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Three years to the day after a bribery case unveiled against Commonwealth Edison blew the lid off the investigation into then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal…
Chicago officials are closing in on plans to transform a budget motel along North Lincoln Avenue into a housing pilot that would provide on-site substance abuse…
A man arrested on a warrant from Lake County escaped from custody and carjacked two vehicles while he was fleeing Park Ridge Police officers Saturday, July…
The grandparents of a 5-year-old Park Forest girl have been charged with murder in connection with her death, according to Park Forest police.Klent Elwoods, 62, and…
Canada is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in modern history, and experts said climate change is increasing the fires’ intensity, frequency and reach.“Fire is…
Brandon Johnson’s election as mayor and Illinois’ enactment of liberalized social policies under Gov. J.B. Pritzker served as rallying points for the three-day Netroots Nation conference,…
There hasn’t been a single day since May that Samantha Oulavong is not thinking of the migrants who stay at the police station in her neighborhood…
Days after the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. announced he was stepping down as president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Vice President Kamala Harris came to the South…
A Bolingbrook couple died Saturday when a man killed himself after his wife was fatally shot in an apparent accident while he was cleaning his firearm,…
The carnival at Antioch’s Taste of Summer festival was closed Sunday after a child was thrown from a ride and injured, police said.A 10-year-old apparently thrown…