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With Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. stepping down, retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler was in a tight race with community organizer Ronnie Mosley...

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Recently appointed Ald. Timmy Knudsen is challenged by community organizer Brian Comer in a heated 43rd Ward race.

Small business owner and progressive organizer Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth was leading affordable housing developer Joe Dunne in the North Side 4...

A college administrator and daughter of former congressman are competing for an open 30th Ward aldermanic seat on the Northwest Side.

Johnson, a Cook County commissioner and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, squeaked out a stunning victory over Vallas, a former Chicago Publ...

With Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza not running for reelection, Peter Chico and Ana Guajardo are in the runoff to represent the Southeast Side w...

New incumbent Ald. Nicole Lee had backing from Daleys against Chicago cop Tony Ciaravino.

In the race to succeed retiring Ald. James Cappleman in the North Side 46th Ward, Angela Clay and Kim Walz have sought to portray each other...

Challenger Megan Mathias criticizes Ald. Jim Gardiner for fostering a contentious atmosphere in the Northwest Side 45th Ward.

In Naperville, voters will select among Scott Wehrli, Benny White and Tiffany Stephens to replace Steve Chirico.

In the Northwest Side 36th Ward, Ald. Gilbert Villegas is being challenged in bid for a third term by Leonor “Lori” Torres Whitt, a teacher...

In the 29th ward, former Chicago police sergeant Ald. Chris Taliaferro is seeking a third term in the face of a challenge from community act...

A lenghty and highly charged campaign comes to a close. Now, who won?

A slew of images claiming to show the former president’s mug shot spread online Tuesday — even though Trump didn’t actually take one during...

The elimination of incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot in February’s first round of voting signaled a widespread desire for change.

In the 24th Ward, recently appointed incumbent Ald. Monique Scott faces off against a barbershop owner and firearms instructor making his se...

The survey released Tuesday was the first time the agency asked about lead pipes and gave the best count yet of how many are underground.

The March 31 storm caused significant flooding around the north suburbs.

As controversy swirled on the Valparaiso University campus weeks after President Jose Padilla announced the private school was considering s...

Klaus Teuber, creator of the hugely popular Catan board game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island, has died a...

For the first time in years, hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is the not the richest person in Illinois on the annual Forbes list

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to several news reports.

Francisco L. Manriquez, 53, of the 700 block of West Sullivan Road, was sentenced by Kane County Judge David Kliment recently after he was f...

Judge George Strickland, who is hearing the case against Robert Crimo Jr., asked his attorney and prosecutors to try to complete the discove...