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Jurors in the perjury trial of Tim Mapes, onetime chief of staff for Democratic ex-Speaker Michael Madigan, will not hear the name of a form...

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Charges are pending against a man who police say shot and killed an 8-year-old girl in the Portage Park neighborhood over the weekend.

Director William Friedkin, best known for his Oscar-winning “The French Connection” and blockbuster “The Exorcist,” died Monday in Los Angel...

Lake County sheriff’s police said the three teens were in the basement of a home in the 36700 block of North Grandview near Gurnee, when a 1...

Two people and a dog are dead after a domestic-related shooting Saturday night in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, according to police.

A Tinley Park man, Chad Oster, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 30-year-old Lauren Pikor, found by police Friday...

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Newcomers have struggled to open here while state laws have allowed large multi-state operators to keep the market largely to themselves, re...

The increase in cases is a reminder that COVID-19 is still lurking, even if it’s no longer top-of-mind

Jenkins is known for songs such as “You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song” and “Miss Mary Mack.”

Some music fans, or make that mud fans, were going for it Sunday, especially at the high-energy Perry’s stage.

National Weather Service officials say there’s a chance of torrential rain and flooding late Sunday evening and overnight in the far south C...

As Waukegan community members and city officials ponder ways to enhance safety including a smooth relationship between residents and police...

The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism bot...

The duo jumped on the track to take pictures, according to Oak Park spokesperson Dan Yopchick.

An 8-year-old girl is dead after she was shot in the head Saturday night in Portage Park, according to the Chicago police department.

Mapes, a key member of Madigan’s inner circle who for years served as the speaker’s borderline-tyrannical gatekeeper, is about to go on tria...

The Tribune traveled with Esperanza and her family from El Paso to Chicago Union Station to gain a better understanding of what migrants exp...

No police officers were injured in the shooting,but one man was hospitalized with an apparent gunshot wound.

Headliners are Odesza on the T-Mobile stage and the K-pop band Tomorrow X Together on the Bud Light Stage, plus the rapper Pusha T in a day-...

Shortly before 6 a.m., police found the boy in the 2700 block of West Van Buren Street with gunshot wounds to the head. He was taken in cri...

Lauren Pikor, 30, was found stabbed to death Friday night in the roadway near her home one block away from Oak Forest High School.

National Weather Service officials are expecting dangerous swimming conditions at the shores of Lake Michigan, as well as a risk of thunders...

Once part of the wall of solidly Republican collar counties, Will County is now one of the last battlegrounds for the region’s GOP.