Ald. Desmon Yancy rolled out a non-binding Small Business Bill of Rights after South Shore owners described missed inspections, surprise fees and stalled expansions. The proposal aims to limit fines and speed permitting.

Portillo’s plans a 4,600‑sq‑ft, walk‑up style restaurant at 3519 N. Clark St., a block south of Wrigley Field, with pickup, delivery and seating planned for next year.

State lawmakers set aside $13 million for a 40–70-bed non-congregate shelter on Chicago's Far Northwest Side that will prioritize older adults and single adults. Site and operator have not yet been chosen.

Two girls, 11 and 13, say a red SUV pulled up alongside them near Forest View Park Monday night; police asked neighbors to check doorbell footage.

A Chicago family is suing Cook County after relatives say they only found their loved one on the medical examiner's unidentified‑persons page nearly two years after he was recovered. The suit alleges negligence and the county has moved to dismiss.

Long‑term lease deals would let Atlantic Aviation and Signature Flight Support spend more than $100M on hangars and private‑jet terminals at Midway. The measures are now on the city’s aviation committee agenda.

A technical funding glitch cost Aurora its 24/7 mental-health Living Room and left southern Kane County without overnight crisis respite. The denial has prompted calls for emergency support and a review of grant systems.

Two Chicago police officers and two others were hospitalized after a crash at Division and Hamlin; one person was reported critically injured.

Two men were wounded in separate Chicago shootings overnight, including a West Side drive‑by and a Roseland shooting; both victims were listed in good condition.

Northwestern surgeons replaced a woman’s lungs, liver and kidney in a rare staged operation that used perfusion technology to protect the donor organs.

A new Chicago‑Cook County task force report finds the courts and agencies often fail domestic‑violence survivors and lays out reforms from recordings to more legal help.

A Winthrop Harbor man was sentenced to 38 months after a jury found he posted Instagram videos prosecutors say threatened President Trump and other officials.

Three Menard inmates say they were locked in 'dungeon‑like' solitary cells and denied exercise, leaving them with muscle atrophy and chronic pain, their lawsuit says. The amended complaint asks a federal judge to examine the prison's practices.