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Chicago hunger strikers over scrap metal shredder see glimmer of hope as Mayor Lori Lightfoot asks EPA for advice on permit

A federal judge on Friday dismissed several bribery charges against the owner of a Pennsylvania debt-collection business accused of steering...

The number of vaccines going to Black and Latino people in Chicago has gone up but the city still has work to do in closing the equity gap,...

At least four fighters were injured in an extra-alarm fire that spread from a residential building to at least one other in the Bridgeport n...

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Thousands of COVID-19 vaccination appointments in Chicago must be rescheduled as the city on Thursday evening still awaited delayed shipment...

The scathing inspector general report on how Chicago police handled the George Floyd protests last spring drew sharp responses from across t...

In a rare joint statement, the two groups pushing separate versions of a civilian police oversight ordinance in Chicago on Thursday accused...

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U.S. Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush called on Chicago’s top U.S. Postal Service official to resign, joining a coalition of politicians from the So...

Residents on Chicago's South Side are frustrated with mail delays that have been going on for months.

The children were placed in protective custody after a police welfare check, authorities said.

Seventeen additional cases of the coronavirus variant from the United Kingdom have been identified in Illinois, bringing the statewide total...

Read Illinois Rep. Michael Madigan's resignation letter.

Lan's Old Town shut down for violating COVID-19 restrictions, the second citation for the longtime Chicago restaurant.

I’m less interested in the show host’s career than I am in how this moment might shape and inform our conversations and progress on race and...

The University of Illinois Chicago didn't advertise its COVID-19 vaccine site. "It was all word of mouth," an official said.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to use $281.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to cover Chicago Police Department payroll costs duri...

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

Chicago police are asking for help identifying the driver of an SUV that hit a cyclist and critically injured her last week in the Avondale...

Read the report from Inspector General Joseph Ferguson on the city's response to protests and looting that gripped Chicago last spring after...

The major zoos are welcoming visitors back, with COVID limitations, following extraordinary wintertime shutdowns.

State Rep. Michael Madigan on Thursday announced his resignation from the Illinois House after representing a Southwest Side district for a...

No snow was recorded Wednesday at O’Hare Airport, stopping just short of breaking a 78-year-old record for most days with snowfall in a row....