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Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman abruptly resigned Monday, forcing Mayor Brandon Johnson to head into the all-important investors conference and a grueling election year budget season with a whole new financial team. One week after Acting Chief Financial Officer Steven …

A 13-year-old boy was shot during an attempted robbery Monday evening in Washington Park on the South Side, according to police. The boy was near the back of a home around 7 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Michigan …

It wasn’t the reason the Sky lost. Plenty of mistakes down the stretch cost them in Monday’s 106-101 loss to the Mercury. And playing the fourth quarter without leading scorer Sydney Taylor, who exited with a left groin injury, didn’t …

Nakia Smith says he walked into a Far South Side police station to get a gun off the street. He walked out in handcuffs. Three years later, the 51-year-old anti-violence volunteer is set to go on trial Monday on gun …

Illinois lawmakers are calling for changes at the Joliet Treatment Center, after a Marshall Project, Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ investigation exposed an epidemic of fires that resulted in two deaths at the prison. In the last three years, there have …

DEAR ABBY: I am in a relationship with my hot-and-cold fiance. I caught him cheating after we moved in together. He had been courting someone at work. I eventually forgave him. That was five years ago. In the time since, …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Nakia Smith says he was just trying to get a gun off the street by handing it over to the police. Instead, he faces trial next week in a case former Education Secretary Arne …

A man was seriously wounded early Tuesday in a shooting that forced lane closures on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the Near West Side. The man was shot multiple times around 3 a.m. in the 1200 block of South Ruble …

The bodies of two 20-year-old Chicago-area kayakers were recovered in the waters off Washington Island, a popular tourist destination in Door County, Wisconsin, officials announced Monday. The kayakers — David Thalman of Dundee and Francesca Warick of South Elgin — …

Breaking down the Bears’ Tuesday training camp practice:  What happened In the last drill, a struggling offenxse took over at their own 47, down five, with 54 seconds left. The Bears committed two false starts but drove to the 22 with 3 …

Apuntando al vaivén del liderazgo en la alcaldía de Brandon Johnson, el secretario de Estado de Illinois, Alexi Giannoulias, se sumó el domingo a la carrera por la alcaldía, presentándose como alguien que construye coaliciones para resolver los enormes problemas …

A man who was killed last month has been identified after the shooting that also left a woman wounded in the South Chicago neighborhood. Jose Ariel Gonzalez, 40, and a 32-year-old woman were in the 8900 block of South Escanaba …

Police are investigating a hate crime after a Brighton Park home was vandalized Monday. Officers were called around 9 a.m. after the owner arrived at the house he is renovating in the Southwest Side neighborhood. Inside, he had found racist …

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down what Coby Bryant’s injury means for the safety — and for the Bears. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s hub page. You can also …

Have you ever had an erotic dream about your friend’s spouse? If you did, would you tell them? This is the setup of “Marble,” a dark comedy by Irish playwright Marina Carr, having its Chicago premiere at the Copernicus Center …

In an austere offseason, Coby Bryant was the splurge. The Bears bet big on him, letting all-pro safety Kevin Byard and four-year starter Jaquan Brisker leave this offseason and giving him a three-year, $40 million deal. The safety had been …

At least 10 people were arrested in and around this year’s muddy Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park, with some facing charges for selling rain ponchos without a permit, illegally flying a drone and punching a backstage security guard with …

There is so much to digest following the summer months of high school basketball, time used to heavily evaluate prospects while playing with their high school team in June and on the club basketball circuit in July. Here are the …

Drew Williams, a star athlete at Lane who was paralyzed after suffering a catastrophic brain injury during a game in 2013, died on July 22. He was 30. Williams was a standout football and baseball player at Lane and a …

Ariana Grande probably wishes she could just wave a wand and make the whole public discourse about her disappear. But the renewed focus on her image — especially the last few days — has been quite wicked, and the singer …