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After almost 17 years at FOX Chicago, Dawn Hasbrouck is signing off for the last time. Our news team sends her well wishes.

Chicago and Cook County have increased the minimum wage for many workers, with employers with four or more workers in Chicago now required to pay at least $17.05/hr and employers in Cook County required to pay at least $15.40/hr for workers 18 years and older.

A 13-year-old last week was robbed and pistol whipped in the Portage Park area on Chicago’s Northwest Side. He reported that a man attacked him and stole his bicycle at about 11:40 a.m. Thursday, June 25, in the 5600 block of West Irving Park Road, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded after a report of a wrong-way driver on Interstate 88, according to a news release from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. The office was alerted to a wrong-way driver traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 88 on June 28 at about 1:06 p.m. The suspect vehicle

CHICAGO - Two Chicago men are facing felony charges after police say they hijacked a man’s vehicle by gunpoint Sunday. Chicago police arrested 38-year-old William Tanksley and 35-year-old Trevail Tyree on Sunday. Police said the two men stole a vehicle from a 23-year-old man at gunpoint around 3 p.m....

A growing independent grocer is moving around the northern suburbs. From The Daily Herald, Shop & Save is expanding their presence in Chicagoland with new locations including Lindenhurst and Norridge. The company just opened locations in Grayslake at 815 Center Street, and in Algonquin at 100 S Randall Road. Lindenhurs

This story is a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News, and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region.​. No city dealing with a lot of lead pipes spends as much as Chicago does to replace them. With more than 400,000 lead water service lines, Chicago has the...

Just 15 minutes from downtown Chicago , the sounds of the city quickly fade into the calls of red-winged blackbirds . This free bird sanctuary is tucked away behind Uptown’s harbor slips Tucked away behind the boat slips at the harbor in Uptown, the Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary offers a secluded nature preserve just s

Mayor Brandon Johnson says a new ordinance will increase protections for the city's renters, and some of the new requirements will mean a few changes for landlords. Miguel Chacon, with Compass Real Estate, joins us.

A new restaurant and a bar from the duo behind Lilac Tiger, Coach House, and more is scheduled to arrive in July in Lincoln Park. Muhājir, which aims to tell the stories of migration through food, opens on Wednesday, July 1. Bobo, a Filipino cocktail lounge located inside the same building, will debut a week later on W