Ald. Jim Gardiner filed a Cook County suit seeking more than $1 million, saying watchdogs withheld evidence and an appeals officer later cleared him. The case names the city, the Board of Ethics and former IG Deborah Witzburg.

Beaumont’s is returning to Lincoln Park as a 200‑seat tavern with an upstairs steakhouse after a near‑total, multi‑year restoration.

Four people were shot Sunday on North Mayfield Avenue in Austin; three were critically injured and a fourth was listed in good condition. Authorities released few details.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the face while driving on the 7900-block of South Western Avenue and remains in critical condition at Advocate Christ, police say.

A 25-year-old Chicago woman was killed overnight in a crash on northbound I-65 near Exit 247 in Crown Point; several others were reported injured.

A Naperville property and several Chicago-area closings hit $400,000 in the week that fed the May 4 recording period, per county filings and MLS listings.

Predawn thieves smashed windows and stole airbags from more than a dozen Hondas in Little Italy, leaving drivers facing costly repairs and stunned neighbors.

A 28-year-old man was killed after an argument inside a South Shore home on the 2700 block of E. 75th Street; police say the shooter fled and no arrests were made.

Multiple streets near the 6500 block of Church Street were closed Monday as Hanover Park police investigated, neighbors said. Loudspeaker messages urged a person to come outside with hands up.

A City Council committee advanced a two-year pilot to centralize Chicago's affordable-housing waitlists and accept rental applications. The full council will vote on May 20.

Months after Illinois' board‑disclosure law took effect, most large foundations still haven't posted board demographic data; lawsuits and agency delays are to blame.

An early-morning blaze at 67th and Crandon hospitalized two residents and injured a firefighter. Crews say the three-story building suffered heavy damage and the cause is under investigation.

Early‑morning pileup on westbound I‑290 at Ashland sent eight people to hospitals and left one person dead.