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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s announcement of an executive order aimed at prosecuting federal immigration agents quickly unraveled Saturday when Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke publicly contradicted Johnson’s claim that her office was intimately involved in crafting the order. Standing alongside...

One person has been arrested, and another remained on the loose Sunday, after a burglary on a train had police in Chicago's south suburbs asking residents to stay in their homes.

Nedas Revuckas, the 19-year-old charged in the killing of a pregnant woman in Downers Grove, Illinois, is hospitalized after suffering self-inflicted injuries while in custody. Revuckas is in critical condition, according to a preliminary investigation cited by WGN. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office said he was...

The patient was able to stay alive without the presence of any lungs for 48 hours before receiving a double transplant.

On New Year’s Eve, as part of the America 250 celebration, Christopher Columbus’s three ships were projected onto the Washington Monument; a federally sanctioned acknowledgment that Columbus remains inseparable from the American story. In Chicago, however, city officials have decided he is too offensive for Italian...

CHICAGO - A nearly century-old Chicago candy maker has filed for bankruptcy as rising costs and heavy debt pressure its business. Primrose Candy Company – a family-owned Logan Square manufacturer known for its hard candies, chewy treats and popcorn – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday in the U.S....

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. - A 19-year-old suburban man charged in the murder of a pregnant mother who he allegedly stabbed 70 times is in critical condition from self-inflicted wounds, authorities said. What we know:. According to the DuPage County Sheriff's Office, Nedas Revuckas suffered the injuries while locked up in...

A 65-year-old Glenview man was arrested following an undercover operation after allegedly contacting someone he believed was a 13-year-old boy on social media. Authorities say the man arranged to meet the "boy" and was arrested when he arrived at a Lake County home; the account was operated by an undercover detective...

After the head of a major cocaine distribution operation was shot in Chicago last fall, the mother of his children allegedly stepped in to fill the void, delivering cocaine and running the operation as he directed it while recovering at home. Joel Andrade, 34, and Maria Brenda Mora-Hernandez, 32, are...

Illinois State Police have just solved a 14-year-old cold case of an unidentified body that was found under an overpass.