U.S. Army Co...

The Chicago's Southeast Side was once the gateway to Big Steel. Industrial work near the convergence of Lake Michigan and the Calumet River...

Glen Ellyn's Chris Ward was hospitalized for nearly four months. His story is a reminder of our responsibility to protect one another's fate...

A man was found dead in the Main Branch of the Chicago River downtown Thursday morning, according to police.

Moderate early spring temperatures should continue in the Chicago area through the weekend, but most of northern Illinois and northwest Indi...

In Illinois and the Midwest, there are numerous neighborhoods bordering properties producing air, water or soil pollution. Some residents ha...

Officials with the Army Corps said they hope to award a construction contract for the larger tank by September, while community groups have...

The Southeast Side remains home to various industries that produce waste materials affecting the area’s air, land and water.

A man arrested after a Far South Side standoff with a Chicago police SWAT team has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Senita...

Sources say two pipe bombs were found in the unit at 240 E. Illinois St. on Wednesday, more than 12 hours after Theodore Hilk was found dead...

A man arrested after a Far South Side standoff with a Chicago police SWAT team has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman...

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

Evanston set out to show how it could be done but fell short, Dahleen Glanton writes.

COVID-19 vaccinations are everyone’s chance to do something good and help other people. Plus it may give you sculpted abs, who knows?

Anosh Ahmed, a top doctor at Loretto Hospital, has resigned amid ongoing controversy over connected people receiving vaccinations from the W...

Families are feeling more comfortable about returning to school, one CPS official said.

FBI, bomb squad, SWAT called to hazmat where man died earlier on Near North Side.

Robert Rose is stepping down in June after six years of heading the agency tasked with getting vacant land redeveloped.