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A Chicago police officer was released from custody Friday after being stripped of police powers following accusations he sexually abused and punched a 17-year-old boy at…
Despite concerted efforts from vendors at the Little Village Discount Mall — some of who had been there for decades — their bids to remain in…
Workers at REI’s only Chicago location filed for a union election on Friday.The REI staff include about 70 employees who work at the store selling outdoor…
Illinois Tollway drivers with unpaid tolls had a reprieve from fines for several years, but they are now set to return, with changes from the pre-pandemic…
With Chicago’s mayoral race winnowed to two candidates — Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas — and only a dozen or so aldermanic races headed to runoffs,…
National Weather Service officials issued a wind advisory in effect from 3 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday for portions of central, east central, north central…
On the mayoral campaign trail, Brandon Johnson leans heavily on his tenure on the Cook County Board of Commissioners.It’s an important chapter in his background as…
It’s clear that wrestler Emma Engels doesn’t do it “for the ‘gram,” and certainly not for the attention.The 15-year-old sophomore from Bartlett High School is fresh…
Linda Gonzalez grew up swimming in the Lake Michigan and playing softball on the fields at Calumet Park, but today, the lifelong Southeast Side resident thinks…
Thousands of Brandon Johnson supporters packed an arena at the University of Illinois at Chicago Thursday night where longtime Sen. Bernie Sanders, the darling of the…