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LINCOLN PARK — When Caroline Novak first approached the man with a satchel stuffed with exotic and expensive nuts, she did so politely, curious about why squirrels in Lincoln Park deserved such fancy food. At this point, about a month ago now, Novak and other neighbors had seen the...

Chicago, Rockford, Springfield and Peoria break daily temperature records during unusual October heat.

Abbygail Somoza, 22, was fatally shot Saturday night while standing with her mother on a sidewalk outside the Little Village home where she once lived.

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. - A Chicago woman charged in connection with a deadly shooting outside Oakbrook Center is expected to appear in court Tuesday morning. Chance Jamerson, 29, faces three felony counts of attempted armed robbery, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Oak Brook Police Department.

Body-camera footage captures a woman arguing with Illinois police over a disputed restaurant bill, offering to pay $150 of the $195.78 the restaurant demanded before officers arrest her. The footage, recently obtained and published by ... Read more

Paige McCulloch-Burton had long been interested in driving a bus. Her grandfather worked as a CTA bus operator, and after earning her commercial driver’s license, she followed in his footsteps in February 2025. “It was a very great experience,” she recalled. “I really enjoyed a lot of my customers,...

The bodycam video released by Chicago police showed Smith in an acid-wash casual T-shirt as she talked to officials.

Chicago – A Chicago institution has been recognized as the top large-scale brewery in the country. Goose Island Beer Co. earned the champion title in the over-100,000-barrels category at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival, an annual competition that draws entries from across the United States. The announcement highlights the depth of craft brewing talent

NILES, Ill. — A bicyclist died Saturday evening in Niles following a crash involving a vehicle. Police responded just after 6:45 p.m. on the report of a crash near the intersection of Harts and Riverside. According to police, a 52-year-old man on a bike was traveling on the North Branch Trail. The man was struck […]

Nissa Sampson was running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on her own birthday when she hit Mile 23 and found the one surprise that could keep her legs moving: her dog Zissou, who is battling an untreatable cancer, waiting curbside in a bandana that read “Happy Birthday Mom.”