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After more than 30 years as a neighborhood fixture in Glenview, Johnny’s Kitchen & Tap is getting ready to close its current chapter and reopen under a fresh name later this summer. The restaurant plans to serve its final regular meals next Monday, May 11, and the owners say many of the longtime signature dishes will stick around even as the space gets a modern...

Evanston may be losing a beloved restaurant that has operated for more than 60 years. The property at 2628–2632 Gross Point Road, which includes Sarkis Cafe, was listed for sale Wednesday on Zillow for $2.95 million. Sarkis, long a North Shore institution, was founded in 1965 by Sarkis Tashjian....

Illinois State Police have launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González, who was killed by federal immigration agents during a traffic stop in suburban Franklin Park early on in “Operation Midway Blitz.”. An ISP spokesperson confirmed an “initial investigation” is underway after the Franklin...

Six middle school students were taken to a local hospital after appearing to eat THC gummies Wednesday, a north suburban school district said.

A former Lake Forest homeowner with a federal fraud record is back in custody in Chicago, accused of running a global stock-backed lending scheme that prosecutors say bled a billionaire of more than $450 million. Federal agents arrested the man this week, and he is being held in a downtown federal lockup while a judge decides whether to send him to New York...

CHICAGO - A California man has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison after allegedly swaddling $2 million from a Chicago suburb resident. Raymond Echavez Villamor, 62, of Newport Beach, Calif., pleaded guilty last year to federal wire fraud. The backstory:. According to the U.S. Attorney's...

More than two dozen Chicago area hospitals earned "A" grades in hospital watchdog group Leapfrog's latest Hospital Safety Grade report spring 2026, with one earning a "F" grade and others moving up in the rankings. The biannual safety report, released Wednesday, assigns grades to most general hospitals in the U.S....

Billionaire Ken Griffin's clash with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani over wealth taxes mirrors the tensions that preceded Citadel's break with Chicago.

At The Choo Choo in Des Plaines, your cheeseburger commutes to your table on a model train, and you might be eating it while sitting in a vintage airplane. This is either the best idea anyone’s ever had or someone’s beautiful fever dream made real. Here’s a question...

A Chicago man was arrested after allegedly stealing expensive watches from a kiosk at Orland Square Mall. Kaiden Bearden Nunes, 18, of the 8200 block of Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, was charged with theft after police said he grabbed two silver watches from the Exclusive Jewelry kiosk and ran through the mall before he was apprehended by police.