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Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson continue to vie for endorsements from political leaders across the city and the country with the election less than two weeks away, with some eye-popping names lending their support to the campaigns.

The “Coolest Thing in Illinois” has been announced — and it’s truly out of this world.

MLB Opening Day is here! The Cubs announced their 26-man roster ahead of their season opener against the Brewers.

Three rounds of storms could bring threats of damaging winds, heavy rain, hail and possibly even tornadoes to the Chicago area Friday, but when could the worst of it hit and where?

A tasty beverage is returning to Chick-fil-A menus by “popular demand,” just in time for spring.

Baseball Opening Day in Chicago is usually filled with food and fun, but not always sun — and sometimes, severe springtime weather.

Paul Vallas’ war room expects Tuesday’s mayoral runoff to be so close, the winner may not be known until days after the election, when most of the mail-in ballots are counted.

Welcome to Chicago’s most beloved, unofficial holiday of springtime: Opening Day.

Chicago fire officials say that five people were injured, three critically, after a high-speed crash involving multiple vehicles on the city’s Southwest Side Wednesday evening.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and members of the General Assembly have put together a proposed bill that would overhaul the process by which noncitizens can obtain standard driver’s licenses.

Residents living in an apartment building in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood are shaken after learning about what happened to one of their neighbors on the third floor, with gunfire erupting early Wednesday morning.

A woman was shot and killed Wednesday at a gas station in Austin on the West Side.

Charges have been dropped against a man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a 1994 double murder he has long said he didn’t commit — yet another case that has fallen apart over allegations of Chicago police misconduct.