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CHICAGO - A Chicago man was charged with reckless homicide in connection with a high-speed crash in 2023 that left another driver dead. The crash happened around 4:44 a.m. on June 23, 2023 in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Marvin Bonilla, 27, was speeding in a Ford...

CHICAGO — Two Uptown men are getting a fresh start after their attorneys, using the city’s own video footage, proved they were not responsible for robbing a man in Uptown last summer. Omareon Coleman and Samuel Gaines, both 19 at the time, had never been arrested before Chicago...

ABC7 has learned a man who was detained by ICE in the Chicago area before a life-saving kidney transplant is likely going to be released. Jose Gregorio Gonzalez was detained in Berwyn last month as he was preparing to give his kidney to his brother. Now those plans could be moving forward again. ABC7 Chicago is now...

There appear to be another round of layoffs that have just taken place at an Illinois manufacturing facility where more than 100 are being let go according to official documents submitted to the state. According to the Illinois Work Net site, there is a layoff of 129 that has just...

Ashok Selvam is the regional editor for Eater Midwest and in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He's a native Chicagoan and has been with Eater since 2014. Perhaps country bars aren’t the money-making machines folks believe. Eight months after a splashy opening, Welcome to the...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 82 degrees (1963) Low temperature: 18 degrees (1899) Precipitation: 1.64...

A seafood boil in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood was just named as the "Best Seafood" in Illinois for 2025, according to a new list from dining review site Yelp. The list, which compiles "The Best Seafood in Every State," was created after editors identified businesses in the seafood category with a large...

A man suspected in several alleged mail theft incidents since at least 2024 was arrested at about 5:40 a.m. Thursday, March 20, in the 6900 block of West Belmont Avenue during a reported surveillance operation, according the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Chicago police. The suspect allegedly was in possession...

Municipal elections were held in the suburbs of Chicago, with key races including the Aurora mayoral race and Evanston mayor race, as well as a new mayor being elected in Dolton.

After people at a party in Illinois started making fun of his pants, a man turned violent and hurt three people. Major Newspaper Headlines From the Year You Were Born 👇. Things are a lot different now than when I was younger. Back in the day, bullying was a way of life. You were either a person who made fun of...