Chicago IL

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos has launched a pilot program for e-Citations, an initiative that allows traffic citations to enter the court system electronically. Electronic citations replace a long-standing manual process in which clerks retyped handwritten, physically delivered tickets into...

The 16-story Godfrey Hotel in River North is staring down a foreclosure complaint that could pry the 221-room property at 127 W. Huron Street away from its current owners. A lending venture led by Quadrum filed suit in Cook County this week, alleging an unpaid balance of about $57.2 million on the senior loan and...

There’s a place in Illinois where the shrimp tastes like it was just pulled from the water and kissed by wood smoke and no, it’s not a secret. Calumet Fisheries is the kind of spot that makes you want to sit down and immediately call your friends to tell them about it.

A Chicago man faces multiple felony charges following a SWAT standoff in the South Shore neighborhood last weekend. Larry Hochmuth Jr., 45, has been charged with 23 felonies, including attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault of a peace officer, and domestic battery. Police said that around 5 p.m. on Sunday,...

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. - A 55-year-old man was struck and killed by a Metra train on Friday in Mount Prospect, according to police. Around 2:30 p.m., police responded to the UP-NW Metra line near the Mount Prospect stop. The man was later identified as Richard Greda, according to the Cook...

National craft giant Michaels has hauled Chicago muralist Jordan Nickel - better known in street-art circles as POSE - into federal court in Texas after a fight over a single photo turned into a full-blown legal brawl. At the center of the dispute is an image of Nickel spraying paint...

CHICAGO - It was a chilly start to your weekend, but the area should be seeing a big warm-up in just a few days. Fox Chicago Meteorologist Mark Strehl has the forecast. What to Expect: — Temperatures started in the teens for much of the Chicago area early Saturday, although wind gusts were pretty tame, mostly under...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Homewood, Illinois — A routine traffic stop on Interstate 294 led to a felony charge after a loaded firearm was recovered, prompting a criminal case in south suburban Cook County. According to the Cook...

An internal investigation is underway at the DuSable Museum and Education Center, but neither the media nor an attorney knew that until it was revealed in a court hearing at the Richard J. Daley Center on Tuesday, February 3. It was a revelation that surprised Attorney Justin DeLuca at the...

CHICAGO - A man was killed in a drive-by shooting early Friday in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood. The 29-year-old was outside around 4:30 a.m. when a red truck pulled up and someone inside started shooting at him near the intersection of Wentworth Avenue and 108th Street, according to police. The victim...