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Adam Saracco, the ICE agent who was charged with misdemeanor battery for pushing lawyer and activist Robert Held to the ground in December 2025 at a gas station in Brookfield, has pleaded guilty. Saracco was sentenced to one year of court supervision on one count of misdemeanor battery on Wednesday,...

Two women found dead in a Bucktown apartment last month died from accidental overdoses of cocaine and fentanyl, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined. Both women worked at Chicago Public Schools, according to online records. Chicago police officers responded to a third-floor apartment in the 2300 blo

She died at home in Chicago, the city that shaped her soul sound.

A Maywood man was found guilty of attempted murder in a shootout with police after the murder of a security guard at a West Side Family Dollar in 2024, according to court documents.

CHICAGO - A man wanted in Georgia on a felony child molestation charge was arrested in Chicago this week after a Cook County Sheriff's Office investigation. Jalynn Montgomery, 25, was wanted by police in Savannah, Georgia in connection with an allegation that he sent an obscene photo of himself to a child.

At just after five o’clock on Wednesday afternoon in a crowded dive bar in Chicago, what is believed to have been the city’s final barrel of Schlitz beer was tapped, served and emptied. The frothy send-off, held at Glunz Tavern in the city’s Old Town neighborhood, appeared to...

Abdul El-Sayed's half sister Eman Abdelhadi was arrested on a felony charge for allegedly spitting on a trooper during anti-ICE protests in Broadview.

CHICAGO, Ill. (WOWO) — Birth order may be associated with certain health conditions, according to a massive study examining medical records involving about 10 million American siblings over two decades. Researchers from the University of Chicago and Columbia University analyzed 569 disease categories across families an

Evanston’s local faves are faves for a reason. Colectivo Coffee, Mensch’s Deli, Frida’s — they’re all certainly Northwestern staples, especially popular among students. But Evanston is a big place, far bigger than the five to 10 blocks surrounding campus. If you’re looking to get to...

LINCOLN PARK — Ald. Timmy Knudsen is pushing to permanently close The Dime after a fatal shooting outside the Lincoln Avenue bar last month. Knudsen (43rd) is arguing that years of violence and police incidents show the business has become a public safety threat. The ward office has filed...