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The driver of a van crashed into a liquor store on Chicago's West Side Thursday, sending four people to a local hospital, authorities said. Around 12:40 p.m., a 54-year-old man driving a white Ford van drove through the front windows of L & J Food and Liquor on the 200 block of North Pulaski Road, at the intersection...

A 13-year-old girl was shot on the city's South Side, Chicago police said.

Dave Portnoy's review of a New Lenox, IL pizzeria led to its business doubling.

A Chicago man has been charged with a string of burglaries targeting video gambling terminals at businesses in Chicago's southwest suburbs.

SPRINGFIELD — When Kayleigh White opened a plain white envelope stamped “UNDUE” in big, bold blue letters late last year, she threw it away. The 27-year-old Rochelle resident assumed it was junk mail, or maybe a scam. The letter claimed that her medical debt from 2018, totaling over $1,000, had been erased.

Three incumbent Cook County commissioners who are seeking another term — including two county board members facing Democratic primary challenges on March 17 — each missed more than 20% of the meetings they were supposed to be at since the beginning of the current term, a WBEZ analysis of county records has found.

CHICAGO - If you bought a Lucky Day Lotto ticket, check your numbers!. Illinois Lottery officials announced a $500,000 jackpot winner from Thursday evening’s drawing. The winning numbers were 10, 15, 22, 35 and 44, according to lottery officials. The ticket was purchased at Woodman’s Food Market in Lakemoor.

Amazon is quietly muscling into tiny McCook, lining up nearly 1 million square feet of warehouse space through a deal with logistics operator Crane Worldwide Logistics. If all goes as planned, the deal will plant a massive class-A logistics hub in the southwest suburbs and could reorder how freight moves around the...

CHICAGO — A Chicago woman accused of shooting another woman inside a restaurant on the city’s South Side back in January is now facing a felony charge. Chicago police say 21-year-old Amiyah Fort has been charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.

The Chicago police officer shot by Dexter Reed during a March 2024 traffic stop has filed a counterclaim against Reed’s estate, alleging battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Officer Gregory Saint Louis, who was 29 at the time of the incident that ended with Saint Louis’ partners returning...