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An elderly man has been sentenced after being convicted for multiple Chicago-area bank robberies. He was released from prison in 2020 after 31 years behind bars, also for robbing banks.

Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.

Barrington police are investigating an alleged sexual assault at a north suburban rehabilitation facility.

A 60-year-old home goods store will soon look different, becoming a new version of a familiar retailer that has started making a big comeback. Kirkland's Home stores are changing over to become "Bed Bath & Beyond Seasonal Living," according to an announcement from both brands on social media, titled "The next chapter f

Two brothers have won a $27 million lawsuit they filed against a Streeterville hotel after a stranger allegedly forced his way into one of their rooms and attempted to sexually assault one of them in November 2022, according to court records. Pasquinel Taylor, now 47, had been free for about...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul recently announced charges against a former employee of a greater-Chicago assisted-living facility for sexual abuse allegedly committed against an individual with a disability. Oscar Leon-Patino, 22, of Evanston worked as a laundry aide at an undisclosed assisted-li

Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more. Daily Chicagoan, the newsletter from WTTW News, sends these picks to your inbox each week along with more essential recommendations from our staff. Sign up here. Wednesday, June 17:

Sometimes the best discoveries are the ones you didn’t know you were looking for, like finding twenty dollars in your coat pocket or stumbling upon a restaurant that makes you question why you’ve been eating anywhere else. Beatnik On The River in Chicago is that kind of revelation,...

Pace suburban bus launched another round of pilot service improvements at the start of June — this time adding more weekend and evening service in the western and Southland suburbs, Joliet and, for the first time, McHenry County. Since 2024, Pace has been quietly making service improvements throughout the...

Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, District of Illinois. Efrain Jacobo, 44, of Prospect Heights, has been ordered to spend 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to firearm and drug charges born out of a federal undercover probe. U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly handed down the