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Backers argued the council had a rare opportunity ahead of the new term to assert its independence.

Pablo Xavier, 31, a utility worker and longtime Chicagoan, told the Tribune he had been high on mushrooms Friday when he began playing aroun...

Officials said in a weather statement Thursday, an all hazards severe threat exist, including tornadoes.

The role lobbyists play in Springfield politics took center stage Thursday in the “ComEd Four” bribery trial.

Cook County judges should be recused from hearing the case against two former prosecutors facing charges in connection with the wrongful con...

A crew of at least four people in a gray sedan went on a robbery spree that began at about 4 a.m. Thursday on the Near West Side, Chicago po...

Around 9:15 p.m., officers responded to a traffic accident involving four vehicles in the 3600 block of West Columbus Avenue.

The older sibling accessed a handgun inside the Lafayette apartment on Tuesday afternoon and fatally shot the boy, who was identified as Isi...

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Despite their differences, all the candidates say crime and cleaning up the neighborhoods are top goals.

Two-term incumbent Bob O’Dekirk is being challenged by Tycee Bell and Terry D’Arcy to lead Illinois' third-largest city.

Gun rights advocates rallied in Springfield Wednesday, two days after another school mass shooting.

Police tracked down a man using the number he shared with a woman minutes before he allegedly robbed a bank and shot a guard.

Those who know Rex Engelbert — including his brother, who called him a “gentle giant” — were not surprised to learn of his heroics.

David Wright, 46, was arrested when he was 17 years old in August 1994 for the murder of two of his friends, 16-year-old Tyrone Rockett and...

The 86-year-old pope had experiencing breathing difficulties and tests confirmed the presence of an infection.

Edward Gardner was almost 40 when he founded Soft Sheen Products, which he built into the nation's largest Black-owned hair care company,

Entertainer Paul O’Grady, who achieved fame as drag queen Lily Savage before becoming a much-loved comedian and host on British television,...

Jeffrey S. Stucke, 53, and Jacqueline S. Birsa, 37, were pronounced dead Monday after being found in Stucke’s car parked in the Lockport Wal...

Matthew Woodfork III, 53, of Joliet, was pronounced dead at 4:42 p.m. Monday of multiple gunshot wounds, ghe Will County coroner’s office re...

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Prosecution’s star witness in the “ComEd Four” trial testified then-House Speaker Michael Madigan called on the utility to raise $450,000 at...

After more than seven hours of closing arguments from a government prosecutor, the defense began its turn Wednesday

A seemingly relentless series of severe storms, likely with deadly tornadoes, are forecast to rip across parts of America’s Midwest and Sout...

School City of Hammond officials said elementary students discovered a handgun on a school bus Tuesday, which they said was left on a previo...