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Commentary: Corrupt former Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan has reported to prison. He will begin serving a 7 ½-year term for bribery, conspiracy and other corruption charges. But in Springfield, the Madigan way continues.
Aldermen on the city’s Finance Committee approved $15.5 million in taxpayer-funded legal settlements Wednesday to two families whose loved ones died after lawyers said police and Fire Department workers violated city policy.
Brett Yang and Eddy Chen said when they started out, everyone was skeptical they could pull off live concerts blending comedy with classical music. They now have millions of YouTube subscribers.
Women abused by Jeffrey Epstein sued Bank of America in Manhattan on Wednesday, alleging its executives violated banking laws and ignored red flags out of “absolute loyalty” to the deceased financier and disregard for victims of his child sex trafficking ring.
Community leaders from the city’s East Side neighborhood gathered Wednesday morning to denounce the actions of federal agents who deployed tear gas canisters on a residential street after a pursuit and vehicle crash.
WFLD-Ch. 32 morning meteorologist Mike Caplan and his wife, Laura, on Oct. 9 placed their five-bedroom, 3,011-square-foot house in Gurnee on the market for $695,000.
Chicago Blackhawks captain Nick Foligno will be away from the team for an unknown amount of time as his daughter undergoes heart surgery, the team announced Wednesday.
Chicago inspector general Deborah Witzburg has recommended a top advisor to Mayor Brandon Johnson be fired and placed on a do not hire list for failing to cooperate with an investigation into City Hall’s handling of a negotiation with an alderman.
We’ve all heard the refrain that crime is down in Chicago — and, in general, that’s true. But while shootings and homicides overall have fallen, one category of violence has grown alarmingly worse: domestic violence.
Smucker said it has spent more than $1 billion developing the Uncrustables brand over the last 20 years. Smucker spent years trying to perfect Uncrustables’ stretchy bread and developing new flavors like chocolate and hazelnut.
Doechii is everything, and not just in a Gen Z kind of way, writes music critic Britt Julious. Her gifts overflow through every second of her concert, and this was on full display last night during her sold-out show at the too-tiny-for-her-star power Aragon Ballroom.
This year, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Percival Everett is receiving the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, Calumet City poet José Olivarez is the recipient of the 21st Century Award and Mary Dempsey, former commissioner of the Chicago Public Library, is taking the Civic Award.
Chicago Public Schools told families that students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, or JROTC, should only wear their military-issued uniforms inside to avoid being mistaken for federal law enforcement.
Raymond Lee’s deep commitment to Chicago’s Chinese community and the city’s Chinese American culture led him to devote large amounts of his time and resources to helping create cultural institutions in Chinatown, including Ping Tom Memorial Park and the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
Bowing to a court-ordered deadline, crews tore down the controversial security fence constructed around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview Tuesday night.
The eight-bedroom, 21,211-square-foot River Forest mansion famously once owned by the late, reputed Chicago Outfit boss Anthony “Big Tuna” Accardo has been listed for $5 million — easily the highest asking price for a home in the near west suburb.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. One of the famed names of our time.
His son, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., shares that name and all that it connotes, as he mounts a comeback to regain his seat in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District.
Federal agents asked drivers to provide their documents, said Stacy McCloud, who works at a food truck in the ride-share lot. “They didn’t focus on anybody who didn’t look Mexican,” she said. “Anybody who was Mexican, it looked like they went straight for.”
