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Poll workers at some Cook County sites sent voters who were still in line about 7 p.m. home, an election official said. Cook County Clerk Ka...

Evanston police said the pepper spray was deployed to “prevent injury to bystanders and police officers.”

As more voters have participated in different methods of voting during a particularly contentious election season, which has been backlit by...

The legal settlement with Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration comes as General Iron Industries seeks final city approval to move from weal...

Four teams of two went door-to-door Monday dropping off election-related literature in Little Village to promote civic participation and enc...

The city’s watchdog expressed concern about Chicago Police Department reform efforts on Monday, saying it risks losing legitimacy with the p...

Shortly after midnight, Illinois State Police alerted Munster to the chase, which was headed east on Interstate 80-94, records said, so of...

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Artists Mateo Zapata and Pablo Serrano are painting a massive mural on the sidewall of Carnitas Don Pedro restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen nei...

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday urged patience in the coming days as election authorities grapple with historic levels of mail-in ba...

Burr Ridge and Willowbrook businesses discovered checks that were supposed to be mailed were intercepted, altered and in some cases, deposit...

The accident happened at about 7:20 p.m. on North McAree Road, near the Sycamore Drive intersection, authorities said. The driver of a 2014...

A Cook County judge lectured two young men Monday about the possible deadly consequences they faced when Chicago police stopped their car la...

An Aurora man has been charged with murder after a man was found dead inside a home under renovation in Aurora Township.

Park Ridge restaurants that defy the governor’s indoor dining ban and continue to serve customers inside are being fined daily, a city offic...

"We are prepared to engage in mass non-violent protest," the unions said in a joint statement.

The Chicago Board of Elections is expecting this year’s Election Day to be no different from past elections and hopes to have 90% of the cit...

University of Chicago Medicine will soon begin testing another potential COVID-19 vaccine, and is looking for up to 2,000 people to enroll i...

Kyle Rittenhouse’s bail set at $2 million in Kenosha County

The 1,759 coronavirus hospitalizations as of Sunday trailed only one day in mid-April and marked an 80% jump for COVID-19 patients in the pa...

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

A jewelry store in the 500 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville was robbed, with the items taken being valued at about $150,000. The...