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The brand-new 34th ward, which encompasses most of the western half the Loop and stretches into Greektown and Fulton Market, has a brand-new alderman.Bill Conway —…
A man working under an SUV Tuesday was fatally crushed when the vehicle came off a rock that was apparently being used to prop it up,…
Though Chicago election officials called voter turnout in Tuesday’s election sluggish — an estimated 32% of registered voters cast a ballot at the polls, during early…
Four years ago, Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez upended the longtime reign of the Mell family in the ward in a razor-thin election, going on to become one…
A 55-year-old woman was fatally wounded Tuesday night while she was getting out of her vehicle in the North Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said. The woman…
One-term Ald. Jim Gardiner has been dogged by controversy since winning a close race to represent the Northwest Side Park in 2019. Yet Tuesday he was…
Election Day is akin to the opening of baseball season, where optimism reigns and no one is a loser — at least until 7 p.m., when…
Lawyers for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan argued in a series of court filings late Tuesday that the racketeering charges against him fail to allege…
We’re not done.Following Tuesday’s balloting, Chicagoans have one more Election Day to get through to determine who will be mayor as well as several races for…
In the Southwest Side 14th Ward, progressive candidate Jeylu Gutierrez opened up a lead over Raúl Reyes as Gutierrez seeks to become the first new council…