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The leaders of the Better Government Association, the Civic Federation and the League of Women Voters of Chicago called for more transparency and better public access in the City Council

A 50-year-old Monee man was and charged with first degree murder and attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Chicago Heights that left one teen dead and another injured.

Retiring WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling delivered his final weather report Wednesday night, and the forecast was unseasonably warm and fuzzy. Joined by colleagues past and present, Skilling’s poignant farewell broadcast took over the entire 10 p.m. news, with recollections and video highlights from his nearly half century at the station. Growing up in west suburban […]

Sentencing hearings in the "ComEd Four" bribery case involving former House Speaker Michael Madigan will be delayed until after the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on a key federal bribery statute.

Joined by colleagues past and present, Skilling’s poignant farewell broadcast took over the entire 10 p.m. news.

A teenage boy and girl were both charged in connection with a Wednesday armed robbery where the victim was battered with a gun, Chicago police said. The teens, 16 and 13, were arrested shortly after 5 p.m. in the 6800 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive after they were identified as the armed robbers who 20 minutes earlier robbed a 19-year-old woman. The victim was approached in the 6400 block of King Drive where her property was taken at gunpoint, and she was pistol whipped by the 13-year-old girl, police said. Читать дальше...

Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000, according to health officials.

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Only 86.4% of billed taxes owed by residents were collected by local governments in the south suburbs, according to the analysis of the recently concluded 2022 tax year. This means Southland towns are losing out on $185 million in funds for services such as public safety, education and infrastructure.

Oak Lawn resident Loretta Gotfryd officially turns 25 years old on Leap Day, but it's taken her a really long time to reach the milestone.

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Migrant families are reporting a shortage of diapers in the city's shelters, forcing some parents to reuse dirty diapers on their babies, according to migrants and a network of volunteers working closely with those living in shelters.

On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award when she took best supporting actress for “Gone With the Wind,” which won eight Oscars overall including best picture.

An Austin man has been charged in connection with a mass shooting that killed a man and injured three others in the Grand Crossing neighborhood Monday night, according to Chicago police. Trivell Pruitt, 53, faces single counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder after he allegedly shot and killed a 59-year-old man who police believe […]

Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76. A regular performer in clubs and on late-night TV for decades, Lewis also played Marty Gold, the romantic co-lead opposite Jamie Lee Curtis, in the ABC series “Anything But Love” and the reliably neurotic Prince John in “Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men In Tights.” He re-introduced himself to a... Читать дальше...

City treasurer one of several taking on longtime U.S. Rep. Danny Davis in the 7th congressional district Democratic primary.

A Cook County judge ruled that former President Donald Trump’s name should be struck from the March 19 Illinois Republican primary ballot because he engaged in insurrection.

February made a frigid statement Wednesday morning after a stormy night across portions of northern Illinois with thunderstorms, reports of tornadoes and drastic temperature drops.

Samysha Williams sued Henyard along with her campaign committee, Friends of Tiffany Henyard. Also named as a defendant is Jerry Genova, who the complaint said assisted Henyard in the 2023 Dolton municipal elections.

Trump, who frequently visited the border as president, is again making immigration a signature campaign issue as he seeks to return to the White House in November. Biden, making his second visit to the border since taking office in 2021, says he may act on immigration without Congress.