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The 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon will be stepping off in just hours, with over 50,000 runners from across the world preparing to take to the streets of Chicago Sunday morning.

A woman is dead and two others wounded after a shooting in East Garfield Park Friday night, police said.

The 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is just hours away, with over 50,000 runners taking to the streets of Chicago on a 26.2-mile course in one of the biggest races of the year.

A Chicago police officer shot and wounded a man wanted for aggravated assault during a shootout in Brighton Park early Saturday, police said.

Days after Acero charter schools leaders voted to close seven schools, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates wrote a letter demanding that Chicago Public Schools absorb them into the district in order to save them.

The 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon steps off in a matter of hours, bringing over 50,000 runners from across the globe to the Windy City for one of the world’s biggest races of the year.

Over 50,000 runners are just hours away from stepping off in the 46th annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon, embarking on a 26.2-mile course through the city’s most recognizable neighborhoods and landmarks.

After a summer-like Friday that saw high temperatures reach the low 80s, more fall-like conditions are now on the way, with Saturday bringing milder temperatures and the possibility for isolated thunderstorms.

A couple chances for rain arrive with cooler temp.

Two workers at a south suburban pizza joint were lauded as heroes for their quick thinking when flames engulfed a mobile home, trapping a boy inside.

Police in suburban Des Plaines were searching for a bicyclist who stabbed a driver during a road rage incident on Friday afternoon, authorities said.

An aide at a Kenosha County elementary school was arrested for three felonies after sexually assaulting a child, according to a criminal complaint.

The 46th annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon gets underway this weekend, putting tens of thousands of runners on a 26.2-mile course weaving through many of Chicago’s most recognizable neighborhoods.