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It's a big day for the Chicago Cubs, and as long as the rain holds off this afternoon, the weather won't wash away fans' excitement for the team's home opener, and the start of a yearlong commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field.
A father convicted of killing his young daughter was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Friday
There are more loopholes and flaws than anyone envisioned with the new system.
CTA officials were taking steps to fire the train operator who fell asleep at the controls of a Blue Line train before it crashed at O'Hare International Airport last month.
Andre Alejandro, 25, pleaded guilty to the 2012 murder before Cook County Judge Thomas Gainer, according to court records.
Sometimes people forget that cute, furry mascots can be real animal, and one must remember to never EVER poke a bear.
Pillows at the Harold Washington Library Center cushion the display of two books donated by Queen Victoria, who sparked British contributions to Chicago's first free public library.
Investors sent shares of online food ordering service GrubHub Inc. jumped 51 percent to $39.20 in early trading in its stock market debut Friday.
There's nothing better than kicking back on vacation with a classic local cocktail, and nothing worse than being interrupted by some blowhard waxing poetic about the drink's storied "history". Unless you're the blowhard, and you're sitting at the exact bar where the drink was invented.
In the reported incidents, one man typically approaches an elderly victim's home and tries to use a ruse—such as construction work or damage to their garage—to distract the victim while another person enters the home to steal property, according to a community alert.
Head to the Chicago suburb of Glenview with your family for a fun-filled afternoon at the Kohl Children's Museum.
Neither school officials nor police are releasing specifics on the length of the list, the reasons why the students being accused put it together, or how it was to be carried out.
Thieves busted out windows at a luxury retail store on the Gold Coast early Friday, and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise.
The Airheads balloon has been floating around Chicago and passing out samples of candy downtown, as part of a marketing campaign.
A 22-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning, after allegedly impersonating a U.S. Marshal when he was found wandering the halls of a South Side high school carrying a gun, wearing a bulletproof vest, and carrying a stolen security agency badge.
