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The race for Chicago mayor took a turn toward the bizarre on Thursday as bickering between two candidates over petition challenges escalated to accusations that a…
A police officer and a robbery suspect have been shot Thursday evening in west suburban Lombard, officials said. A police officer and a suspect have been…
A Washington state man has been charged in the 1988 slaying of a Wisconsin woman after he was identified using “familial DNA searching” to examine records…
The Chicago Board of Education has approved three changes to Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez’s employment contract, including a 3% raise and the ability for…
Chicago native Heather Mack has been behind bars since the day her mothers bludgeoned body was discovered nearly 8 1/2 years ago, stuffed in a suitcase…
President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union pension plan, preventing severe cuts to…
Gary’s Metro Homicide Unit is investigating a Dec. 2 shooting death.Gary Police Spokeswoman Lt. Dawn Westerfield said in a release that officers responded at around 12:03…
A Chicago police officer was arrested on a Florida beach Monday after allegedly peeing into a bar’s ice machine.An employee of St. Pete Beach’s Jimmy B’s…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who made banning the sale of assault weapons a key component of his successful reelection campaign this fall, for the first time voiced…
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson testified in federal court Wednesday that it was the right call to fire a popular principal amid an unfolding…