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A short, heavyset, Hispanic looking male, who walked with a limp exited the vehicle and approached her, according to Capt. James Gonzales with the Hobart Police Department.

Valdez, 15, died during surgery Aug. 5 after he was found with a stab wound to his chest.

The city of Chicago has removed Wisconsin and Nebraska from its mandatory quarantine order. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration added Wisconsin to its 14-day self-quarantine order in late July.

In what sounds like a broken record, R. Kelly’s federal trial has once again been postponed.

The bodies of two swimmers who went missing and drowned near Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk this weekend have been identified.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

The pier will shut things down for fall and winter, then try again in the spring.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said President Donald Trump’s son Eric has sent her “little notes” thanking her for protecting Trump Tower downtown from “protesters and vigilantes” who want to attack the building.

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A former DuPage County sheriff’s deputy is fighting to get his job back after he was fired for allegedly punching an uncooperative 21-year-old man while he was restrained and intoxicated.

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 13-year-old boy was shot in the chest Monday night in separate shootings within two hours of each other, according to Chicago police.

Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered a blistering attack on President Donald Trump in giving the keynote speech of the opening night of Democrats’ virtual national convention on Monday night, saying he has governed with “chaos” while displaying an “utter lack of empathy.”

Two men faced charges connected to the protests, including a 25-year-old who prosecutors said was captured on video hitting a helmeted police officer in the head with his skateboard three times on Saturday afternoon.

Some schools in the Chicago area have begun reopening, many through online classes due to the coronavirus.

What is ‘kettling'? It’s a controversial tactic to contain crowds, and Chicago police are accused of using it during downtown protests

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The current class of recruits will continue to train via remote learning.

The U.S Postal Service has warned Illinois state election officials that there’s a “significant risk” voters who make late requests for mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 election won’t get them in time to be counted.

An Aurora man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he stole marijuana from someone at gunpoint and then pointed a gun at a police officer on Aurora’s near West Side, officials said.

There were multiple rescues along the lakefront Sunday, according to Terri Millefoglie, a conservation officer with Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement.

Corrections and clarifications for Tuesday, Aug. 18

The Metro East region outside St. Louis on Tuesday becomes the first in Illinois to be put back under stricter rules meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 after surpassing a state positivity rate threshold.

We didn’t need a special prosecutor’s report to tell us Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case was shambolic. But now we have one, just in case. Former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb released a detailed statement Monday outlining his team’s investigation into the celebrity case that has stuck to Chicago’s shoe like gum since late January 2019. We already knew Webb’s work wasn’t good for Smollett — the actor best known for his role on the show “Empire” was charged (again)... Читать дальше...

Other parks likely to be renamed include Park 543, which would be called Printers Row Park, and Park 568, updated to West Ridge Nature Preserve Park — both changes that reflect the parks’ locations.

A motorist involved in a weekend collision with a Lake County Sheriff’s officer remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday, according to sheriff’s police.