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The City of Evanston’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Department announced late Friday that two cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to the Hilton Garden Inn North Shore/Evanston, 1818 Maple Ave. According to the city’s statement, the hotel has notified all guests of the cases. The pool...

CHICAGO - Want some good news about prices? In a year when nearly everything seems more expensive, Riot Fest - happening Sept. 18-20 in Douglass Park - is mounting the equivalent of a punk-rock protest of inflation. Most ticket options cost the same or are cheaper than those for last fall's incarnation.

A bridge over Interstate 290 in Chicago was blocked on Friday by a crumpled semi-truck trailer, video showed. Around 12:40 p.m., video posted to social media showed a semi-truck that appeared to have gotten stuck in the intersection of West Congress Parkway and South Independence Boulevard in the city's Garfield Park n

There’s a white building in Evanston, Illinois, wearing a red-trimmed jacket and a yellow banner, and it has absolutely ruined people for ordinary hot dogs everywhere else. Mustard’s Last Stand isn’t just a restaurant. It’s a full-on obsession for the people who’ve discovered it, and once you...

A Chicago rideshare driver says a passenger exposed himself and behaved aggressively during a trip, leaving her frightened and frustrated after she repeatedly activated Lyft’s emergency alert seeking help.

A 15-year-old girl reported an attempted child luring while waiting at a bus stop in Portage Park on Thursday. Police said a bald man in a black Cadillac SUV gestured for her to get inside before circling the block five times and leaving. Detectives are investigating, and police are asking...

Rex’s Place, a combination dog daycare/training, boarding and sports arena, has been a part of the Fifth Ward since 2010, well before the business and warehouse portion of the ward began seeing a resurgence as the newly dubbed Ashland Arts District. With support from prominent businessman Leon Robinson Jr.,...

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new communications director Friday.

North Riverside Park Mall sits at 7501 West Cermak Road in North Riverside, Illinois, an enclosed two-level shopping center 10 miles west of Chicago. That mall opened in 1975 with JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Carson Pirie Scott, and a junior anchor called Madigan's. The three full-line anchors stood on ground the mall's

A teenage girl has been charged with pushing a man from a CTA train to his death on the city's South Side on Monday, Chicago police said.