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CTA busses were rerouted on Wednesday due to a heavy Chicago police presence at Lincoln Square convenience store.

Fire trucks pulling up at 6:15 in the morning tell you everything you need to know about a bakery. Long before the sun warms up Cermak Road, firefighters from nearby towns are already lined up for warm kolaches wrapped in paper. It is the kind of humble spot in Illinois...

A homeless man who officials said spent nine days attacking women in downtown Chicago, culminating in the killing of a doctoral student from Maryland, was sentenced to 60 years in prison Tuesday. Anat Kimchi, a 31-year-old criminal justice researcher, was visiting a friend when she was attacked in the Loop...

Three black storage boxes, a duffel bag, and a garbage bag filled with meth were pulled from a truck cab after it crossed into New Jersey. The 260-pound seizure, worth over $6 million, is the largest in state history.

After 22 years running Slager’s On 47th in Brookfield, Jim Slager is ready to expand. On Sept. 9, the Countryside City Council approved a Class B Liquor License for Slager’s On 66, his second tavern, at 6542 Joliet Road in Countryside. The location— former home of Uncle John’s...

Chicago police are seeking a suspect in connection to an assault that took place on a CTA platform in the Loop earlier this month. According to an alert issued this week, the assault occurred just after 9 p.m. in the 100 block of North State Street on September 3. In...

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson kicked off his reelection campaign - a video of him dancing is generating plenty of attention online.

CHICAGO - It's a proposed ordinance that could change the way companies like Amazon do business in the City of Chicago. Some alders are proposing new licensing requirements, and banning Amazon's subcontractor delivery business model. The proposal, introduced by 12th Ward Ald. Julia Ramirez, would create new licensing r

By the time the clock strikes midnight on a single Tuesday, Chicago's 911 dispatchers will have fielded nearly 10,000 calls for police, fire and ambulance services. Of those, some of them are life-or-death pleas for help. But now, some operators and dispatchers who answer those calls say warn 911 chaos will arrive when

A new Cook County program is expanding relocation assistance for victims and witnesses whose safety is at risk, providing support for housing, moving costs and other basic needs for people participating in criminal cases, including domestic violence prosecutions.