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Chicago’s inspector general concluded nine investigations in the first quarter, finding that Chicago police officers fraudulently obtained forgivable loans under the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program, investigators announced. A tenth city worker, identified as an aldermanic employee, also obtained a fraudulent PPP loan and then filed a false police report...

CHICAGO - Two teenage girls are in custody after battering Cook County sheriff’s officers responding to a call of gunfire Wednesday on the South Side, according to Chicago police. What we know:. Police responded to gunshots in the 6400 block of S. Evans Avenue around 4:41 p.m. Officers arrived...

Water surged through parts of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and a resident’s basement apartment flooded as Chicago saw more than half its average April rainfall in a single day Tuesday. A flood watch remains in place through Wednesday.

IRVING PARK — Three men who were shot Sunday morning had attempted to enter a nearby business but were denied entry before the shooting, the local alderperson said Tuesday. At 2:47 a.m. Sunday, the three men — ages 31, 37 and 38 — were standing outside Irving Park Pizza & Patio, 2922 W. Irving Park Road, when a woman shot at them from “a distance,” police initially...

Tuesday night's storms were a preview of the heavier downpours Chicago can expect over the next 25 years, according to a recent University of Illinois bulletin. Why it matters: Intense storms in Chicago are far more common than they used to be — but infrastructure hasn't kept up, according to a recent Sun-Times analysis.

The pastor of Saint John Henry Newman Parish in north suburban Evanston has resigned.

Chicago police are investigating several crash-and-grab thefts Wednesday morning.

Tornado Threat Near Chicago as ‘High-Impact’ Storms Target Millions. Severe Weather Alert: Midwest Faces Destructive Storms, Hail, and Tornado Risk. Storms Turn Dangerous After Dark—Chicago, Milwaukee in High-Risk Zone. 85 MPH Winds, Giant Hail, Tornadoes: Major Storm System Sweeps Across US. From Texas to New York—Powerful Storm...

Several people were hospitalized after an overnight fire did heavy damage to an apartment building on Chicago's North Side.

In Jewish Waldheim, on the west side of the Des Plaines, stands a towering obelisk commemorating a marine who died in action. Samuel Meisenberg, 18, was one of the first Americans to be killed during the American landings at Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914. Meisenberg’s death caused a sensation. In...