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A federal jury Thursday awarded $27 million to a man who spent more than two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted in a double-...

Mayor Johnson, CPD leaders outline public safety plan for holiday weekend.

The body of Alexandra “Alex” Anaya, 13, was found chained and weighed down by a concrete block in the Little Calumet River in August of 2005...

The move would follow Chicago, which started offering 12 weeks of parental leave for city employees in January.

A group of convenience stores and gas stations was opposed, arguing it will send customers to other communities or to the black market.

Donald Hudson, an Illinois appellate judge and earlier a Kane County judge, presided over a number of high-profile murder trials and oversaw...

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In May of 2012, Arnoldo Jimenez, allegedly stabbed his wife to death inside of his black Maserati and dragged her body while still wearing h...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Department officials are holding a news conference Thursday afternoon ahead of the long Mem...

Stuart was born in 2018 at a zoo in Minnesota and had been at the Milwaukee County Zoo since 2019.

Local labor board officials allege the company illegally discouraged organizing efforts at four suburban warehouses.

A Cook County judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city against a Northwest Indiana gun shop.

A 29-year-old man was arrested following an hours-long search for the person who wounded a Romeoville officer in an exchange of gunfire shor...

Will County Treasurer Tim Brophy and county board members Dan Butler of Frankfort, Janet Diaz of Joliet and Sherry Williams of Crest Hill sp...

National Weather Services officials warned of high waves and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches until noon Thursday creati...

NASCAR continues to ring up major sponsors for the inaugural Chicago Street Race, with Xfinity added to the lineup in advance of the July Fo...

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Climate change is bringing more extreme heat to Chicago. Explore community trends with interactive maps showing the city's hotter areas.

Heat is the deadliest weather phenomenon, killing more people in an average year than hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and cold.

A man police believe was involved in a carjacking in Aurora was killed in a shootout with police in Geneva following a pursuit that began in...

Responding officers who arrived at the shrine Tuesday shortly after 2:30 a.m. saw a woman quickly walking away from the fire. Police said th...

The plan calls for hundreds of miles of new bike lanes, routes and paths across the region.

The price tag is significantly more than what the same buildings sold for in 2019

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the leaders of the Illinois legislature announced that they have reached a deal on a roughly $50 billion s...

Robert Kraft and Jerry Reinsdorf joined other Chicago Jewish leaders to condemn rising anti-semitism as Ald. Debra Silverstein made a resolu...