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A college student, councilmember and drag queen walk into a bar. Waiting tables like theirs was Loyola University Chicago senior Daniel Jaén, who juggled a full course load and job at Chili’s Evanston on the corner of Maple Avenue and Clark Street, just blocks away from Northwestern’s campus.

Local television once had a magic that connected entire communities through beloved hosts who felt like family. Before cable and streaming, these personalities brought laughter, thrills, and warmth right into our living rooms every day. From clowns and cowboys to horror hosts and space captains, these 13 legends left...

A concerned CPS parent says her 4-year-old son, who lives with autism, was left out in the cold when he was dropped off after school by a school bus driver. The mother is demanding answers, wanting to know how this happened.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Chicago, IL – Chicago Police say a six-month narcotics investigation led to the recovery of multiple firearms and more than $4 million worth of suspected drugs from a residence tied to gang activity earlier...

Some schools have already added their names to the list of closures for Friday.

A Chicago police officer accused of punching a 17‑year‑old during a 2021 chase is now staring down disciplinary charges that could end his career. The criminal case against Officer Jeffery Shafer was dismissed after prosecutors said the alleged victim stopped cooperating, shifting the fight out of criminal court and...

A mother of five was gunned down in Chicago while heading to an early morning church service and left to die in an alley behind her house just one week before her birthday, cops and family say. The post Mom of 5 shot dead while heading to weekly church service, body found in alley behind her house days before...

A former suburban Chicago police officer has been convicted on federal corruption charges for his role in a scheme that allegedly saw him and his sergeant steal more than $15,000 in cash and drugs from at least 10 motorists during traffic stops. Antoine Larry, 49, of Bolingbrook, was found guilty...

Tavon Baylock, the Chicago man who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and then escaped to Iowa, has been found guilty of trying to kill two people while he was on the run in the Hawkeye State. A Dubuque County jury convicted Baylock, 25, of two counts of attempted murder, according to a report by Radio...

The Erie County DA announced an Illinois man has been sentenced to prison after attempting to kidnap a Buffalo Public School student.