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Two teenagers have been charged with setting a massive fire in May that destroyed large sections of the former Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles.Two other…
The spreading monkeypox virus has hit another troubling milestone: More than 300 Chicagoans now have tested positive, officials said.The city’s case count is now up to…
A Lake County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Robert Crimo III on 117 felony counts in the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park that killed…
Twenty-six workers at an Amazon facility in Joliet have filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging a racist workplace environment and retaliation against…
An Indiana man pleaded guilty Wednesday to straw-purchasing the handgun later used to kill Chicago police Officer Ella French during a traffic stop last year.Jamel Danzy,…
With inflation soaring, a downtown alderman wants to end Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s policy tying Chicago’s annual property tax hike to the increase in consumer prices.Days after…
A jury took five hours Tuesday to find Hammond Latin Count Eduardo Luciano guilty for the murders of Lauren Calvillo and Christopher White.While he didn’t pull…
A small dot on the horizon grew larger as a group of 10 paddleboarders prepared to join it. Some of them whistled, hooted and yelled words…
NewsNation, the nascent Chicago-based cable news network, is adding former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo to its prime-time lineup this fall.The announcement Tuesday night by Cuomo, who…
Chicago Public Schools will continue to “strongly recommend,” not require, masks for the upcoming school year, CEO Pedro Martinez said Wednesday.Martinez said there will not be…