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Chicago's inspector general has opened an ethics investigation into a deputy commissioner in the Department of Aviation, according to a ChicagoLIVE video posted June 9. The brief clip offers almost no detail about what rules were allegedly broken or who the official is, leaving many of the central questions unanswered

Chicago police are investigating after a burning cross was seen in Grant Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Manuel Alberto Cortes Cuan, a Mexican national with an extensive criminal record, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for unlawfully re-entering the U.S. after being deported 5 times.

Two people were arrested Monday after an adult woman’s car was taken at gunpoint on the 700 block of Bluff City Boulevard in Elgin, then tracked across several suburbs before officers finally stopped it in Chicago. Police say the vehicle was followed through multiple communities and that both occupants were taken into

Tatiana Squire, a single mother in Riverdale, says a property tax bill of more than $16,000 has turned her dream of homeownership into a financial crisis. Critics of Cook County’s assessment system, including incoming Assessor Patrick Hynes and engineer Vaughn Harrison, say her bill appears to be an extreme outlier and

Forty years ago last weekend, crowds turned out for the Chicago Blues Festival — an event studded with a roster of stars for a spectacle that's still talked about today.

A man in Chicago, Illinois, attended what he believed was his friend’s wedding, even going as far as shaking a few hands. Little did he know that he had attended the wrong wedding, and he only found out once he saw the bride walking down the aisle. Of course, the woman was a stranger to him.

There’s a South Side spot that feels like the kind of place you try once, then suddenly start craving again a week later. Hidden in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood in Illinois, this no-frills counter-service favorite keeps the menu simple in the best way: hot dogs, gyros, pizza puffs, crinkle-cut fries, and other fa

A Chicago police officer shot two suspects Tuesday evening in southwest suburban Country Club Hills, according to a notification sent to members of the Chicago Police Department. In the notification, provided to the Chicago Sun-Times, the department said two suspects were shot around 7:30 p.m. by a CPD officer detailed

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with murder more than six months after a woman was found dead on the city's South Side. Brandon Jones, 37, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 41-year-old Carolyn Jones, according to Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.