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The family of 7-year-old Connor Ethan Kaczmarski of Park Forest filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Thursday against the Kickert Bus Lines and Pa...

A man who is facing weapons charges and other felonies in connection with the on-duty killing of Officer Ella French in August 2021 is askin...

Employees were instructed to spend Wednesday gathering their belongings, returning company equipment

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Attorneys for a man shot and injured by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 are asking a federal judge to give them more time to serve...

Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh denied killing his wife and son but admitted lying about when he last saw them alive as he t...

A dramatic legal saga that began in a Cook County courtroom 20 years ago will draw to a close Thursday when disgraced R&B star R. Kelly is s...

Tony Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin’s governor in the 1980s and later bemoaned the increasing partisanship in politics, h...

Weather officials issued a dense fog advisory Thursday in effect until 9 a.m. warning of visibility less than a quarter mile creating hazard...

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Ald. Gilbert Villegas faces a teacher, a financial consultant and resident in new ward that was radically redrawn.

The mayoral candidate championed by many progressives has sounded less strident on the issue of defunding the police on the campaign trail.

Their frustration grew as CPD and city officials answered questions — sometimes contradictory — about the department’s decision to not fire...

As the federal ComEd Four bribery conspiracy trial nears, prosecutors revealed in a court filing that a longtime confidant of Speaker Michae...

The plan will bring new and upgraded cameras to about 330 Chicago schools.

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Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana disclosed Tuesday that the railroad track was bent along a curve near the ac...

A 72-year-old woman died after she was struck Monday afternoon by a FedEx truck while attempting to cross the street in the South Loop neigh...

National Weather Service officials warned of freezing rain Wednesday morning expected to create slippery road conditions for commuters in th...

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Sixteen candidates are vying to represent the 46th and 48th wards, which encompass Uptown, Edgewater, Andersonville and northern Lakeview.

Vallas promotes himself as a change agent but his history also shows a leader who has faced questions about the results he has left behind.

The assault for which he was sentenced Tuesday took place in Channahon in 2013 and 2014, when Jose Vilchis was a coach at I&M Gymnastics, ac...

Fleeing and eluding and firearm seizures increased in 2022 over the previous year and fatal drug overdoses were on the rise as well, accordi...