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The Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois released its annual top scams.

A man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for murdering a nursing student he met on Snapchat while he was AWOL from a pending felony DUI case. Richard Chavez, 28, of Oak Park, has pleaded guilty to the murder of 20-year-old Charisma Ehresman three years ago, according to court records.

Top Stories This Week: Chicagoland’s Week In Review. The top news in Chicago today highlights serious safety concerns on our roads and public transit, alongside a contentious community issue in Joliet. Recent days have seen tragic fatal crashes in the suburbs, a violent stabbing at a busy downtown CTA station, and...

An intersection in a northwestern suburb of Chicago remained closed Saturday hours after a pedestrian was struck by a driver, authorities said. Around 6:26 a.m., driver struck a pedestrian at the intersection of South Cumberland Avenue and Peterson Avenue in Park Ridge, police said. Park Ridge Police said the...

(The Center Square) – A grassroots Chicago group is calling for a forensic audit of the city’s entire public school system after a scathing report by the Chicago Board of Education Office of the Inspector General. The OIG’s recently-released annual report details falsified federal grant applications, false reports on...

A man who badly injured a restaurant chef by pushing him onto the Blue Line tracks at the Division Street station has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the attack and for battering two police officers during his arrest, including one whose nose was broken. Patterson, 36, had...

King Von, born Dayvon Daquan Bennett, was a Chicago drill rapper whose brief career was defined by vivid street storytelling, deep ties to O’Block on the South Side, and a highly controversial reputation that continued to grow even after his death in 2020. He was born on August 9,...

A stretch of South Kedzie Avenue turned into a crime scene Friday evening when two men were gunned down in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood and rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. The pair was walking in the 5200 block of South Kedzie around 7 p.m....

If approved, Nicor customers can expect to see around $6 more per month on their bills in 2027.

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