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In a review completed recently, the Cook County Office of the Independent Inspector General found persistent problems at the County Jail with supervision, maintenance, sanitation, and housing conditions.
Authorities on Tuesday identified a woman who was shot and killed the day before at the Walmart in Hammond, Indiana, where she worked.
Multiple pets were rescued from a residential fire in a building on busy Ashland Avenue in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Necropsy reports this week specified the causes of death for two beluga whales at Shedd Aquarium after they were rescued from Canada.
Americans are watching the 2026 midterm election results closely, but so are people all over the world.
Shots were fired near a polling place on Chicago's West Side Tuesday morning, but no one was struck.
Crowley hammered the Republican congressman's allegiance to President Trump, including his attempts to overturn Trump's 2020 loss in Wisconsin. Tiffany ran on returning a roughly $3 billion surplus to taxpayers.
Retirements by Ernst and Gov. Kim Reynolds have revived Democratic hopes in a state that has been reliably red since 2012, as President Trump's popularity has waned.
Lahn faulted Sand for millions in campaign donations from his wife and in-laws. Sand pointed to Lahn's recent return to Iowa and regular travel out of state.
A man stood charged Tuesday with attacking a firefighter in Chicago's Grand Crossing community this week.
A person was hit by a Metra Electric train in Hazel Crest on Tuesday morning.
Chicago Board of Education member Jessica Biggs on Tuesday declared victory in the race to become the first school board president in the city's history.
Former Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss will become the next Congressman from Illinois' 9th District, replacing longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
On this Election Day, close to two dozen families in unincorporated Will County, Illinois, woke up to an outcome they didn't choose.
Democrat Melissa Bean will return to Congress, replacing outgoing U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who gave up his seat in a failed bid for the U.S. Senate.
