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Chris Stapleton took home four Country Music Association Awards and hardly left the stage on Wednesday night, while an absent Morgan Wallen was shut out all evening until taking the night’s biggest prize, entertainer of the year.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the criminal conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, accused of faking a 2019 attack in Chicago.

A heavy band of snow from central and eastern Wisconsin was creeping into Illinois Thursday morning, with bursts of wet, “wind-whipped” snow and slush expected to fall during the morning commute.

Chicago-area roads were expected to get slick and slippery and travel impacts were likely for the Thursday morning commute as a winter weather advisory with bursts of “wind-whipped” snow moved into the region.

As the Chicago area gets its first snow of the season and potential wind chills in the 20s, can you start your car and warm it up while you, say, shovel the driveway?

A blustery, snowy day is in store for the Chicago area, with a winter weather advisory, a wind advisory and “wind-whipped” snow possible for the Thursday morning commute.

Chicago, welcome to the first snow of the season — and it’s going to be a cold one, with wind and winter weather advisories, slushy snow totals and blustery conditions.

The Labor Day weekend murders of four passengers aboard a CTA blue line train marked another instance of gun violence in Chicago. It also renewed attention on the relatively new weapons detection software being used by the company ZeroEyes.

While the focus may be on oven-baked mac and cheese as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, those who are used to quickly fixing up a box of Kraft mac and cheese are in for a flavorful surprise.

Fourteen people were injured, including four seriously, after a CTA bus collided with two other vehicles in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood, according to fire officials.

Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026.

A man arrested in August after a 15-hour police standoff at a restaurant a few blocks from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi, where he had escaped from a county jail.

A recent list from OpenTable naming the top 100 restaurants in the United States honored several Illinois restaurants, all of which are located in Chicago.

When he was born, he weighed just over one pound, but six years later, Bryce Harshfield is a thriving kindergartner who loves soccer, hockey, monster trucks and most importantly, reading books.