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CHICAGO - Let us be clear about one thing from the start. Chicago, a city with an auspicious past and present of prestidigitation and legerdemain, has never before had a space for magic anything close to The Hand & The Eye. And where else in town can you hear a...

Six people in Cook County have died from heat-related causes in July so far, marking the deadliest stretch of extreme hot-weather deaths since at least 2015. Victor Ferguson, 48, is the latest person identified who died in the heat wave this month. Ferguson died July 2 from heat stroke with ethanol intoxication as a se

GREATER GRAND CROSSING — Hazy skies blotted out the skyline Thursday in Chicago, but it didn’t stop guests from dining at Roots: “The Brunch Experience” on 75th Street. Tarsha Jackson, who was born and raised in Englewood, opened the Southern-style restaurant about a month ago in...

CHICAGO - Brother Rice High School is mourning the loss of 17-year-old Patrick Noonan, who graduated in May. Brother Rice announced Noonan's death in a social media post, calling it a "profound sadness" and extending condolences to his family, friends, classmates and teammates. School officials said Noonan was a "Crusa

A 21-year-old Chicago man who livestreamed himself riding through Riis Park while showing off a loaded handgun equipped with an illegal machine gun conversion device was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison. The case began on the evening of May 14, 2025, when Eddie Arguelles brought the loaded...

Chicago parents mailed in requests for Bozo Circus tickets while still pregnant, knowing the wait could stretch years before their kids ever sat in that studio audience.

Seeing two restaurants under one owner flagged for sanitation problems within weeks of each other.

A Tennessee-based manufacturer is planning layoffs at an Illinois facility this fall. Techmer PM reported its intention to lay off 68 workers from Colors for Plastics in Elk Grove Village, according to information provided to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The layoffs are scheduled to t

CHICAGO - Much of the chatter this morning was about the lingering wildfire smoke in the area. Thankfully, conditions were nowhere near as bad as last week, and the smoke is expected to clear through the afternoon and evening. Severe storms, flooding threaten Chicago. It's going to be a warmer...

A supervisor, who said that due to a glitch, the Tollway recently discovered a batch of previously unbilled tolls.