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Attorney Ben Crump announced preliminary findings from an independent autopsy in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells during a Wednesday morning news conference in Chicago. The announcement comes as Rev. Al Sharpton is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. Authoritie

WAUSAU — A Chicago man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in a scam that drained more than $135,000 from an elderly Marathon County woman’s savings. Marathon County Circuit Judge Mike Moran sentenced Tao Wu, 37, on July 20 to 7 1/2 years for conspiracy to commit theft of movable property exceeding $100

An interaction caught on camera has highlighted a potential scam that has cost Chicago residents thousands of dollars. For months, NBC 5 Responds has been warning about tap-to-pay scams happening around Chicago. Now, several people reported being approached in a similar scheme. A city resident, identified in this story

(The Center Square) – Consumers in six Illinois counties will be soon be paying higher sales taxes. Transit funding legislation signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last December provided for the 0.25% increase to take effect on Aug. 1 in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. The tax hike is projected to generat

Cook County has paid $112M in refunds but 72,652 claims remain as software defects block bulk payouts, so refunds go out in small batches.

CHICAGO (WGN) — In July 2004, Millennium Park opened and inspired Chicago while dazzling the world. Instantly hailed as a masterpiece, it is perhaps the city’s last truly transformative civic achievement — a public and cultural space of the highest artistic standards open and free to all, appealing to residents and tou

Brookfield police on July 12 cited a 40-year-old Bensenville man for driving without a license after his car struck another car. Around 1 p.m., an officer responded to the intersection of Ogden and Prairie avenues on a report of a car crash without injuries or airbag deployment. The officer met the parties of both vehi

Two Illinois state troopers were hurt in a rollover crash in Cicero Tuesday night, ISP said.

Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, notorious criminal. killed in a hail of bullets fired by federal agents. Dillinger and his associates robbed 11 banks for more. than $300,000, broke jail and narrowly escaped capture. multiple times, and killed seven police officers and three. federal agents.

A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday, July 20, by an outbound North Central Service train just west of Metra's Galewood station near Narragansett Avenue. Metra said the person died at the scene and that trains were halted before service later resumed with delays. What officials are saying. According to...