James R. Thompson Center

Illinois officials are inching closer to selling a downtown Chicago building that houses state government offices, announcing the selection Thursday of a project manager to oversee the sale.

After years of pushing a Las Vegas-style casino to boost tourism and much-needed revenue, Chicago’s leaders seemingly hit the jackpot when Illinois lawmakers approved one as part of a massive gambling expansion.

State officials are taking another step toward selling a downtown Chicago building that house Illinois government offices.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has listed downtown Chicago’s state government building to its list of the country’s most-endangered historic places.

In a dramatic show of force and unity, Chicago Police officers, led by Superintendent Eddie Johnson, packed a Cook County courtroom Wednesday morning during an appearance for Shomari Legghette, the accused killer of commander Paul Bauer.

A Wisconsin man who illegally sold the handgun used to kill a Chicago police commander this year has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison.

A list of the 2018 most endangered historic places in Illinois was released on Wednesday—including several known Chicago sites in the suburbs.

A list of the 2018 most endangered historic places in Illinois was released on Wednesday—including several known Chicago sites in the suburbs.

A repeat felon who “executed” a highly-respected Chicago police commander in a downtown Chicago stairwell was wearing body armor and firing a semi-automatic handgun with a 30-round magazine, officials said while announcing charges against him Wednesay.

As the city of Chicago grapples with the fatal shooting of a high-ranking police officer, the slain commander’s department vowed to step up and support the wife and young daughter he left behind.

After a high-ranking Chicago police commander was killed in the line of duty Tuesday, members of the community he served came forward to pay their respects and remember the beloved officer and family man.

In a seventh floor courtroom packed with Chicago police officers including Supt. Eddie Johnson prosecutors laid out their clearest picture yet of the last moments of Cmdr. Paul Bauer’s life.

A cab driver’s quick thinking helped police catch the man accused of shooting and killing a beloved Chicago police commander at the city’s highly-traffic Thompson Center this week, police said Wednesday.

The convicted felon charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a high-ranking Chicago police officer was ordered held without bond Thursday.

A high-ranking commander in the Chicago Police Department was fatally shot multiple times while confronting an armed offender at the James R. Thompson Center Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Detectives “worked through the night” in the investigation of a shooting that claimed the life of a high-ranking Chicago police officer, a CPD spokesman said Wednesday.

The convicted felon charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a high-ranking Chicago police officer entered a plea of not guilty on Monday.

The man accused of shooting and killing Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer says he’s not guilty. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the details.

The convicted felon charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a high-ranking Chicago police officer was expected to appear in court Friday.

The convicted felon charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a high-ranking Chicago police officer was expected to appear in court Friday. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.