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Inspectors found black slime dripping into an ice machine at the Milwaukee Avenue barbecue spot, city records show.
Checks and PayPal payments worth $23.8 million are hitting mailboxes after regulators found Grubhub overpromised driver pay and hid fees.
Health officials are tracing contacts after a Kane County resident tested positive, as national case counts keep climbing.
Firefighters volunteer their off-hours to run the second Fully Involved Fire Academy, with spots still open for the session starting September 2.
A downed light pole and scattered concrete bricks forced Illinois State Police to close the Eisenhower in both directions near Thorndale Avenue.
Emanda Mata faces a Class X felony after police say she shot a man on South Harding Avenue in North Lawndale.
Dispatch audio referenced an 11-year-old boy possibly thrown from a car near the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel. Key details remain unconfirmed.
A 60-year-old Chicago man died after a shooting at a Wheeling MainStay Suites — the hotel's second gun incident in less than a year.
Grayson died Sunday, six months into his 20-year term, after the state parole board rejected his bid for early medical release.
A gunman fired from a passing car in the 1900 block of West Cermak Road, hitting a teenager sitting near the sidewalk.
A dozen fans traded punches and stomps in Section 518 as security rushed in with handcuffs at the ready.
Chicago Fire Department divers recovered the woman near 45th Street; it's the area's second fatal lakefront incident in under a week.
A 33-year-old man is jailed on attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing an older man on South Kedzie Avenue.
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