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One local groundhog will wake from his winter nap to predict the weather from precisely the same Chicago-area spot that, in 1993, Bill Murray did, when he delivered the forecast as Phil Connors in the cult classic film ‘Groundhog Day.

A retired Chicago firefighter with apparent ties to militia groups faces federal criminal charges for allegedly participating in an hours-long siege amid the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

An iconic venue in suburban Joliet was damaged by a fire on Wednesday afternoon, with an investigation currently underway after the blaze.

Officials with the University of Iowa’s athletic department say that the Orange Krush fan group from the University of Illinois obtained discounted tickets to a weekend men’s basketball game under false pretenses.

The calls for police reform continue to get louder in Chicago and across the country in the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis.

The family of a young man who was 12-years old when he was wrongfully shot by a Richton Park police officer has reached a $12 million settlement with the village.

Chicago police say that charges have been filed after a woman allegedly concealed the death of a 96-year-old woman on the city’s Northwest Side.

The police chief in St. John, Indiana announced Wednesday afternoon that one of his officers faces criminal charges for shooting into a car driven by an off-duty officer.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s push for a quick vote on a proposed 15-year franchise agreement with Commonwealth Edison was short-circuited in the City Council on Wednesday.

A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.

The Chicago Cubs decision to sign outfielder Cody Bellinger to a one-year contract drew a lot of attention in the baseball world, and President Jed Hoyer isnt shy about what the organization hopes to get out of the former MVP.

Hundreds of workers who operate food and beverage concession stands at the United Center are preparing for the picket line after members of UNITE HERE Local 1, a labor union that represents more than 16,000 hospitality workers in the Chicago area, voted Tuesday in favor of authorizing a strike.

Police in several Chicago-area suburbs are investigating multiple reports of catalytic converter thefts happening in the parking lots of various schools.