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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says his office’s electronic monitoring program, in place for more than three decades, will come to an end next year.

A Chicago church is desperately trying to collect more toys to help children in need, after losing a big corporate sponsor this year.

Police are investigating after a person walking along a suburban trail discovered a body, authorities said.

Residents in suburban Thornton Township found a closed main office and no one answering phones as some services were halted due to an ongoing lapse in the township’s insurance policies.

COVID, norovirus, whooping cough, bird flu, dengue fever — there is no shortage of viruses making headlines in the U.S. right now. But why does it seem like so many are getting sick lately?

Authorities in Wisconsin say a person has been diagnosed with the state’s case of bird flu amid more than five dozen cases reported across the country.

A judge has declined to throw out statements made by a man charged with a mass shooting at a parade in suburban Chicago in 2022. Seven people were killed and more were wounded at the Independence Day event in Highland Park. Attorneys for Robert Crimo III claimed he was denied his right to see a lawyer during a police interview....

The owner of the historic Damen Silos on the West Side moved a step closer toward demolishing the former grain storage structures, though city officials still have to sign off on the plan.

Planning to renew your Illinois driver’s license over Christmas break? You’re going to want to check the DMV’s hours first.

Multiple chances for snow could bring some accumulations to parts of the Chicago area, but what you’ll see will depend on where you live.

Here’s hoping your 2024 holidays in Chicago don’t come with a side of norovirus.

The Mega Millions jackpot this holiday season just got bigger, with $825 million now on the line.

An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death early Wednesday, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years.

A narrow band of quickly falling snow brought as much as two inches of accumulation to some parts of the Chicago area overnight, the National Weather Service said, though it fell apart in the early morning hours.