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Chicago native Amy Madigan is the Oscar favorite for Best Supporting Actress for her chilling role in Weapons. Her last nomination was nearly 40 years ago.

A Burbank man who posed as a taxi or rideshare driver to lure female passengers arriving at O’Hare International Airport and then forced them to withdraw cash to pay exorbitant fares has been given a six-year prison sentence, court records show. Tamer Refaie, 34, pleaded guilty to three counts...

ILLINOIS — A 43-year-old suburban woman was arrested about two hours after allegedly shooting a woman she knew on Chicago’s West Side, according to police. Chicago police said Alexis Dumas, of Schaumburg, was taken into custody Friday at about 10:34 p.m. in the 5300 block of West Chicago Avenue in the city’s Austin...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County homeowners can now apply for property tax exemptions that could save them hundreds of dollars each year, county officials announced Wednesday. County Assessor Fritz Kaegi opened the annual exemption application period during a press conference at the assessor’s office in downtown...

Several suburban Chicago school districts announced closures for Monday as round of winter weather is expected to move into the region, with a blizzard warning impacting multiple counties. The National Weather Service expanded a blizzard warning to include McHenry and DeKalb counties beginning at 10 p.m. Sunday....

A Chicago police SWAT team was able to rescue a 4-year-old boy during a standoff Saturday night in the Beverly neighborhood. According to police, a domestic disturbance was reported just before 6 p.m. in the 1800 block of East 95th Street. Officers were able to escort a woman out of...

MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN — A powerful blizzard setup is taking aim at the Upper Great Lakes, with forecast models indicating extreme snowfall totals across parts of Michigan and Wisconsin through Tuesday night — while Chicago, Illinois remains largely on the lower end of the accumulation spectrum. The latest American...

Chicago police supervisors have signed off on criminal charges in two shooting cases — including a double murder and a high-profile incident at O’Hare International Airport — even though Cook County prosecutors told detectives they didn’t have enough evidence to support them, according to court records and officials...

A police chase that stretched across multiple counties ended with three apprehensions in Aurora Wednesday. According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, Bellwood police began pursuing a car suspected of being involved in a shooting on Interstate 88. Authorities claim the chase continued past Oak Brook at...

DOWNTOWN — A new St. Paddy’s Day tradition has emerged in Chicago, and it left Downtown littered with empty plastic jugs piled up near trashcans and curbsides. Every year on the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, thousands descend on Downtown in their best green attire for the dyeing of the Chicago River, the St....