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Questions remain after a fire in Blue Island tore through two buildings in south suburban Blue Island Monday morning. The fire started about 4 a.m. in the 2000 block of Vermont Street. About midday, rubble was strewn on a sidewalk …

ComEd’s former top lobbyist spent weeks in 2023 listening to the sound of his own voice, learning through secret FBI recordings how he sounded when he thought no one was listening. The feds caught John Hooker boasting about a corrupt …

Endless workouts in the gym and lifting in the weight room had become the norm for rising senior Rashaun Porter. But the DePaul Prep standout looked in the mirror and realized what needed to be done. “I needed to quit …

Sin orientación del gobierno federal sobre cómo prohibir a cualquier persona sin estatus migratorio legal el acceso a un programa vital de educación infantil temprana, la Asociación Head Start de Illinois informó el viernes a sus cientos de miembros que …

Un hijo del notorio rey de la droga de Sinaloa, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, aceptó el viernes en una corte federal de Chicago cooperar con las autoridades estadounidenses en todo el país, mientras enfrenta una condena de cadena perpetua. …

Humboldt Park’s landmarked Pioneer Arcade building — once a bowling alley and billiards spot in the 1920s — is closer to becoming a 61-unit-affordable senior housing property. The Community Development Commission green-lit the last piece of funding for the project …

Nearly every morning for the last year, Eduardo Ruiz took a walk with his wife, Rosa M. Hernandez, and their dog Chica at Columbus Park in the Austin neighborhood. On Monday, desperate for a sense of normalcy, Ruiz walked without …

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has once again joined a coalition of other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration, this time for blocking education funding as the school year is set to begin across the country. The suit, announced …

ATLANTA — This place is filthy with first-time All-Stars — 15 on the American League side, 15 more on the National League side. That’s got to be close to 30 in all. The list includes some guys with real buzz …

Marni Yang has waited six years for a court hearing that could lead to her receiving a new trial or exoneration in the Oct. 4, 2007, murder of Rhoni Reuter, the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle. She …

Nearly 40 search-and-rescue workers from Illinois fire departments are headed to Texas to help efforts following the state’s devastating floods. Illinois was one of 24 states offering assistance as 101 people remain missing and at least 132 people killed, state …

ATLANTA — There’s only one slight flaw in this delightful narrative about the starting center fielders in Tuesday’s All-Star Game being the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Tigers’ Javy Baez, who were traded for each other when Baez was a …

A drinking water notice was issued for Peoria on Monday after nearly 15% of water samples collected in the area had elevated levels of lead. Fourteen of 103 water samples collected contained more than 15 parts per billion of lead, …

The Sky looked to be on track for a second consecutive victory against the first-place Lynx until guard Ariel Atkins left the game with a leg injury in the first half. She didn’t return after halftime, and the wheels fell …

ATLANTA — White Sox pitcher Shane Smith sat down with a plate of grub, looked around at his American League All-Star teammates and thought: “Is this really happening?” It might have been more along the lines of, “What the heck …

A deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department pleaded guilty on Monday, and another has agreed to plead guilty, to federal charges related to using their law enforcement status for their side job providing private security and illegal enforcement …