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CHICAGO (WGN) — The Ford City Mall will stay open for at least a few more weeks. A Cook County judge could have ordered the mall closed immediately, but instead agreed to push back the hearing until Friday, May 15. The move allows the remaining 16 tenants to operate their businesses as normal. The longstanding mall […]

Crews will break ground Friday on the multi-billion dollar CTA Red Line Extension Project.

CHICAGO - Chicago police are investigating a series of carjackings and armed robberies across four neighborhoods this past week. Police said groups of two to four masked offenders, described as Black men between 18 and 30, used handguns and a rifle to steal vehicles, cash and personal belongings. In some...

CTA Red, Yellow, and Purple Line trains were suspended Thursday evening after a derailment at the Red Line Howard stop in Rogers Park around 5:38 p.m. Service is disrupted on the Red Line (Howard–Thorndale), Yellow Line (Howard–Skokie), and Purple Line (Howard–Linden), with shuttle buses replacing trains. One...

A man was stabbed in the neck while walking near Grant Park in Chicago Thursday night, police said, with officials working to investigate after the suspect fled the scene. About 11:37 p.m., a 23-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were walking in the 500 block of South Columbus Drive in the Loop when an unknown man approached them and...

I think we all have that nightmare of getting fired from our job, and it depends on how much we liked or hated the gig on how we will respond afterwards. Fired Illinois Fast Food Worker Sends Disgusting Gift To Boss After Getting Fired. I feel very lucky that I...

Chicago police have released a video showing the masked suspects in a deadly shooting in Little Village pulling up to a gas station before the crime.

The families of the victims of a fatal crash at a Chatham after-school camp are suing the driver and the camp. Family attorney Lance Northcutt says the tragedy and the culpability goes beyond one person.

CHICAGO - A 22-year-old woman was shot early Friday in the Washington Park neighborhood. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. in the 5600 block of South Wabash Avenue, where the victim was outside when a man she knew approached her and an argument turned physical. Police said the man then...

LOMBARD, Ill. - A DuPage County resident has claimed a $1 million top prize from an Illinois Lottery instant ticket purchased at a Lombard gas station. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous and identified himself as "Lucky," bought the $50 Millionaire Club ticket at a Mobil Gas station at 435 W. Roosevelt Road, a store he said he visits regularly.