Two days after the Lager Beer Riot, on April 23, 1885, Chicago citizens convened at South Market Hall for a public meeting on ...

In 1980, political activist Pat Quinn, who would later become governor, led a successful effort to change the Illinois ...

We wish the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission were just a legislative version of a satirical article in The Onion. It’s not, which somehow makes its proposed existence feel even sillier.

Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, was ordered detained before his trial. Prosecutors said he fatally stabbed his wife in front of two of ...

City Council approved plans to convert a 100-year-old church into 16 loft-style apartments and a separate project for a new 24-unit building on California Avenue.

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South of Wrigley in Lexington is exactly that kind of place—an unassuming culinary gem where Chicago flavor meets Kentucky ...

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

More than a bit of buzz surrounds a recently released Civic Federation report calling for the dissolution of four suburban ...

CHICAGO — Cook County is trying to make navigating its services easier for people, regardless of what language they speak. Starting Tuesday, people who may not speak English but need help from the ...

Discover the top private schools in Cook County, offering college prep, bilingual education, International Baccalaureate ...

Chicagoans would face increased risks if specialized mosquito abatement districts were weakened or dismantled.