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A man who once worked for the Cook County assessor’s office has become the latest person to avoid prison after being caught up in a bribery scandal — but only after he spent eight years helping the feds and recording …

WASHINGTON — It couldn’t have been too happy of a flight home for the Cubs after a shutout loss Thursday in the nation’s capital. But a look at the standings ought to have them feeling all right. They woke up …

A 12th person has died from heat-related causes tied to this summer’s extreme heat, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Jesus Rodriguez, 33, died July 17 due to hyperthermia and environmental heat exposure, in addition to cocaine toxicity, …

The National Weather Service has confirmed six tornadoes hit the Chicago area in Tuesday’s storms, raising the state total to a record-breaking 206 twisters this year. The tornadoes touched down in Homewood, Oswego, Wilmington, Mokena to Tinley Park, Orland Park …

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and more than 20 officials from other states sued the Trump administration Thursday over its demand for access to state databases used by states to grant commercial drivers licenses known as CDLs. The Trump administration …

The Illinois High School Association has suspended Mount Carmel football coach Jordan Lynch for two practices and put the school’s football program on probation for the rest of the season. The sanctions were levied after the team practiced in full …

Moon Alert Caution! Be careful. Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions all day today. The moon is in Virgo. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Although you might be focused on work today, your best bet …

Jim Kinney has seen just about everything in his Far Southeast Side neighborhood: industrial waste that lit up the sky, the crime of the century, a mad bomber and a business that’s been allowed to fill the air with a …

Since 2020, residents of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood have been waiting for the city to erect a gateway arch at the entrance of its Soul City Corridor, the stretch of Chicago Avenue from Austin Boulevard to Cicero Avenue. They were thrilled …

The Chicago Police Department made fewer traffic stops in 2025 than in the previous year and less than half the stops it made in 2023, according to a new report by the Illinois Department of Transportation, but Chicago police officers …

Bedridden for more than a month, Hayden Large found a favorite television show: “Friday Night Lights.” Of course he did. It was where he wanted to be. “Greatest show ever,” the Bears tight end said. In 2019, Large tore his …

The former assistant state’s attorney charged with murder. The judge caught driving drunk. The clerk accused of skimming government funds. When local prosecutors might have political or personal ties to a defendant, the state brings in an elite squad of …

On a cool September night in 2014, 18-year-old Pietro Mautino sped down a rural county road about 100 miles southwest of Chicago, his friend at the wheel of his bronze Kia sedan. The headlights were off. Around 1:35 a.m., police …

DEAR ABBY: Do charities and nonprofits share or sell donor information? For years, maybe decades, I’ve made quarterly contributions to two well-known charities for children’s cancer research hospitals, and I truly believe in what they do. However, over the last …

Once again the Chicago Air and Water Show is about to be inflicted upon the city. The event, which features civilian demonstrations but is mostly centered on the military, is reminiscent of the “bread and circuses” of another failed empire. …

On East Wacker Drive and North Wabash Avenue, not far from the heart of Chicago, three bronze figures stand together in a grouping most people pass without a second glance. At the center of the Heald Square Monument is George …

Second Amendment groups applauded last week after a federal judge in Texas ruled that several national firearm regulations were unconstitutional. But the decision did not hinge on gun rights. Rather, it affirmed a broader principle: The federal government’s powers are …

It was already one of the most clownish (if sinister) moments in the Trump administration — the Department of Justice actually brought criminal charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn for sabotaging the president’s big, beautiful reflecting pool. It then …

Three people were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after the car they were traveling in sideswiped another car, hit a median and burst into flames Thursday night in the Gold Coast neighborhood. A blue car was going south in the …

As the owner of Quenchers, one of the city’s first destination beer bars, Earle Johnson tapped into the power of nostalgia to draw customers. Mr. Johnson stocked beer from nearly every country imaginable; when people returned from vacation — say …