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Willie Wilson’s third-party campaign challenging U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin acknowledged Friday two ads it aired lacked a federally required candidate disclaimer, which had led the head of a major Illinois Democratic organization to file a federal complaint.

After Chicago police Officer Eric Wolforth found airmail letters from 1945 in an Andersonville alley, he took them home and started reading them. Most were addressed to Leo Lee, who was overseas in the military. Most were from Lee's wife, Catherine Moran Lee. It took him a couple of months, but he finally found the Lees' daughter, Corinne McClintic, who now lives in Winnetka.

Republican challenger Pat O’Brien topped Democratic first-term Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx haul in the latest round of campaign fundraising, records show.

A 3-year-old boy was fatally shot at an apartment building in Rockford, police said Friday.

For nearly two years, residents, property owners, the aldermen and activists have been trying to stop the city from designating part of the Pilsen neighborhood as the largest historic landmark district in Chicago.

Two first-term suburban Democratic House incumbents held a cash advantage over their challengers heading into the Nov. 3 election, as did U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin even though third-party-challenger has pumped $3 million into his self-funded campaign, third quarter federal campaign disclosure reports showed.

A federal judge ruled Friday that “Cheer” star Jerry Harris is a danger to the community and will remain behind bars pending trial on charges of coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and soliciting sex from minors at cheerleading competitions.

Takyra Wordlow, who has biliary atresia, has been under the care of a Comer Children's Hospital doctor since March as she waits for a live small portion of a live donor’s liver.

Lake County early in-person voting numbers have surpassed early in-person voting totals from the 2008 and 2012 election, according to election officials.

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

Two white law enforcement officers who returned fire and killed a Black Beach Park man in June while trying to arrest him on a murder warrant acted “reasonably and appropriately,” the Lake County state’s attorney said.

Pre-kindergartners and some special education students will be the first to return to school, but CPS hasn't said when.

Between Oct. 7 and Oct. 13, 358 Lake Central School Corp. students and staff members were reported as close contacts to individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 and placed in quarantine.

Toggling between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump taking questions in separate televised town halls nearly killed me. It showed us two worlds, one of Mr. Rogers and one of killer-clown Pennywise from "It."

A 33-year-old woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition Thursday after a car struck her in the South Shore neighborhood as she crossed the street.

Five prominent restaurants in the Fulton Market district welcoming guests to dine “al fresco” in heated igloo and greenhouse structures as part of a program with Stella Artois.

Chicago Police officers made a series of critical mistakes ranging from not supervising young officers to improperly handling body-worn camera footage after former Superintendent Eddie Johnson was found asleep in his car a year ago, according to an inspector general report released today.

A convicted gang member accused of beating singer R. Kelly in his jail cell was allowed to roam “a great distance” at the federal jail in downtown Chicago and no one “lifted a finger” to ward off the attack, Kelly’s lawyers alleged in a court filing Friday.

Detectives were questioning a 61-year-old man after he stabbed a younger man to death in an Englewood neighborhood apartment early Friday, according to police.

A South Side woman was killed when the driver of a stolen car hit the vehicle she was driving, then ran off late Thursday in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said.

One person was killed and a child seriously injured in a crash Friday morning on the inbound Eisenhower, according to authorities.

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

An association of entrepreneurs applying for licenses to grow relatively small amounts of pot, infuse edibles and other products with marijuana extracts, or transport recreational marijuana in Illinois have filed suit asking the court to order the state to award the licenses.

A hotly contested rematch in a central and southwestern Illinois district that has drawn national attention as a top target for Democrats is one of the most closely watched of several Downstate congressional races on the Nov. 3 ballot.

After police Officer Eric Wolforth found airmail letters from 1945 in an Andersonville alley, he took them home and started reading them. Most were addressed to a guy named Leo Lee who was overseas in the military. Most were from Lee's wife, Catherine Moran Lee, though a few were from Moran's parents and her young brothers. It took him a couple of months, but he finally found the Lees' daughter, Corinne McClintic, who now lives in Winnetka.