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CHICAGO — A round of storms toppled trees around Chicagoland overnight, including one that derailed a CTA Yellow Line train. Following a fourth straight day of sweltering heat and humidity, thunderstorms exploded to life on Thursday evening. The thunderstorms were accompanied by nearly continuous lightning, gusty winds

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CHICAGO — A man is recovering in the hospital on Friday morning after police say an argument led to a shooting inside a home on the city’s Southwest Side overnight. According to police, the shooting unfolded around 10 p.m. inside a residence in the 6500 block of South Claremont Avenue, in Chicago Lawn. Officers said […

A CBS News crew in Chicago was viciously attacked by three men who allegedly hurled racial slurs at the cameraman on Monday night before they fled the scene.

Ideal US Talent Worker OpCo LLC, a Minnesota-based company specializing in temporary help services, is laying off workers in Illinois. The Bloomington-based company plans to lay off nearly 1,400 employees across five Illinois counties starting in July, according to information the business provided to the state. Idea

The former top aide to one of Chicago’s longest-serving alderpeople has been sentenced to three years probation and a $20,000 fine for his role in a scheme in which the pair allegedly used their public office to attain granite countertops and other home improvements. The sentencing this week of...

The Chicago area could see multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms in coming days, and some of those storms could be severe. Parts of the area are at a “marginal” risk of severe weather on Thursday night, with a higher threat level of severe storms on Friday afternoon on what could be a storm day throughout the re

Two people died, and two others were critically injured after a mass shooting at a gas station in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood overnight.

PAXTON — A Chicago man charged in Ford County with possession of 400-900 grams of fentanyl with intent to deliver will remain in the county jail as he awaits trial. Rashawn A. Carter, 50, of Chicago, was charged in Ford County Circuit Court on Friday, June 26, with one count each of manufacture/delivery of 400-900 gram

Gov. Pritzker celebrates new law advancing cannabis industry