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NASCAR estimates a $113 million benefit to Chicago, but detractors question at what cost.

The son of the former House assistant majority leader receives prison time for failing to file tax returns.

Park District leaders praised the festival for better engaging with nearby communities after backlash last year. The festival is scheduled t...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday in a newspaper report that he won’t sign the state budget if Republican lawmakers follow through on...

The Chicago Police Department’s consent decree is in grave danger of failing, according to the city’s former chief watchdog.

The trial has given jurors — and the public — a glimpse into the largely uncharted world of sweepstakes machines, sometimes called “gray mac...

Brown had testiifed that Chicago police beat him into falsely confessing to starting a fire in a video store that killed two people.

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Gasienica, who began ski jumping at age 4, competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

A Naperville woman who worked at Neaqua Valley High School has been charged with using a credit card issued by Indian Prairie School Distric...

The commission tasked with finding finalists for the vacant CPD superintendent job has completed two rounds of interviews and remains on tra...

A Detroit-area community has banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned poles after a tense hourslong meeting that raised questions about discr...

Roger Payne, the scientist who spurred a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that whales could sing, has died....

None of the three people shot in the two incidents sustained life-threatening wounds, police said.

Closing arguments were set to begin Wednesday in the bribery trial of a politically connected Chicago businessman accused of arranging to pa...

In the Chicago metro area, a person would need to earn nearly $28 an hour working 40 hours a week in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment...

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

Efforts of collaboration between volunteers and city officials came to a head when the city hosted a closed meeting to respond to a letter s...

The Chicago Bears bought a site for a new stadium in Arlington Heights, but with taxes there skyrocketing, the team is looking at other opti...

According to police, the driver fled the scene but was later detained a mile away. Police charged him with two misdemeanor counts of driving...

The driver of a bus hits pedicab driver Sarah Yopp outside Wrigley Field Sunday night after a Dead & Company concert.

Churches in Elgin, Plano and Elmhurst join nearly 40 churches statewide in splitting with The United Methodist Church over disagreements abo...

The proposal comes after Tribune found aldermen used expense accounts to pay ex-Park District official who resigned amid lifeguard scandal.

DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road will be closed for multiple days.