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McCauley, 36, was killed around 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Thorntons gas station. A witness said he alerted the clerk to masked gunmen in the parking lot before the shooting.

A former Englewood school that sat vacant for years is being repurposed as affordable housing, giving the historic building a new role in the community.

EAST SIDE — Calumet region residents are fundraising to uplift a clown who brought them joy for decades as she starts from “absolute zero,” following a house fire and amid a long battle with cancer. Barbara Syler, who for decades performed as Barboo the Clown, survived an...

A Venezuelan man accused of killing a 25-year-old man in front of two witnesses as he pleaded for his life was sentenced to 33 years in prison Wednesday, according to court records. Kevin Perez Paredes, 26, received the sentence from Cook County Judge Ursula Walowski in exchange for his guilty plea.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to stop corporations from doing business in Chicago if they engage in what the mayor calls corrupt and abusive practices, including taking part in aggressive federal deportation campaigns.

Since 2022, Cook County has erased more than $1 billion in medical debt for more than 791,000 residents.

At the corner of Winnemac and Winchester in Chicago, Illinois, sits an apartment building with quite a history among locals. Some of the past tenants have had appalling alleged experiences, but to the unaware and uninitiated, it just seems like an unremarkable property. That is, until, as a passerby and Reddit user Phi

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with attempted murder after prosecutors say he repeatedly stabbed a 64-year-old man with a box cutter and directed his dog to attack the victim on the Southwest Side. Chicago man charged in stabbing, dog attack. Javon Cooper, 33, is charged with attempted...

CHICAGO — Father Michael Pfleger spoke out for the first time Wednesday after being reinstated to the Archdiocese of Chicago following an abuse allegation. Pfleger, a longtime pastor and anti-violence activist, was asked to step away from St. Sabina after being accused of sexually abusing a minor more than 30 years ago

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a wide-ranging executive order Wednesday meant to prevent corporations that carry out corrupt or abusive practices, including inhumanely assisting in aggressive federal deportation campaigns, from doing business with the city. Citing an “unprecedented level of corporate corruption” national