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For the first time in 27 years, Chicago’s South Side will soon have a Level I adult trauma center, now that University of Chicago Medicine has gained the final stamp of approval from the state.

A third person has died and more than 100 people have been sickened by tainted synthetic pot that has caused symptoms of severe bleeding, state health officials announced Monday.

The combined effect of President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the government's budget deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

Ask Jeanne Caswell what she likes best about living at the Juniper Tower senior high-rise in Park Forest and she's likely to respond she values living independently.

The snow falling outside the United Center on Monday was one last indication of how unusually early this Blackhawks season ended.

After missing the playoffs for the first time in 10 years, the Blackhawks could be in for some significant roster changes this offseason. But with several players locked into long-term contracts with no-movement clauses, big moves won't be easy to make.

Police reported several gun and drug arrests from three different incidents over the weekend in Warren Township and Round Lake Park.

The pastor at St. Celestine Catholic Church has been selected to lead the new parish that will combine the Elmwood Park church and St. Cyprian Catholic Church in River Grove.

A woman was drunk when she hit and killed a pedestrian on the Northwest Side while driving a friend home from a birthday party over the weekend, prosecutors said Monday.

A woman was drunk when she hit and killed a pedestrian on the Northwest Side while driving a friend home from birthday party over the weekend, prosecutors said Monday.

West Dundee cited a local massage parlor accused of employing unlicensed massage therapists, and a hearing is scheduled for later this month to determine if it will remain open, village officials said.

Lindsey Buckingham, guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire, has left the group Fleetwood Mac, Variety has confirmed. Buckingham has been a key member of Fleetwood Mac, playing with the band from from 1975 to 1987, then, after a decade-long break, returning to the fold in 1997. Fleetwood Mac was...

With nearby towns either changing the age to legally buy tobacco products or looking to do so, leaders in Skokie say the village could be next while Niles currently plans stay put with current state law.

Authorities have identified the three victims of two unrelated crashes Sunday in Bartlett.

Cinderella is on the road, and she’s happy to be there.

“This is everything I’ve ever dreamed of. It’s better than a dream,” figure skater Bradie Tennell said.

Tennell’s dream year has involved winning the women’s competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose in January; heading...

What we learned Monday during the Cubs’ home-opener snowout:

Turning on the sprinklers at Wrigley Field with snow on the grass was not accidental.

When the Cubs turned on the sprinklers in the morning, most assumed it was an accident. The snow-covered field was bad enough. Why make it even soggier?

As Equal Pay Day arrives Tuesday, any progress companies have made toward tackling pay disparities between male and female employees comes without much evidence of change on the statistical front.

Two dozen people were shot over the weekend in the city, 16-year-old Jaheim Wilson fatally, and that is one of the reasons — a complex and dispiriting list of reasons, from shootings to rising taxes to nasty weather — that compel people to take off and move to other places. Illinois lost 33,700...

Over the years, Second City has thrown some material into its revues that is just not funny at all. I’ve always loved the awkward silence that then descends on the room — the way the party-minded audience seems to wonder if this is actually allowed, or if it is just comedy gone wrong, or if it’s...

Monday’s postponement of the Cubs’ home opener allowed more time for Anthony Rizzo’s lower back to loosen.

The combined effects of President Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the government's budget deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

I am not an Illinois expat (yet), but I increasingly see little future for myself here. I was born and raised in the Northeast, and most of my family is still there. I fell in love with Chicago during a summer internship, and I specifically found a job after college that would let me move here...

It looks like the Sodfather has his work cut out from him, but White Sox manager Rick Renteria trusts his groundskeeper.

Chicago’s South Side is about to get its only Level I adult trauma center, now that University of Chicago Medicine has gained the final stamp of approval from the state.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth gave birth to a girl Monday, becoming the first sitting senator to have a baby while in office.