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No Kings organizers are planning a series of voter outreach events across the area and throughout Illinois on Saturday. The events will focus on nonpartisan voter participation, early voting information and helping people understand their voting options. Organizers say more than one-thousand similar events are planned nationwide. Nearby No Kings...

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Pat Corcoran once told a jury he deserved credit for Chance the Rapper’s famous 3 hat. Now the merch business behind that hat is costing him. Cook County Judge James E. Hanlon Jr. ruled Oct. 13 that Corcoran, long known as Pat the Manager, breached his fiduciary duty to the rapper, whose legal name is Chancelor Bennett. The judge found Corcoran secretly demanded side payments from merchandise vendors. The decision closes a legal fight that has run nearly six years, and Chance’s representatives e

Police are once again searching for a man accused of taking part in an alleged bank impersonation scheme that cost a Mariano's worker $73,000.

Chicago police are looking for three people accused of a brutal attack at a CTA Red Line station in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side.

The former deputy director of the Chicago Board of Ethics should be fired for driving under the influence of alcohol, causing three collisions and becoming “physically combative with a bystander,” according to a report released Thursday by the city’s watchdog. Lauren Maniatis is no longer an employee...

Chicago police brass agreed to fire seven police officers who improperly obtained loans from a federal program designed to help small businesses endure the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Thursday by the city’s watchdog. One of the officers resigned during the investigation, according to the quarterly report...

Longtime Chicago political columnist John Kass says he's winding down his independent news website after suffering five strokes in three years. Why it matters: Kass has been a prominent and sometimes polarizing voice in Chicago journalism for decades, first at the Chicago Tribune and more recently through his own conservative website and " Chicago Way " podcast. The latest: In a message to contributors obtained by Axios, Kass said he plans to publish a "winding down" column before closing JohnKa

CHICAGO - A CSX train derailed 10 rail cars early Thursday on Chicago’s Southwest Side. CSX said the derailment happened near 75th Street and Central Park Avenue around 2:55 a.m. in the Ashburn neighborhood. The railroad initially reported that nine cars had derailed but later updated the number to...

An iconic Southwestern comfort food spot, Flo Cafe and Bar announced the closure of its Chicago West Town location because the building has been sold. The restaurant will serve its final meal in December and mark the end of its more than two decades-long journey. Flo Cafe and Bar on...