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CHICAGO — A man who allegedly opened fire on an internet installation crew because he thought one of them stole his dog was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday. Jaquan Shines, 26, also received an eight-year sentence for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a previous incident.

A stolen SUV was found with the family's missing 14-year-old Pomeranian, Wally, inside, likely frozen to death shortly after the vehicle was taken.

Two men, both believed to be migrants, were found dead inside an Englewood apartment on Friday afternoon, according to Chicago police and a law enforcement official. A girlfriend of one of the victims discovered them dead inside a residence in the 6100 block of South Justine around 4:20 p.m., according to the source....

A critical mass of Chicago school board members has officially come out against reimbursing City Hall for a disputed pension payment, dooming its chances of passing. That leaves Mayor Branson Johnson with less than a week to either change their minds or figure out another way to come up with the money he needs to...

A possible motive and new details are unfolding after a shooting broke out earlier this month at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. According to a police report obtained by NBC Chicago, authorities were responding to a call of a fight just before 1 a.m. on March 12 in the lower level 2A terminal at the airport.

CHICAGO, IL – Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing fresh concerns over potential conflicts of interest after accepting campaign contributions from a high-profile Chicago law firm currently engaged in multiple lawsuits against City Hall. While the donations are legal, they raise questions about the ethical implications of...

CHICAGO - For most of her life, 37-year-old Sage D’Amato lived with excruciating pain, describing it as feeling like she was giving birth every month. Now, thanks to a complex surgery performed by Northwestern Medicine doctors, she is pain-free for the first time in more than two decades. What...

(WIFR) - People are leaving Chicago to make their own state; at least that’s the idea behind a nonprofit organization called New Illinois. New Illinois is a nonpartisan educational nonprofit. The organization says it educates Illinois citizens about their right to pursue the creation of a new state. Those...

A 15-year-old boy was ordered to remain in custody after he was charged with the murder of 16-year-old Kaylah Aleah Love whose body was found one week ago in Horan Park on the city’s West Side. The boy, who is not being named because he is a minor, was...

The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into Chicago Public Schools, the Illinois State Board of Education and Deerfield Public Schools alleging violations of sex discrimination. The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) last week announced the investigations, which it said were spurred by...