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At least four people have been killed and 15 people have been wounded in shootings across the city of Chicago so far this Memorial Day weekend, according to authorities.

Illinois lawmakers finally approved a new state budget early Saturday, sending it to Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature with just over a month to spare before it takes effect with the new state fiscal year July 1.

A man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer when she responded to a domestic violence call in 2020 is seeking an insanity defense as he seeks to avoid the death penalty.

Whether you’re more of a lazy river person or more of a water slide person, you’re in luck — water parks in Illinois have got it all.

Memorial Day weekend is officially here, and it will certainly feel like it outside as temperatures are expected to warm up both throughout the day and throughout the weekend.

Temperatures rise into the 70s today and will continue rise each day for several more days.

A Chicago pub owner is sharing his story after being robbed at gunpoint by four masked men in the city’s Bucktown neighborhood. “I can’t imagine somebody going through what I went through, it was absolutely insane,” said Eric Johnson, owner of Web Pub Bucktown. Johnson told NBC 5 that his business has been broken into three times within the.....

While some Chicago-area doctors say strep cases have been increased in recent weeks, the symptoms might not be ones you typically think of.

The director of a southern Indiana funeral home where 31 decomposing bodies and the cremains of 17 others were found pleaded guilty Friday to more than 40 counts of felony theft.

A woman is pleading to the thief that stole her French bulldog at gunpoint for the dog’s safe return.

An Indiana father went to extreme measures to embarrass his son on his last day of school as the bus dropped him off.

The wine-focused restaurant chain Cooper’s Hawk is slated to close its only location in Chicago, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.

As concerns persist about how to adequately care for the thousands of migrants recently sent to Chicago, a DePaul University professor is clarifying the process ahead for them and dispelling myths surrounding their legal status in the United States.