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Seven of the eight people shot Tuesday morning inside an Englewood home were shot in the head, according to Chicago police.

A suburban mother says she is happy that a suspect is in custody after allegedly sexually assaulting a girl on a popular bike path earlier this month, but she says that her daughter’s life has permanently changed, and that the teen’s innocence has been taken away by the horrific crime. The woman, who declined to be identified, spoke exclusively......

After a few days’ respite, the Chicago area will see heat and humidity come roaring back beginning Thursday, with the chance of severe thunderstorms lurking in the forecast for the conclusion of the work week. After two straight days of normal temperatures, the Chicago area will see the mercury soar into the 90s on Thursday, according to forecast m...

A 16-year-old girl was injured after being hit by a bulldozer Wednesday in Little Village on the Southwest Side. The bulldozer was traveling about 6 p.m. in the 2600 block of South Central Park Avenue when the girl walked into the street and was struck, Chicago police said. The teen suffered injuries to her legs, arms and head, police said…....

The Illinois House on Wednesday passed a measure to create an elected school board for Chicago Public Schools, over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

The Chicago Park District is looking to hire more workers to clean up beaches and parks as Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on residents – venturing out more as the city reopens from coronavirus restrictions – to stop littering in public spaces.

A Chicago woman whose house was wrongly raided by Chicago police officers in Feb. 2019 is speaking out after mediation talks between her attorneys and lawyers representing the city broke down last month. Anjanette Young, who stood unclothed in her home for more than half an hour after police officers broke down her door on Feb. 21, 2019, says that&...

A Palatine man accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her against her will inside a suburban building pleaded not guilty Wednesday to several major felonies.

Northalsted’s Market Days released its concert lineup Wednesday live music festival set to return to Chicago this summer after canceling last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Police in suburban Lake County say they have apprehended a suspect who is accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a teen on a popular bike path earlier this month.

Bail was denied Wednesday for a man charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting another man during a test drive of a vehicle Tuesday in suburban Oak Lawn. Abdullah Jaghama, 23, allegedly shot the 19-year-old in the face while they were traveling in a vehicle Jaghama was selling near the 9500 block of Oak Park Avenue, Oak Lawn police said...

Someone vandalized one of the iconic lions that stand in front of the Art Institute of Chicago Wednesday.

Juneteenth in Illinois is now a state holiday after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill to commemorate the date in 1865 when the last enslaved Black people in the U.S. learned that they were free.