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CHICAGO - A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after a shooting outside a church on Chicago's West Side Wednesday afternoon, police said. The incident happened at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of N Cicero, outside of Chance Ministry. A 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman...

COOK COUNTY - In a move stirring debate over public safety and judicial oversight, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has directed her prosecutors to contest the assignment of electronic monitoring in cases where they deem detention more appropriate. This directive reflects escalating apprehensions...

ILLINOIS (25News Now) - A new report from the Anti-Defamation League says that hate and extremism incidents are up throughout Illinois, with over 1,000 incidents reported to the ADL over four years. The Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes’ most recent data also shows increasing discrimination and...

CHICAGO — A Chicago real estate broker who used a fraud scheme to bilk at least four investors out of more than $3 million was sentenced to four years in federal prison and has been ordered to pay over $2 million in remaining restitution to his victims. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District […]

The restaurant got its start in Southside Chicago in 1950. Made famous in Southside Chicago and beyond, Harold’s Chicken Shack is celebrating 75 years as a family-owned eatery. Its origins have become muddled with community lore, given its significance as a go-to fried chicken spot for locals and celebrities...

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer has been given court supervision and ordered to perform community service for an off-duty incident in which he allegedly drove recklessly and evaded on-duty cops who tried to pull him over. Body camera footage of the same officer’s behavior during a previous traffic stop went viral...

DUPAGE CO., Ill. - A woman hired to clean houses was accused of stealing more than $20,000 worth of jewelry from clients in west suburban DuPage County, local prosecutors said. Sandy Hernandez, 38, was charged with three counts of residential burglary, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office....

Frito-Lay has issued a recall for a limited number of 13 oz. bags of Tostitos Cantina Traditional Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips due to the potential presence of nacho cheese tortilla chips, which contain milk. This poses a risk to consumers with milk allergies or severe sensitivities. The recalled product was...

It may be several weeks into spring, but frozen precipitation could fall in parts of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana Wednesday. According to a notice sent out by the National Weather Service, showers that are developing over the area Wednesday could produce a form of precipitation known as “graupel” as they...

A wood products manufacturer in Illinois has decided to close its doors forever which has resulted in a mass layoff of workers who just learned they will be jobless sometime in June. I saw the Illinois Work Net site post a new WARN notice showing that many wood workers are...