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Just days after President Joe Biden selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, his administration said Friday that Illinois’ first lady M.K Pritzker has…
A person was seriously wounded Saturday morning in a police-involved shooting on the West Side, officials said. The shooting happened in the 3800 block of West…
Weather officials were expecting thunderstorms, hail and winds up to 60 mph Saturday in portions of north central and northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana.Thunderstorms were expected…
As U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger sentenced longtime Chicago political operative Roberto Caldero to nearly five years in prison for wire fraud Friday, he placed the…
Dozens of current and former law enforcement officials are rallying behind an indicted ex-Cook County prosecutor, raising money for his defense against felony charges in a…
Cook County’s independent watchdog has rolled out another report finding four more county employees who fraudulently obtained federal loans designed to help small businesses survive the…
One warm evening last July, SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer got a call out of the blue from Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, who wanted…
Kimberly Jackson-Miller, a resident of Chicago’s Burnside neighborhood, has been a customer of the Walmart in Chatham since it opened more than a decade ago.The Chatham…
Five state public health employees maintained a “yearbook” that included photos of medical marijuana applicants and mocking captions such as “Happy Holidaze” and “Why the long…
Northwestern University’s Students Demand Action, a group dedicated to fighting gun violence and advocating for gun safety, hosted a demonstration in response to the Wednesday night…