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A suburban elementary school was placed under “secure and teach” status and nearby residents were advised to remain inside their homes Tuesd...

Pints of ice cream from a popular brand were recalled due to potential presence of small stones and other hard objects in the dessert, the F...

DePaul University is the latest Chicago-area school to announce job cuts, part of a growing trend across higher education as universities gr...

The Chicago Bears are set to play the Green Bay Packers in a rematch of their Week 14 game, and there is a ton on the line at Soldier Field....

The Illinois High School Association announced this week that its football playoffs will expand in 2026, with 128 new teams taking part in t...

 The Chicago Cubs retained a key reliever on Tuesday, agreeing to a one-year contract with Caleb Thielbar.A person familiar with the dea...

The new year is rapidly approaching, but will the minimum wage in the state of Illinois be going up in 2026?Under provisions of a law pa...

The Chicago Bears didn’t practice Tuesday, but their estimated injury report included updates on wide receivers Rome Odunze and Luther Burde...

After years of “fiscal cliffs and “doomsday scenarios,” Chicago transit now has a financial lifeline from Springfield. On Tuesday at Uni...

Yelp released a new list of the top 100 ramen shops in the U.S. for 2025 and six Chicago-area spots made the cut — with both the city and su...

A woman was found dead following a disturbance near a popular northwest suburban town square early Tuesday morning, sparking a heavy police...

Thousands of cases of popular salad dressings have been recalled, according an enforcement report from the Food and Drug Administration, due...

The Powerball jackpot is still up for grabs after no ticket matched the six winning numbers in Monday’s drawing, with the grand prize total...

Two people were hurt including a firefighter after a multi-story apartment building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood caught fire early Tuesd...

Following the mass shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others injured, students left the campus in droves, inc...

City leaders in Highland Park have skeptically left the door open for what Mayor Nancy Rotering likened to a Graceland-type tourist attracti...

Sheriff’s deputies in northwest Indiana are urging drivers to be alert after bottles containing liquids were thrown at several vehicles alon...

Mike White, who had a successful career as a college coach with California and Illinois and later coached the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, has die...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will “do everything in [his] power” to avoid a government shutdown in the city of Chicago, despite the fact th...

Hanukkah is supposed to be a celebration of Jewish resilience and about light casting out darkness, but many in Chicago’s Jewish community s...

A new tax on alcohol that was proposed in Chicago’s City Council could have big implications for both shoppers and retailers, opponents of t...

Thanks to the way the NFL action unfolded this weekend, the Chicago Bears are a lot closer to clinching a playoff spot.The Bears knocked...

Dozens of volunteers spent the weekend stuffing stockings with thoughtful and curated gifts for patients at Lurie Children’s Hospital.On...

As brutally cold conditions gripped the Chicago area this past weekend, a rather peculiar phenomenon surfaced along Lake Michigan. Multi...

An MRI confirmed Green Bay Packers star pass rusher Micah Parsons tore his left anterior cruciate ligament, a person with knowledge of the t...