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A number of schools from Chicago and the suburbs were recognized as among the top elementary schools in Illinois, according to a new list.

A number of holiday traditions are slated to return this week, from Christkindlmarket to The Wintrust Magnificent Mile Lights Festival.

A Chicago-area postal worker was recently applauded for saving another person’s life after jumping into action while on his route.

While the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City might be the most famous Thanksgiving parade, Chicagoans have their own timely tradition.

A woman shot and killed in suburban Barrington Sunday evening has been identified by the Lake County Coroner, according to a press release.

A woman has been charged with a hate crime after an incident unfolded over the weekend at a suburban Chicago Panera Bread involving a man wearing a sweatshirt with the word Palestine written on it, officials said.

If you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year, you’ve got a big job. But if you’re the one in charge of cooking the turkey — your duties might just be a bit more critical, especially if you’re going with a frozen bird.

While there’s still plenty of time left for 2024, a a new list of trending baby names for 2025 is out — and the rankings look a bit different than the typical most popular names of years past.

Jeremy Allen White has a pretty incredible doppelgänger in Chicago.

A multistate E. coli outbreak linked to a variety of carrots sold at popular grocery stores has left at least one person dead, more than a dozen hospitalized and dozens more sick, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned over the weekend.

Fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez, who was gunned down during a traffic stop earlier this month, was laid on Monday at a funeral with dozens of first responders in attendance.

An E. coli outbreak linked to bagged organic whole and baby carrots sold at popular grocery stores has sickened dozens of people across multiple states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, with 15 hospitalizations and one death reported.

The Chicago-area forecast called for a rainy and foggy day Monday, with waves of showers and mild temperatures before the possibility of the season’s first snowflakes later in the week.

A police investigation was underway Sunday evening after a woman was fatally shot in northwest suburban Barrington, authorities said.