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Hundreds of classic cars line Ogden Avenue again after a $14 million sewer overhaul forced a 2025 cancellation.
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A jury convicted Joseph Verdone nearly four years after he ran over Enrique Martinez following an argument outside The Mine Music Hall.
A routine Interstate 55 stop in Pontiac uncovered four children and two dogs riding in an enclosed cargo hold bound for Michigan.
A 33-year-old walked into Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound, but officers found no shell casings or 911 calls backing her account.
A 28-year-old man was shot in the shoulder Friday night on Chicago's West Side, the latest in a string of late-August shootings there.
Gregory Carter was allegedly going 35+ mph over the limit when he crashed on South Vincennes Avenue, killing two young passengers.
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CPS now lets unaccompanied youth enroll themselves and drops parent-signature rules for transportation consent.
The Friday afternoon crash on the 8400 block happened on a corridor already flagged for thousands of yearly wrecks.
Prosecutors say the officer had no choice after Cortez White opened fire on Ashley Stenson outside a downtown hotel.
All four patients are adults in suburban Cook County, where 44 cases and four deaths were recorded last year.
A 2025 Cook County DNA sample linked Jason Osborne to a 2019 Harris County warrant, ending his run in Evergreen Park.
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Ron Hoskin's Pike County farm was ground zero for red crown rot in 2018. Eight years later, he's still losing bushels to it.
Elyse Hoffenberg says the footage was a friendly peck, not a scandal — but her GOP rival wants the tape and won't drop it.
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