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Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 disaster declaration for Illinois will end May 11, falling in line with a decision by the White House to end a pair…
A former Chicago police officer has been charged with multiple felonies of perjury and forgery, the city’s Office of Inspector General announced Tuesday afternoon.Jeffrey Kriv was…
O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 5 now has more space to accommodate planes and passengers after 10 new gates opened for airlines’ use.The new gates entering service…
Authorities found the body of a 96-year-old woman in a freezer on the first floor of a building in the Portage Park neighborhood Monday afternoon.Police responded…
Lanita Carter first told police and prosecutors two decades ago that R. Kelly sexually abused her. No charges were filed. She tried to move on, she…
The Illinois State Board of Education announced Tuesday that Tony Sanders, superintendent of Elgin School District U-46, was named the new state superintendent of education.Carmen Ayala…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has reached a 15-year-old deal with Commonwealth Edison that the city bills as the “strongest municipal utility franchise deal in the country,”…
A Cook County school district official has been charged in the theft of $1.5 million worth of food.Vera Liddell, 66, was being held in the Cook…
Indiana’s high court said it will not immediately consider a challenge to the state’s abortion ban that is based on the argument that the law violates…
To inform voters, the Chicago Tribune politics team posed a series of questions to the candidates running for mayor of Chicago.There are nine candidates running for…