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A man died after allegedly crashing into an unoccupied school bus in Humboldt Park, Chicago police said.

A Chicago police officer and sergeant repeatedly accused of improperly stopping and searching Black men should be suspended for a combined 149 days for their actions during two traffic stops, Chicago Police Department leaders and the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct agreed, records show. The Civilian

Riverside’s parks and recreation department wants to show you just how many kinds of wildlife move through the area with an upcoming program dedicated to an underrated member of the animal kingdom. A guided bat tour for all ages will take place near the Scout Cabin after dark later...

Chicago’s effort to rehabilitate abandoned homes on the South and West sides to foster homeownership took a big step recently. The city, along with project partners and neighbors, held a ribbon-cutting Friday on two rehabbed homes on South Green Street in Englewood. One already has been sold and the other is under cont

The process of selecting Chicago’s next top cop hit another pothole Monday when four of the seven commissioners charged with finding finalists for the job skipped a meeting where they were supposed to select a firm to conduct a nationwide talent search. The absence of a quorum forced Community...

Intense storms that ravaged the Chicago area and northwest Indiana on Tuesday left behind more damage than a Hoosier state chief of police said he has ever seen. Portage, Indiana, Mayor Austin Bonta said when he spoke with Michael Candiano, the city's chief of police, after the storms rolled through, Candiano said "he

Strong storms across the Chicago area and northwest Indiana left more than half a million ComEd and NIPSCO customers without power on Tuesday. As of just after 12:45 p.m., more than 280,000 ComEd customers and more than 280,500 NIPSCO customers were without power, according to outage data provided by the utility compan

Dangerous and destructive storms burst across the Chicago area Tuesday, bringing wind gusts of up to 100 mph, possible tornadoes and damage to trees and power lines across the region. The fast-moving systems powered into the region just before 10 a.m., with the worst of the system gone by 12...

A powerful line of storms tore through the Chicago area Tuesday morning, spawning tornado warnings across multiple counties, producing wind gusts as high as 120 mph in the south suburbs and 99 mph at Gary, Indiana's airport, canceling approximately 250 flights at O'Hare and triggering ground stops at both O'Hare and Mi

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a retired Illinois firefighter and Marine veteran describes how he allegedly suffered catastrophic brain injuries after eating raw oysters at a restaurant near Chicago.