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Chicago’s Saturday stays mostly dry near 80, but Sunday brings a chance of storms before a hotter week takes over.
Crime & Emergencies in ...
A Parks employee found the body Friday morning after seasonal lifeguard cuts left Lee Street Beach unwatched. Police say no ID has been found yet.
Records identify Lt. Michael Piazza as the officer stripped of his rank for running unauthorized license plate searches tied to an affair.
Davaughn Walker, 25, died of multiple gunshot wounds on Cooper Avenue. It's Harvey's third fatal shooting investigation since late July.
Spiros Elias, once the boyfriend of baby Michael Ortiz's mother, is jailed after a pediatric radiologist helped crack the 2010 Aurora case.
Arts & Culture in ...
Thousands of LED candles and a string quintet reimagine “Bootylicious” and “Survivor” inside a hotel built for the 1893 World's Fair.
Police say Eduardo Acosta-Gonzalez may have skipped Illinois, and they fear other young athletes he trained were victimized too.
Chicago police say the suspect fled on a black bicycle after the daytime assault at the Augusta Boulevard pool. No arrest has been made.
A struggle inside a North Lavergne Avenue home early Friday left an armed intruder wounded and hospitalized, Chicago police say.
A 30-year-old man was robbed by six armed suspects near the Loop lakefront before one jumped into his fleeing car and fired a shot.
Chicago police say two people opened fire on the woman near a parked car early Friday on South Stewart Avenue.
Politics & Govt in ...
A Rhymefest corruption remark got a fellow board member censured as Chicago Arts High School's funding fight rolled into September.
Armando Saleh, 56, claimed he was 71 on a passport to keep senior tax breaks on his Gage Park and Lawndale two-flats — and the county renewed them anyway in 2025.
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