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CHICAGO — More cold and rain is in the forecast for Chicago after a brief warmup on Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday saw temperatures near 70 degrees and Monday could see a high around 80 in Chicago. That is considered unseasonably warm, with May 4 seeing an average high temperature of 66 degrees, according to National Weather Service data.

Former Stickney Village Trustee Jeff White passed away April 23 after a lengthy illness. He was 70 years old. White served under three mayors during his tenure on the village board — Dan O’Reilly, Debbie Morelli, and current Mayor Jeff Walik. Before joining the board, he spent one...

After Alphonso Talley allegedly killed Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew and critically wounded another officer at Swedish Hospital last weekend, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke blasted a judge for placing Talley on electronic monitoring months earlier. But court records show her office never asked the judge to reconsider his release order, never appealed it, and did not try to jail Talley when...

Chicago police are asking for the public's help tracking down a group of people who allegedly robbed and repeatedly punched a rider on a CTA bus on the South Side, turning an ordinary Tuesday commute into something far uglier than rush-hour gridlock. The attack happened the evening of April 9...

Cook County Sheriff’s deputies fanned out with three south suburban police departments and the Illinois State Police over the weekend in a concentrated enforcement sweep that officials say led to hundreds of police contacts and multiple guns taken off the street. The Organized Crime Division teamed up with Dixmoor, Robbins and Posen for a South Suburban Safety Initiative built around coordinated roll calls and...

Chicago may be best known for its urban skyline rising from the shore of Lake Michigan, but those searching for something more tranquil often look to Darien, a small city in neighboring DuPage County. The town proudly calls itself "a nice place to live," and Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, located along its southern border, makes a strong case. This preserve protects a number of...

Antoine “Twan Twan” Humphries got his start dancing as a kid in 1985 to the jukebox in his great-grandmother’s Bronzeville restaurant. Inspired by Michael Jackson and his older cousin, Humphries said, he would dance and earn money from the gangsters who once hung out at Lele’s Grill on 47th Street and Indiana Avenue.

Lanes on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway were closed for nearly six hours after a fatal crash involving a motorcycle. According to Illinois State Police, the crash occurred near the Mannheim Road exit just before 1 a.m. Sunday. Troopers were called to the crash scene, which involved a Honda sedan and...

A brazen burglary at a Chicago Mexican restaurant was captured on surveillance video. The thieves were in and out in just two minutes, targeting the restaurant's ATM and getting away with around $4,000 in cash.

Eight days after a Chicago police officer was killed and his partner critically wounded inside Swedish Hospital, some of Illinois’ most active social media politicians went almost completely quiet about the shooting, the pretrial release of the accused gunman, and whether the laws that put him back on the street need to change.