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Charges are pending after a SWAT standoff in Austin Friday morning on the West Side, according to Chicago police. Officers responded to the 4900 block of West Jackson Boulevard for a domestic disturbance just before 2 a.m. when a witness …

LAS VEGAS — The Bears were 1-2 when I spotted Phil Ioriatti, with his two brothers and nephew, inside the Green Valley Ranch sportsbook. All are Chicago natives who still reside in Illinois except Phil, who lives in Chino Hills, …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Despite President Donald Trump maligning Chicago as the “most dangerous” in the world, citywide killings fell to a 60-year low as overall crime continued to drop. 🗞️ Plus: How Chicago’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” fell …

The CTA’s elevated State/Lake station in the Loop is scheduled to close Monday and not reopen for three years. The $444 million reconstruction project won’t be completed until sometime in 2029, according to the Chicago Transit Authority. Trains will bypass …

More than nine years after it was painted, Angel Silva’s mural on the side of a West Lawn supermarket still boasts the detail of skin tones, rose petals, cloth shimmers and more. That, says Silva of McKinley Park, is why …

Cuando el reloj marcó la medianoche del Día de Año Nuevo, los costos del seguro de salud de miles de residentes de Illinois se duplicaron debido a que los créditos fiscales de la Ley de Cuidado Asequible (ACA) expiraron. Más …

Marist football coach Mike Fitzgerald has a schedule concern for 2026, but it’s not what you’re probably thinking. The latest CCL/ESCC realignment, which takes effect next season, moves the RedHawks into the elite Blue division. Marist, which was 4-5 and …

With two weeks of holiday tournament play in the books, here is a look back at what transpired across the state. Best team: Benet Winning the premier holiday tournament in Illinois and taking down the state’s No. 1 team along …

Dos demandas están impugnando la decisión de la administración de Trump de retirar abruptamente una subvención que proporciona a las escuelas de Illinois apoyo adicional, como programas extracurriculares, despensas de alimentos y servicios de salud mental. Ambas demandas fueron presentadas …

En un año en el que el presidente Donald Trump calificó a Chicago como la “ciudad más peligrosa del mundo” y lanzó una agresiva campaña de deportaciones, los homicidios en la ciudad finalmente bajaron al nivel más bajo en 60 …

Bears receiver Rome Odunze returned to practice Friday for the first time since Dec. 12. When he plays his next game is anybody’s guess. While Odunze is technically questionable for Sunday’s game against the Lions, the receiver demurred when asked …

As others welcomed the new year with resolutions, Melissa Nunez and Elizabeth Branske became the first couple of 2026 to marry in Cook County. They made history as the county’s first lesbian couple to win the annual lottery and take …

“It was a little bit hard, the words they were saying…” began Rey Estrada, in Spanish, when asked about being seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Oct. 21 as he did landscaping work in Rogers Park, ticking off …

The names and addresses of thousands of patients of the Illinois Department of Human Services were incorrectly made publicly viewable for the last several years, the agency said Friday. Several maps created to assist the agency with decisions — like …

Comenzamos el año en la escena del entretenimiento latino y en español de Chicago con pocas opciones, como es costumbre, pero con las necesarias para aumentar un poco la temperatura en el ánimo de los residentes de Chicago, que tras …

Una reflexión poderosa e íntima sobre las heridas perdurables de la masacre de Tlatelolco ocurrida en la Ciudad de México el 2 de octubre de 1968 sólo diez días antes de las Olimpiadas, y que por mucho, es uno de …

It would’ve been natural for anyone to bristle at what the Bears asked of running back D’Andre Swift going into this season: Change the running style that made you a star at every level, including earning a Pro Bowl selection …

Before Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar’s injuries, before his own injury, before the winning voodoo wore off and the Blackhawks fell out of a playoff race nobody legitimately expected them to be in, Hawks captain Nick Foligno swore this team …

Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax went away on Jan. 1, though many people will continue to pay it at the local level. Data compiled by the Illinois Municipal League shows that 656 municipalities — a little more than half of …

Three Bears teams have won the NFC North since the franchise’s last Super Bowl squad did its thing in 2006. In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we wanted to know …