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Mike Hamernik, the WGN-TV weekend morning meteorologist, 60, died Wednesday from lung cancer. His sister said on Twitter that he died at hom...

A third suspect has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a blind man as he walked in the Lawndale neighborhood in spring...

Kyle Rittenhouse to face November trial for fatally shooting two men and wounding another at Kenosha protest

The director of a prominent statewide criminal justice reform project is Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle’s selection to be the county...

Sally Atwater, wife of the late GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee chairman Lee Atwater, died Tuesday, according to her...

Roger Vonlanthen, the last surviving member of the Switzerland team that in 1954 played in the highest-scoring World Cup match, has died.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas called the idea of Target taking over Macy's space "embarrassing" and "disgusting." What’s embarrassing a...

A man has been charged with murder and arson in connection with a February house fire in the Gresham neighborhood that killed a mother and h...

Anissa Weier, now 19, is expected to present testimony from mental health experts showing she’s ready to be released from the Winnebago Ment...

Three Gary teens face murder charges after a boy, 16, was fatally shot in the head while helping his mother move on July 5.

Homewood officially said no to a rezoning of the Calumet Country Club that would have opened the door for a redevelopment plan calling for a...

Chicago police said a 69-year-old concealed carry license holder successfully defended himself Tuesday night when three men in Beverly deman...

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According to the report, video surveillance shows that the fire started several minutes before the first 911 call was logged.

Jackie Bennett, Snyder’s attorney, said the allegation against Snyder “is absolutely, positively and unequivocally false.” He called the p...

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Man convicted in 2019 death of off-duty officer sentenced to 65 years.

A Naperville woman was one of five people charged with voter fraud in the 2020 general election.

When he got out of the car near the emergency room, he was “gasping for air” and had a “weird feeling in his neck,” charges show. He felt a...

The actor has chosen a new defense attorney to take the lead on his case, but prosecutors alleged the new lawyer has a critical conflict of...

In a negotiated deal with Lake County prosecutors, John Kline, 74, entered the plea in a case dating back to 2014 based on an alleged incide...

Online court records note that Blake, charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon in the death of N...

Travelers heading to Chicago from Nebraska and Texas will be subject to additional coronavirus mitigations under this week’s update of the c...

First-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth used a brief message on Twitter on Tuesday to officially announce her bid for reelection in...

Rick Foulkes and Rita Rossi-Foulkes are pinning their hopes on an unknowable, fickle resource: Human kindness. (Human kindness on Twitter, n...