A cease-and-desist letter accuses ad firm Good Influence of soliciting paid attacks tied to the Chicago school board race.

Park Ridge sits below the state's 10% threshold, and officials debate whether density incentives should come with housing requirements.

Austin Earl Williams was facing warrants in four Lake County cases before troopers say Flock cameras cracked the case.

Delia Ramirez says her Reimagining Safety Act would redirect immigration enforcement dollars to Chicago family programs. Its odds in Congress remain long.

A man found dead beneath a Boise church pew in 1982 with cyanide and $1,900 finally has a name, officials say.

A Chicago charity claims its former leader diverted millions meant to fight homelessness, putting the group's future work at risk.

A white Nissan fled the scene, leading police through four Lake County towns before four juveniles were caught.

Gov. JB Pritzker says a diabetes diagnosis led him to begin insulin and take a GLP-1 drug, followed by an 80-pound weight loss.

Downtown Manteno fills with three music stages, a carnival and a lighted parade starting Thursday through Sunday.

The Augusta Boulevard newcomer pairs sai oua sausage with Michigan wines and swapped noodles for chu chee curry.

Shauntay Sardin, 48, was arrested in Grand Boulevard three months after a triple shooting on East 47th Street.

A woman driving in Little Village was shot in the buttock Monday night; police have made no arrests.

A passenger jumped from the moving car near Knoxville and Timber Lane before Kenneth Threatt crashed onto the trail in Dunlap.