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CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with the murder of a 36-year-old man in an Auburn Gresham shooting last month, according to police. Xavier Wilson, 37, has been charged with one felony count of first-degree murder, police said. He was arrested on Friday in the 200 block of S. Dearborn Street.

Chicago’s theater world is reeling after the sudden death of veteran stage and screen actor Matt DeCaro, who died at 70. He was in the middle of a run at Goodman Theatre in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and had been onstage as recently as Friday night. News of his death spread quickly through the city’s tight-knit theater community, where DeCaro was...

Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.

Chicago's construction scene is feeling the hit after a spring wave of federal immigration enforcement left crews short-handed, pushed small residential projects onto waitlists and sent day rates climbing across the suburbs. Contractors west of I-355 say they are running leaner crews and leaning on overtime just to keep schedules from slipping. Workers and organizers say day-labor hiring corners clear out...

Chicago police are searching for a suspect in a double homicide that occurred around 11:18 p.m. on March 24 in the 7800 block of South Calumet Avenue. The suspect is described as a Black male, approximately 16–22 years old, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. Police urge...

A McHenry County jury on Friday convicted 32-year-old Walter Moran of Cicero of armed robbery, armed violence, and aggravated battery with a firearm in an overnight gas station holdup that left a clerk seriously wounded. The verdict caps a five-year investigation into a Feb. 24, 2021, stickup at a Marengo convenience store. Moran now faces what could be decades in prison...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — The man now in police custody believed responsible for shooting two Chicago police officers has a long criminal history; and was on pre-trial release in a carjacking case. “It’s honestly shocking,” the carjacking victim told WGN Investigates. “It makes me so mad that someone who pulled a gun on me was released,” she said. […]

Chicago voters are sending a chilly message to City Hall. A new Suffolk-Tribune poll released Sunday finds more residents view Mayor Brandon Johnson unfavorably than favorably, a warning sign as talk of the 2027 mayoral race starts to heat up. Overall, 44% of respondents said they have an unfavorable view of Johnson, while 34% viewed him favorably. The results arrive as Chicagoans continue...

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos has announced the return of Amnesty Week, which runs from Monday, April 27, through Friday, May 1, during which county residents can pay eligible moving traffic violations without the added collection fee. Parking tickets and red-light violations are not included, however.