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Two people were injured in a crash involving two semi-trucks in North Chicago Thursday morning, fire officials said.

So-called ‘teen takeovers’ have generated countless headlines in recent years in Chicago and the suburbs, but how does Mayor Brandon Johnson think he’s done in addressing the issue?. The ‘takeovers,’ largely organized on social media and focused on specific neighborhoods, have drawn some criticism of the mayor’s...

McCauley, 36, was killed around 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Thorntons gas station. A witness said he alerted the clerk to masked gunmen in the parking lot before the shooting.

A former Englewood school that sat vacant for years is being repurposed as affordable housing, giving the historic building a new role in the community.

EAST SIDE — Calumet region residents are fundraising to uplift a clown who brought them joy for decades as she starts from “absolute zero,” following a house fire and amid a long battle with cancer. Barbara Syler, who for decades performed as Barboo the Clown, survived an...

A Venezuelan man accused of killing a 25-year-old man in front of two witnesses as he pleaded for his life was sentenced to 33 years in prison Wednesday, according to court records. Kevin Perez Paredes, 26, received the sentence from Cook County Judge Ursula Walowski in exchange for his guilty plea.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to stop corporations from doing business in Chicago if they engage in what the mayor calls corrupt and abusive practices, including taking part in aggressive federal deportation campaigns.

Since 2022, Cook County has erased more than $1 billion in medical debt for more than 791,000 residents.

At the corner of Winnemac and Winchester in Chicago, Illinois, sits an apartment building with quite a history among locals. Some of the past tenants have had appalling alleged experiences, but to the unaware and uninitiated, it just seems like an unremarkable property. That is, until, as a passerby and Reddit user Phi

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with attempted murder after prosecutors say he repeatedly stabbed a 64-year-old man with a box cutter and directed his dog to attack the victim on the Southwest Side. Chicago man charged in stabbing, dog attack. Javon Cooper, 33, is charged with attempted...