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Three months after Samantha Frontera opened The Holly House with her mother, Becky, everything changed. Becky had to step away from the business because of serious health issues. When she left Illinois for medical care, Frontera suddenly found herself running the young business alone while balancing the public relation

Twelve years ago, I drove to Chicago's Southwest Side to sample a fried chicken that folks were raving about. Mini Hut in Garfield Ridge was serving what it called "butter crust chicken" — three words that in concert made for an appealing-sounding product. And after waiting 25 minutes for...

Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 4323 to designate July 25 as Emmett Till Day in Illinois, honoring the legacy of the young civil rights icon and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.

CHICAGO - Four men are facing attempted murder charges in separate cases after arrests announced this week by the Chicago Police Department and Illinois State Police. Javan Weatherspoon, 34, of Chicago, is charged with one felony count of attempted first-degree murder. Police said Weatherspoon was arrested July 22 by m

The 50 Yard Line Sports Bar & Grill has been shut down after failing a building inspection, putting its future in question. FOX Chicago’s Joanie Lum explains what led to the closure.

Chicago shuts down The 50 Yard Line: The City of Chicago issued an emergency closure order for The 50 Yard Line sports bar and grill after inspectors found numerous building and health code violations. Inspectors cite major safety concerns: Violations included missing carbon monoxide alarms, leaking roof drains, rotted

Chicago police say 8th District officers answering a Saturday night "person with a gun" call pulled over an occupied vehicle that was blocking a sidewalk in beat 822, a stop that ended with two arrests and multiple firearms taken off the street. According to the district’s brief recap, officers later shared a photo of

A group of friends visited Chicago for a girls trip, but one evening left them running for their lives from three ski-masked men.

A suburban man accused of robbing a restaurant owner at gunpoint tried to saw off his ankle monitor by walking into Home Depot and using a pair of — appropriately — bolt cutters from the shelves, prosecutors say, but he walked right into the arms of Cook County Sheriff’s Police in the parking lot, according to prosecut

Several people were injured after a police chase from Indiana ended in a crash in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.