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A now former City of Chicago employee left their personal gun inside a city building bathroom during the first quarter of this year, according to a watchdog report. The employee retired during an Office of Inspector General investigation and is not permitted to be rehired by the city. This was...

A city worker who had an illegal gun while on the clock will not be fired by city officials, according to a report released Tuesday by Chicago’s watchdog. Inspector General Deborah Witzburg recommended the employee, who was not identified in keeping with the city’s rules, be terminated. But leaders of the Department...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a public health notice after contaminents were found in dozens of water systems in the state. Widespread Detection Triggers Statewide Notification Requirement. According to an Illinois EPA press release, 21 Community Water Systems (CWS) across the state...

While initially founded by brothers Dick and Mac McDonald as a Bar-B-Q restaurant in San Bernardino, California back in 1940, McDonald's became the fast-food giant that we know it as today in 1955 when the first official McDonald's franchise restaurant opened in Des Plaines, Illinois. A year prior, salesman Ray Kroc...

Illinois—the land where Chicago and cornfields coexist in quirky harmony, pizza debates turn fierce, and weather forecasts change every 10 minutes. If you instinctively know how to dodge potholes and have strong opinions about ketchup on hot dogs, you’re fully Illinois-certified. If these 11 uniquely Illinois...

While we adhere to strict editorial guidelines, partners on this page may provide us earnings. A Chicago couple is urging legislators to take action after squatters allegedly moved into their South Side house and refused to leave. Marcia Lee and her husband, Carlton Lee, never thought they'd be facing off against a...

CHICAGO - A data breach at Loretto Hospital on Chicago’s West Side earlier this year affected about 500 people. The hospital became aware of suspicious activity involving its computer network and discovered the breach had happened sometime in late January or early February, according to a notice on the hospital’s...

Chicago police officers responding to a call in Little Village on the city’s Southwest Side were the victims of an alleged gang-related shooting, according to police sources. Officers were responding to a report of four males standing in the street, stopping vehicles, and pointing guns when they came under...

A Cook County jury on Friday acquitted a man of shooting and killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, making him the second defendant to be found not guilty in the slaying on the Fourth of July in 2020. Davion Mitchell was found not guilty of murder and other felonies a week after jury selection began on April 4. In...

“Cottage Grove,” a short film made entirely in Chicago by South Side native George Ellzey, Jr. and starring Sean Blake and Patrick Agada has been shortlisted for a Telly Award. The film has garnered praise and awards at several prestigious film festivals and streamed worldwide during Black History Month 2025 on AMC+.