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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Republican lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly advanced a plan to ban nearly all abortions in the state, despite opposition from abortion-rights supporters, who say…
The Lake County sheriff’s office responded to reports of a shooting at a Beach Park strip mall near the intersection of Lewis Avenue and Wadsworth Road…
Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were in the middle of their cooperation against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2010 when authorities intercepted…
A coyote kept in a cage at a Cook County forest preserve will get a larger and better equipped enclosure in response to protests over the…
In a blue dress and wig, drag queen Muffy Fishbasket — Miss Muffy when performing for kids — opened the children’s book “My Lucky Day,” as…
A federal judge sentenced a suburban businessman to probation Tuesday for paying bribes to then-state Sen. Martin Sandoval and former McCook Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski, saying although…
Naperville’s warning sirens were not activated before or during the tornado Saturday morning, and city officials are investigating why.City officials released a statement Monday explaining that…
Eli’s Cheesecake Co. broke ground Tuesday on a $9.5 million expansion of its Northwest Side production facility that will give the iconic Chicago cheesecake-maker space to…
A familiar name on local Democratic ballots for much of the last decade, former 2nd Ward Chicago alderman Bob Fioretti is running for office again: as…
Chicago police’s chief of constitutional policing and reform spoke Tuesday at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.Angel Novalez spoke at the committee’s hearing…