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A new Barnes & Noble bookstore in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood opens to the public Wednesday, inside an architecturally historic building that once housed Walgreen’s iconic “Vitamin Vault.”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will deliver his highly anticipated 2025 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday morning as the city faces a nearly $1 billion shortfall.

Unseasonably warm temperatures and strong wind gusts were expected to continue in the Chicago area Wednesday, with a cold front set to bring rain and chillier temperatures for Halloween.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, officials said, and the home is considered a total loss due to the fire, smoke and water damage.

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday, he is expected to propose something he promised wouldn’t while on the campaign trail: a property tax increase.

The Chicago White Sox will hire Will Venable, a former MLB outfielder who has served as a coach for the Texas Rangers for the past two seasons, as their next manager, according to multiple reports.

Northwest Highway is closed in both directions in Arlington Heights between Gregory Street and Evanston Avenue due to a major crash, according to police.

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to propose a property tax increase during Wednesday’s City Council meeting, some residents are expressing uncertainty upon hearing that the mayor is backing down from a key campaign promise.

While voters will anxiously be awaiting results to see which candidate earned a majority of the Electoral College’s electoral votes, there is no such guarantee that a candidate will reach that mark.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office issued a statement Tuesday afternoon on the West Rogers Park shooting of a Jewish man walking to synagogue and subsequent shootout with police and first responders this weekend.

A Plainfield woman who was in search of a kidney donor for over a year has received a life-saving donation after looking at baseball games in Chicago.

Cold front arrives Thursday bringing cooler temps on Halloween

They have been dead for almost 3,000 years, but the mummified Egyptian remains at Chicago’s Field Museum all have a new set of CT Scans.