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An often-combative Mayor Lori Lightfoot once again took the offensive against her leading challengers during a forum Thursday, repeatedly interrupting rival candidates and even the forum…
Voters across Chicago will be making their picks for mayor, alderman, city treasurer, clerk and, for the first time, representatives on police district councils. Some voters…
The ex-wife of TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau told a Chicago federal judge Thursday she saw him handling dozens of gold bars over the course of their…
The Illinois Attorney General’s office on Thursday filed its initial argument in an appeal of a judge’s ruling that a state law eliminating cash bail violates…
A 23-year-old Rockford man has been charged with abuse of a corpse for stealing a funeral home van containing a body that was later dumped in Chicago, authorities…
A Chicago Public Schools official informed Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign team that it can’t recruit students for political work on campus or offer extra credit —…
After Wednesday’s 2 to 4 inches of snowfall in the area, National Weather Service officials showed concern for commuters Thursday morning as wind gusts up to…
Will Keeps was a 15-year-old member of a Chicago gang when he witnessed rival members kill his friend. He escaped the streets and moved to Iowa…
A man accused of firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Peoria, Illinois, earlier this month told investigators that he had done so after recalling an abortion…
John Harms seemed to fade from Chicago Blackhawks lore just as quickly as he arrived.Harms, who played right wing for the Hawks from 1943-45, is best…