Between about 10 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Saturday, there were at least 10 shootings in several West and South Side ...

Burnett and the divine right to bequeath your political office to your progeny” (July 13) overlooks important facts about the Burnett family’s long-standing commitment to public service and community ...

A 1-year-old boy died in Lake Michigan Friday night, and a woman who allegedly drowned him was taken into custody, police ...

The CPD committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017. Now, the city claims it would be an invasion of privacy.

Navy Pier, of course, is a lot more than 30 years old. It first opened as Municipal Pier in 1916 — 109 years ago. But before ...

After the convictions of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and former Ald. Ed Burke, Chicago politics are falling under renewed scrutiny by those pushing for reform.

While Chicago-area public media outlets WBEZ and WTTW will get hurt if the Senate OK’s cuts, smaller stations in rural areas ...

Two members of the Illinois State University Police Department rode 390 miles to honor fallen officers, starting in Champaign ...

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers. That's according to attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits ...

A new study suggests that the American Dream is still more elusive for some people in Illinois than for others, and that the ...

Chicago, that toddlin’ town.” It was certainly toddlin’ in the 1950s and 1960s, when that song was a hit for Frank Sinatra. The city had bounced back from the Great ...

Named after the airport, the Northwest Side locality is one of Chicago’s officially recognized 77 community areas. But ...