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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.
Arts & Culture in ...
The Sept. 18-20 festival grew out of a 2025 debut and shares a block with the nation's oldest family-run wine shop.
Emanda Mata faces a Class X felony after police say she shot a man on South Harding Avenue in North Lawndale.
Politics & Govt in ...
Boykin says Pappas's insults about his late Englewood mother crossed a line; Pappas calls it grandstanding.
Parks & Nature in ...
A new framework plan pairs a footbridge over the North Slip with a gathering space honoring South Side steelworkers.
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.
Real Estate & Development in ...
Method Construction can now build straight through to completion on the transit-oriented project near the Aragon Ballroom.
Grayson died Sunday, six months into his 20-year term, after the state parole board rejected his bid for early medical release.
Community & Society in ...
Retired Major General N.K. Dhir led the 2026 procession as grand marshal, a first for the parade's history.
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