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It was a year in which the city elected its 57th mayor, struggled to welcome thousands of migrants, opened its first (legal) gambling casino and hosted its first NASCAR race in a place few would have ...

Only months after he crossed the finish line at the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon in world record fashion, 24-year-old running star Kelvin Kiptum has died in a heartbreaking tragedy in Kenya ...

Cook County Circuit Judge Charles Burns rejected a first-degree murder conviction Thursday for Henry Graham because of ...

CHICAGO — As the new year looms, pressing issues that dominated headlines in Illinois in the year 2023 range from significant strikes to devastating storms and drastic changes in the sports scene.

Chicago experienced tornadoes in February and March, multiple rounds of severe storms in April, flash floods in July and September, and a lack of snowfall to end 2023. Here’s a look at the most ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Violence in Chicago saw a dramatic decrease this year. Some organizations are working hard to make sure that trend continues in 2024. Just five years ago, Cedric Hawkins was walking ...

The Chicago Police Department on Tuesday is expected to release a comprehensive report detailing year-end crime statistics for city of Chicago, with preliminary numbers showing a more than 20% ...

Chicago ranked second among major U.S. cities with the worst air pollution in 2023, its average annual concentration of dangerous fine particulate matter almost three times global guidelines, ...

After falling dramatically amid the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in Chicago climbed back to the point of being near pre-pandemic levels in 2023, the Chicago Department of Public Health announced ...

Combined, the city’s top five contractors booked $931 million in work from March 10, 2023, to March 10, 2024, a significant decrease compared to The Real Deal’s ranking last year, when the top five ...