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Three weeks away from Chicago’s municipal election, eight candidates vying for the mayor’s office lobbed numerous personal attacks against each other Tuesday night during a combative televised forum covering their stances on public safety, education and more.

Chicagoans are very passionate about their food, but which dish that residents hold dear would be dubbed the city’s signature item?

The IRS is recommending that millions of taxpayers in more than a dozen states including Illinois hold off on filing tax returns until they receive “additional guidance.”

Here are the top headlines you need to know as you start your day on Feb. 8, 2023.

Here’s a list of days in February Illinois residents can visit Chicago museums for free.

Big money is pouring into primary care clinics as the nation’s health care giants hunt for ways to cut costs by keeping people healthy. CVS Health said Wednesday that it will spend about $10.6 billion to buy Oak Street Health, which runs clinics that specialize in treating Medicare Advantage patients. That follows a nearly $9-billion investment by ...

A casual night at a neighborhood bar on Chicago’s north side turned dangerous after a patron pulled a gun on a bar employee, leading to shots fired by police, preliminary reports from witnesses and officials say.

The Chicago mayor’s race would end in a three-way tie if the election happened today, an independent poll commissioned by Telemundo Chicago, NBC 5, the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ shows, with no clear path for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to win in a runoff election.

There’s never a dull moment when you’re caring for 13 golden retriever puppies, a lesson Kristin Vesely has took in stride in recent days.

On the heels of a major renovation across O’Hare International Airport, one terminal inside is slated to receive a major boost in dining options by this summer, according to Chicago aviation officials.

A woman allegedly targeting a romantic rival has been charged in a fatal knife attack that happened in broad daylight last month in Humboldt Park.

While many in the Chicago area are enjoying the reprieve from frigid temperatures at the beginning of this week, a system bringing potentially damaging winds could impact the region later this week.

Residents in Chicago’s Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side were dropping off donations on Tuesday, in an effort to deliver aid to victims of catastrophic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that have left thousands dead.