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Following years of consternation about whether Cook County’s two main pension funds would fulfill its obligations to its 39,000 employees and retirees, county leaders are saying…
A 16-year-old boy was shot Sunday afternoon in a gas station parking lot in Chatham, Chicago police said.The boy was shot by an unknown offender while…
Part of southbound Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive will close Sunday evening into Monday as part of the city’s ongoing resurfacing project.Commuters should expect…
Two 18-year-olds were killed in a car crash on Saturday morning in Hoffman Estates, according to local police.The crash occurred around 8:52 a.m. at the intersection…
A shooting during a funeral procession in Oak Park left four people injured Saturday afternoon, Oak Park police said.Officers responded to the shooting on the 900…
Updating its long-running Museum Passport program for the digital world, the Chicago Public Library has launched a new program to expand access to Chicago’s museums and…
A 33-year-old man was pronounced dead Friday night after he crashed into a vehicle and struck a pole in the Bronzeville neighborhood, trying to take a…
A Cook County jury on Friday found a Chicago man guilty of murdering the pregnant mother of his child, as well as his baby, who was…
Detectives are investigating after a gunman fled the scene of a confrontation with an off-duty police officer Friday night on the Southwest Side, officials said.Shortly after…
More than 10,000 asylum-seekers, mostly from Venezuela, have arrived in Chicago since August, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, began putting recent refugees from Central…