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Long before it belonged to the whole country, Soul Train belonged to Chicago. In the summer of 1970, a former radio newsman named Don Cornelius set up shop in a modest studio at local station WCIU, armed with a shoestring budget, a baritone that could smooth out sandpaper, and a conviction that Black music and the youn

CHICAGO — The former Chief Executive Officer of an Illinois railcar management company has been charged in federal court with embezzling more than $22 million from the company. MICHAEL CALOMINO served as CEO of a company that provided railcar management services for clients who owned railcars throughout North America.

True Value is set to shut down operations at several locations by the end of this year. TheStreet reports that the home improvement chain — first founded in Chicago, Illinois, back in the 1940s — will not only close its store in Washington, D.C., but also its Chicago headquarters and a distribution center in Springfiel

CHICAGO (WGN) — Behind the smile lies a story of survival. At just 22 years old, Germaine Powell Jr. buried his mother after a battle with cancer, then lost his sister in a car crash. “It kind of, in a way, it broke me,” Powell said.   A bullet pierced his leg. Then a fire consumed […]

A team of Chicago Police Department members will climb 105 flights of stairs inside Willis Tower on November 8, honoring a fallen officer and his critically wounded partner during this year's SkyRise Chicago benefit. The department says the climb is dedicated to Officer John G. Bartholomew, who was killed in the line o

The Chicago police officer who was shot and killed inside Swedish Hospital had his name added to the Gold Star Memorial on the Museum Campus Wednesday.

1811 N. Larrabee St. — Reported Nut Dumping And Rat Sightings. Piles of Brazil nuts and walnuts have been turning up outside a Lincoln Park home for a few years now, and neighbors say the mess has drawn far more than squirrels. One resident says he recently counted 42 rats digging holes near the nut piles and running t

DOWNTOWN — A nearly 1.5-mile dedicated bus lane is coming to northbound Michigan Avenue to help reduce delays and keep buses moving through Downtown, the city announced Wednesday. The dedicated bus lane will be located on northbound Michigan Avenue between Roosevelt Road and Wacker Drive. The Chicago Department of...

A 15-year-old is the fourth to be charged in connection with the death of Kyle Bickham, who was killed after being pushed off a CTA Red Line train, Chicago police said.

An SUV crashed into a home on Chicago's Far South Side early Thursday morning.