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A Rockford funeral home’s van was stolen Saturday with the body of a dead man inside, according to police.Chicago police found the stolen van Sunday night,…
After a nine-hour bargaining session Sunday — and months of negotiations — the University of Illinois at Chicago administration reached a tentative agreement with faculty and…
Five people were rushed to area hospitals Sunday from the location of a Southwest Side bar after “an apparent overdose,” according to Chicago police.The five adults…
The South Side of Chicago is often overlooked, stigmatized or simply ignored, said Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative. But in the…
The Chicago Fire Department has fired a paramedic after an internal affairs investigation into the death of a Buena Park man determined the first responder did…
Much has happened in the world since two young entrepreneurs — once stars of Chicago’s tech scene — were charged with criminal fraud. In recent years,…
Two teenagers were shot, one fatally Sunday afternoon during a robbery where the teens were attempting to buy shoes from an online seller on the city’s…
Melissa Ortega migrated with her mother from Zacatecas, Mexico, to the United States in July 2021.A year and a half later, on a snowy and cold…
Lunar New Year celebrations kicked off over the weekend in Chicago, but Sunday’s events were marred by news of a gunman killing 10 people and wounding…
Longtime Chicago radio host Lin Brehmer has died. He was 68. WXRT, where Brehmer was a disc jockey and hosted morning programs, reported the news that…