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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.
Crime & Emergencies in ...
Thieves grabbed a county-owned rifle from a Kane County deputy's parked squad car in Aurora, and the sheriff's office sat on the news for two days.
Illinois State Police say the driver never stopped after hitting a man near his own red Jeep on I-94 at 47th Street before dawn.
Katelyn Heiden's blind plea leaves her fate to a McHenry County judge, while her boyfriend faces 12 felony counts.
Autopsy findings show Eduardo Martinez was strangled after his friends found him dead in his Cicero home.
A ransomware attack once locked Chicago water department computers for two months, officials say, even as the city races to shield the world's largest filtration plant.
Police say Zyair, 13, may be on South Bend's west side wearing a blue sweatshirt and black jeans.
Hank has a degenerative disease and can't use stairs — his condo board still won't repay his $300 rides out.
Deral Willis, out on parole since May, allegedly ditched a Pikachu backpack hiding a switch-equipped pistol during a police chase.
Daniel Bovey won the mayor's office over his own greenhouse fine. Now his refusal to stay quiet is holding up a settlement.
The Far Northwest Side board member says she won't drag supporters into a fight against big union and self-funded spending.
A stolen Knight Transportation trailer full of Nike sneakers meant for Dallas ended up in a Des Plaines cargo yard instead.
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