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Chicago may be famous for deep-dish pizza and Italian beef, but one local restaurant is earning statewide recognition for something entirely different: barbecue. Many diners and food lovers are calling Smoque BBQ the best barbecue destination in Illinois thanks to its slow-smoked meats, classic sides, and no-frills approach to authentic BBQ. Quick Guide Location: Chicago, ... Read more

The family of 26-year-old Krystal Cruz says their world has been turned upside down after she was shot and killed while driving through Chicago’s Back of the Yards on Tuesday afternoon. Relatives identified Cruz as the victim and said she leaves behind four young daughters. Her grandmother called the loss devastating but said the family will push through the difficult days ahead...

For the first time Walgreens is revealing some of the specific financial problems that prompted it to close a longtime location on Chicago's South Side.

Cruz, 26, leaves behind four young daughters after she was shot and killed while driving her brother and his friend, who were also wounded, home from school in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on May 4.

Chicago police are investigating a triple shooting involving a teenager on the city's South Side.

It was the kind of spectacle only the nineteen eighties could produce. On a chilly April evening in nineteen eighty six famed journalist Geraldo Rivera stood poised to blast open a sealed room in the basement of Chicagos Lexington Hotel. Promising to finally solve the riddle of the Al Capone vault the two hour live television special drew an estimated thirty million viewers eager...

The Chicago River has a complicated history. For more than a century, it absorbed factory waste, raw sewage, and runoff from the city’s meatpacking industry until it became one of the most polluted urban waterways in the United States. For a long time, most people assumed the damage was simply permanent. Then a small, stubborn …

The former business partners who’d been running Oak Park’s West Suburban Medical Center together until its abrupt closure in March faced off in court on Friday.  Emergency legal action filed last month by both co-owners of Resilience Healthcare came to a head May 8 with an eight-and-a-half hour hearing inside Cook County Judge Patrick Stanton’s courtroom on the 25th floor...

Jim's Original, which bills itself as the longest continuously operating hot dog stand to have once done business on Maxwell Street, plans to move its flagship location from University Village to the city's Pilsen neighborhood, according to a social media post. In a Facebook post, the hot dog stand said...

Illinois is home to some of the most incredible bakeries you will ever stumble upon, tucked away in neighborhoods, small towns, and busy city streets. From flaky croissants to towering cakes and freshly baked bread, these spots bring serious skill and heart to every bite. Whether you live in Illinois...