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A man with a lengthy criminal record has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for shooting at three Chicago police officers who were trying to help his former girlfriend get her dog back during a dispute in Rogers Park nearly six years ago. Kenneth Olugbode, 37, pleaded guilty Monday...

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced on Tuesday, Nov. 3, that it is investigating "disturbing actions" directed toward an official on Friday, Oct. 30. The incident followed an IHSA Boys Soccer State Series contest at Glenbard South High School (Glen Ellyn, IL). According to the Daily Herald , official Hanah Shehaiber was assaulted while leaving the field after she officiated a boys soccer Class 2A sectional final between No. 7 Glenbard South and No. 1 Juarez (Chicago, IL). Glenb

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The long-awaited prairie path extension into Forest Park is on its way to reality. The Illinois Prairie Path hosted its annual members meeting on Nov. 1 in Wheaton — where the middle of the 61 miles of crushed stone path sits. Among other updates, the group revealed plans for extending the prairie path past its eastern trailhead in Maywood to the CTA Blue Line terminal.

On the Cook County midterm ballot, three measures stand out: an advisory referendum for an increased tax on millionaires, a call for compensation from the federal government for damage done during ICE operations and a proposal to use new gunshot detection technology. ICE. A third Cook County ballot measure pushes...

Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is sharing new details about what led to the deaths of two beluga whales.

The trooper didn't chase. The driver of a black 2011 Infiniti G37 ignored a stop attempt on southbound Interstate 94 near 71st Street in Chicago at about 1:31 a.m. on October 10, an Illinois State Police spokesperson told the Lake and McHenry County Scanner, and kept going. By the time officers stopped the car on North Jackson Street in North Chicago, shortly after 3 a.m., radio traffic cited by the Scanner had it at up to 140 mph near Willow Road and above 130 mph in Lake County, with a Cook Co

The McRib is back in court. A federal judge in Chicago has allowed key claims...

BRONZEVILLE — A South Side ice cream parlor and board game café is looking to bring its business to local events and festivals using its recent $15,000 grand prize winnings in a pitch competition. Father-and-daughter duo Garland and Kamillah Lucas opened Nitro Nostalgia, 4254 S. Cottage Grove Ave.,...

Officials have picked the official 2026 Chicago Christmas tree, which will make a trip eastward from the suburbs.