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As the number of riders on Chicago-area public transit remains below pre-pandemic levels and transit agencies look to adjust to changing ridership habits, a planned new…
Electric scooters could be authorized in Chicago’s neighborhoods as soon as next week, after delays in a plan to roll out scooters outside the central part…
Chicago police are questioning a “person of interest” in connection with a string of Northwest Side armed robberies in which the robber used the threat of…
Don’t let the unassuming morning sky deceive you: Meteorologists expect “soaking” rain Wednesday.Despite a crisp dawn, the weather in Chicago will be “cloudy, cool and wet,”…
Four people were shot while standing on a sidewalk in Lawndale Tuesday, including two women who were seriously wounded, according to Chicago police. Hours earlier, four…
As travelers make their way through O’Hare International Airport this summer, they may notice a new amenity sprinkled among the newsstands, coffee shops and popcorn kiosks:…
Early voting began May 19 in many Illinois counties, with Chicago following on May 31. Suburban Cook County voters can begin casting their ballots on June…
Mundelein resident Kevin Minor was more than just a suburban dad with a sharp, analytical mind and a deep devotion to his wife and three daughters,…
On a recent Sunday afternoon, 31-year old Kina Collins strode up the front steps of tidy bungalows in the Galewood neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side to…
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked for up to 18 months in prison for ex-state Sen. Thomas Cullerton, revealing for the first time that another state senator’s…