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As lawyers on both sides of the “ComEd Four” case gear up for Monday’s closing arguments, the difference between conviction and acquittal depends on the jury…
Brandon Johnson’s election as Chicago’s next mayor represented a further leftward movement of the state’s Democratic-led politics, fueled by generational and ideological changes that are stretching…
One week after violence erupted amid large teen gatherings in downtown Chicago, a coalition of pastors marched down Michigan Avenue Saturday night in an effort to…
A child was shot in the face in Chicago’s Calumet Heights neighborhood Saturday afternoon. The toddler, about 3, was inside a home in the 8800 block…
Chicago police were looking for the hit-and-run motorist who killed a 45-year-old construction worker on North DuSable Lake Shore Drive late Friday.About 10:50 p.m., Kenneth M.…
Police Saturday said no arrests have been made after the death of a 1-year-old Berwyn boy was ruled a homicide.Zaiden A. Collins suffered blunt force trauma…
In the past week, police, state and local leaders have grappled with the decadeslong question of how to control large youth gatherings downtown in wake of…
Sisters Monica and Aidee San Miguel remember how their grandma used to carry a big loofah sponge on back-and-forth trips between Chicago and Mexico. Also called…
A coalition of pastors plans to march Saturday through downtown Chicago in response to the mayhem that erupted in the city’s downtown tourist district last weekend.The…
Impostors posing as Chicago government officials, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, posted a series of tweets early Friday morning falsely claiming that North Jean Baptiste Point DuSable…