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A man who badly injured a restaurant chef by pushing him onto the Blue Line tracks at the Division Street station has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the attack and for battering two police officers during his arrest, including one whose nose was broken. Patterson, 36, had...

King Von, born Dayvon Daquan Bennett, was a Chicago drill rapper whose brief career was defined by vivid street storytelling, deep ties to O’Block on the South Side, and a highly controversial reputation that continued to grow even after his death in 2020. He was born on August 9,...

A stretch of South Kedzie Avenue turned into a crime scene Friday evening when two men were gunned down in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood and rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. The pair was walking in the 5200 block of South Kedzie around 7 p.m....

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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. January is a critical — and often underestimated — time for basement moisture concerns across Illinois. While winter cold may suggest fewer water issues, seasonal conditions frequently create the ideal...

A Chicago teacher vanished, leaving behind her car, a ringing phone, and mounting questions about her final movements. She left her Bronzeville home on a Saturday morning, planning to attend an acupuncture session she never missed, but 53-year-old Linda Brown never made it. What should have been a peaceful weekend...

Judge Sara Ellis was expected to dismiss the lawsuit, but said that the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis gave her pause.

We send thousands of messages a year--and most disappear as fast as we hit "send," but a Chicago man believes our words carry far more weight when delivered with footsteps.

A tense public hearing was held Thursday as community members voiced concerns over the Chicago Police Department and how it has interacted with federal immigration agents since the start of Operation Midway Blitz.

About 500 people packed Thalia Hall in Pilsen on Thursday night amid a torrential downpour to voice their frustration with the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) for not holding a hearing to probe allegations of cooperation by Chicago police with federal immigration agents sooner. Since...