Des Plaines May Quit Buying Water From Chicago
Officials in Des Plaines are considering quitting buying water from the City of Chicago, on the grounds that it is too expensive.
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Officials in Des Plaines are considering quitting buying water from the City of Chicago, on the grounds that it is too expensive.
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The late Bernie Mac is getting a special honor in Chicago.
Two downtown office buildings that aren't getting much use may soon have a new life, and young people will be the beneficiaries.
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In a couple of months, voters in several suburbs and outlying towns will be asked whether they want their towns to shop around for electricity alternatives.
Millions of Americans have committed to a new regimen of diet and exercise on this, the first weekend of the New Year.
The National Hellenic Museum has a new place and new space that will be unveiled this weekend in Chicago.
If you thought the month of November was really wet, it wasn't your imagination.
Fans of famed movie critic Roger Ebert's show, "Ebert Presents: At the Movies" will be disappointed to hear the program is going on hiatus at the end of this month.
The historic Belden-Stratford building on Lincoln Park West has been sold to a Chicago investment firm.
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A national parks advocacy group says many Chicagoans could be enjoying the Indiana Dunes along Lake Michigan, but they might not know it's there.
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Chicago school students are getting freebies, but they have to earn them.
Night owls are gearing up to burn the midnight oil in west suburban Wheaton this weekend.
A house in Vernon Hills is reportedly emitting an odor so foul, it's not fit for man or beast.
A federal study has shed some light on the cause of perpetually flooded basements in the lakeside town of Beverly Shores in Northwest Indiana.
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The shelter is honoring the beloved volunteer following the announcement of her passing this week.
A week after Mayor Brandon Johnson fired two of his top community safety leaders, another senior staffer is leaving his administration.
A Chicago businessman known for helping mentor others is being remembered after he was shot and killed in the middle of the day on Tuesday on the Near West Side near the United Center.
A week after Mayor Brandon Johnson fired two of his top community safety leaders, another senior staffer is leaving his administration.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday vetoed an ordinance that would have halted scheduled wage hikes for tipped workers in Chicago, calling the bid to freeze their pay "tone deaf and shortsighted."
A potential deal to end the DHS shutdown has stalled on Capitol Hill after Senate Democrats made their latest counteroffer.
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Delta is temporarily halting specialty services for members of Congress, citing strain on its resources during the partial government shutdown.
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Chicago-native John Mulaney announced a new stop at the Wisconsin State Fair this summer.
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Chuck Norris' family said his death at 86 was sudden, but did not share any details on the cause.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
Acclaimed Chicago bar and music venue The Hideout has been sold to a performer and former employee, but the owners said it will carry on as the same beloved place that visitors have always known.
After leading Nebraska to the program's two tournament wins ever, the Huskers are facing a familiar foe, Iowa, in this mini-Big Ten tourney.
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Since 1990, the school has housed the city's next generation of artists. Inside, students study academics half the day, and the other half is spent pursuing their dreams.
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A Chicago businessman known for helping mentor others is being remembered after he was shot and killed in the middle of the day on Tuesday on the Near West Side near the United Center.
South Holland police said officers determined that the ATV had crashed into a concrete barrier, killing the victims.
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The shelter is honoring the beloved volunteer following the announcement of her passing this week.
Homeowners in Berwyn said they are constantly having to pump out sewage to keep it from flooding their basements.
CBS News Chicago learned that she was hired at the school in Mundelein in 2023, which was after DCFS found credible evidence that Servant had injured her children as a form of discipline.
United Steel Workers union representatives said that some workers had already had their access cards deactivated.
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The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen threw some shade at former teammate Michael Jordan in a new pop commercial.
The Bulls (29-42) led by as many as 22 points after scoring a season-high 41 points in the first quarter.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with sexually assaulting an even younger teenage girl in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood last fall.
A woman was sexually assaulted at Northeastern Illinois University on Chicago's Northwest Side over the weekend, police said.
A 67-year-old man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a shooting on Chicago's Near West Side.
Burglars crashed into the renowned Golden Apple Grille and Breakfast House in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood early Monday morning, while the 24-hour restaurant was open.
A man was detained until trial Monday on charges in the death of a Chicago firefighter who died fighting a blaze in the city's Rogers Park neighborhood.
