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A federal judge sided with Oak Park over builders and gas interests, keeping its 2023 all-electric mandate alive.
Crime & Emergencies in ...
Chicago Young Republicans and XX-XY Athletics rally on Madison Street at 1 p.m. Saturday, ahead of a 2:30 p.m. tipoff.
Tri-Creek families across 179 square miles in Lake County face life without school buses within two years.
Sports in ...
Nine Bandits players hit the field in Rosemont as the AUSL swaps team standings for a four-week individual points chase.
Luis Suarez-Vasquez, 18, was arrested in Markham nearly two months after a fatal Garfield Boulevard home invasion.
Stephen Dracousis strangled his girlfriend and held her at shotgun-point for a week at Lehman's Lakeside RV Resort before a SWAT team freed her.
Prosecutors say Michael Lahey threw glass and a stool at a Darien homeowner before leading police on a wrong-way chase into Will County.
Food & Drinks in ...
The Milwaukee Avenue institution marks 25 years with a Sunday party — while owner Esam Hani readies four new storefronts nearby.
Keith Griffin avoided real prison time in the Lion Air scandal, a stark contrast to Tom Girardi's seven-year sentence.
Karts fly across the Elkhart River twice a lap this weekend, while Main Street shuts down for a citywide street party.
The victim, a Hispanic man in his 50s or 60s with a scroll tattoo on his chest, remains unidentified. Police are asking for help naming him.
A 14-year-old was arrested with a stolen motorcycle as drivers spun donuts at 47th and Cicero. Neighbors say obscured plates keep letting takeovers slip away.
The Wonder Lake man surrendered in 2025, six years after his co-defendant's arrest in a Waukegan hotel sting.
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