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Dolton village trustees are calling Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s recent police chief appointment illegal as turmoil between Henyard and other village leaders continues.

After waiting months for repairs to resolve a design issue with Dodge Durango patrol vehicles, Merrillville, Indiana’s police chief announced Friday the “difficult decision” to sell the SUVs at a financial loss.

Most DMV locations in Illinois will be operating under an updated schedule beginning Monday, with changes made after data analysis of customer trends, according to the office of Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.

As fall officially begins with the autumnal equinox Sunday, one of Chicago’s most iconic images will make its return with “Chicagohenge” sunrises and sunsets that align with the city’s street grid.

The 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is less than one month away, with runners from across the globe preparing to compete in one of the world’s biggest races on Oct. 13.

The Chicago Bears are looking to bounce back from a primetime loss last week at the hands of the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football, hoping to notch their second win of the season this week against the Indianapolis Colts.

Though the autumnal equinox is Sunday, marking the astronomical start of fall, Chicago-area residents wouldn’t know without looking at the calendar, with an unseasonably warm September continuing to start the weekend Saturday.

Tyler Koscinski and Mason Santiago first became friends in third grade. From then on, their friendship never wavered. “They were goofy together, fun together,” Tyler Koscinski’s mother, Kelly, told NBC Chicago. “They were with each other all the time.” Koscinski, 20, of New Lenox and Mason Santiago, 19, of Joliet, were...

In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil.

Embattled Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter laid out a bold vision for the future of the transit agency in a plan that will depend on funding from state legislators.

A coalition of Haitian American organizations will hold a rally this Sunday at Federal Plaza to “Stop Haitian Hate” amid false claims and remarks made by former President Donald Trump about Haitian migrants abusing animals in Springfield, Ohio.

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and a local sheriff charged with his murder.