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An 8-year-old girl is dead after she was shot in the head Saturday night in Portage Park, according to the Chicago Police Department.Officials said a man…
As the bombshell federal investigation into then-House Speaker Michael Madigan was heating up two years ago, prosecutors handed Madigan’s former chief of staff Tim Mapes the…
EL PASO, TEXAS — Esperanza Beatriz Mendez didn’t get to say goodbye to her mother before leaving her home in Venezuela with her three children.Her mother,…
Though it was 30 years ago, Margarita Quiñones-Peña still remembers hugging her grandfather goodbye when her pregnant mother took her and her older sister by the…
Chicago police shot and wounded a man Saturday evening in the city’s South Shore neighborhood.No police officers were injured in the shooting, police spokesman Tom Ahern…
Saturday’s Lollapalooza opened with less fanfare — blame the rain pelting down in Grant Park for much of the afternoon. As the first soggy fans made…
Chicago police officers found a 14-year-old boy with two gunshot wounds to the head after responding to ShotSpotter technology early Saturday morning in the East Garfield…
While responding to a report of domestic disturbance Friday night, Oak Forest police said they discovered 30-year-old Lauren Pikor in the roadway near her home one…
National Weather Service officials are expecting dangerous swimming conditions at the shores of Lake Michigan, as well as a risk of thunderstorms Saturday in portions of…
When the Will County Board decided to send four of its members to the National Association of Counties’ legislative conference in Washington this past February, the…