Chicago IL

Tatiana Squire, a first-time homeowner in Riverdale, was shocked when her annual property tax bill jumped to nearly $17,000 after a reassessment of her renovated $207,000 home. The Cook County Assessor's Office says the increase reflects the home's updated market value, but acknowledges the tax burden is unusually high

A routine Wednesday morning grocery run in a north suburban Chicago parking lot turned into a scene that would make any bystander’s jaw drop. Just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Morton Grove police responded to ... Read more

Advocate Health Care on Saturday broke ground on a $300 million hospital on the city’s South Side, marking a major step in a long-term plan to expand access to care and replace an aging facility. More than 300 community members, elected officials and partners attended the ceremony at the...

A proposed $16 million car wash at 60th Street and Kedzie Avenue sparked heated debate at a community meeting Tuesday, June 2, with residents raising concerns about traffic congestion, noise, and water use in an already strained corridor. EL Car Wash purchased the property earlier this year and plans to...

At least 31 people were shot, five of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times noted that the first two shooting fatalities of the weekend occurred at 12:25 a.m. Friday. Forty-four-year-old Isaac “Wavy” Bradley and 32-year-old Lamar Butler were both killed “at a hom

LANSING, Ill. — You can take a helicopter ride over Chicago by first heading to Lansing. The helicopter lifts off from the Lansing Municipal Airport and climbs just high enough for the ground to start rearranging itself. Streets flatten into lines. Neighborhoods turn into patterns. From the air, it...

Konstantine P. Tzamouranis, 50, of the 11400 block of West 123rd Street in Palos Park, was charged with indecent exposure following his arrest at 7:14 p.m. June 1 in the 6600 block of West 63rd Place. Police said a 37-year-old woman reported that Tzamouranis exposed himself while sitting in a car on the block.

One person was taken to the hospital after a fire broke out early Monday at a bar and liquor store in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood.

Six people were hospitalized after a crash on the city's South Side on Sunday evening, the Chicago Fire Department said.

CHICAGO - A 32-year-old man was found stabbed to death inside a South Side home Sunday night, according to Chicago police. Police said the man was discovered inside a residence in the 8100 block of South Paulina Street in the Gresham neighborhood at about 9:30 p.m. The victim suffered a...