In her first exercise of the veto pen, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday overruled county board commissioners by rejecting a measure to release the addresses of confirmed COVID-19 patients to suburban 911 dispatchers. Preckwink...

A Chicago man faces weapons charges after officers found a gun reported stolen from Kentucky when they stopped him for driving faster than 70 mph in a 40-mph zone in Lisle, authorities said Tuesday. Davion D. Rosseau, 22, of the 800 block of North S...

In a message released by James W. “Bill” Oxford, National Commander of the American Legion, he asks Americans to celebrate Memorial Day in a different way this year. “I'm calling on The American Legion Family to encourage communities far and wide to...

In a message released by James W. “Bill” Oxford, National Commander of the American Legion, he asks Americans to celebrate Memorial Day in a different way this year. “I'm calling on The American Legion Family to encourage communities far and wide to...

EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) - Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where the governor said one downtown could be 'œunder approximately 9 feet of water" by Wednesday. For the second time i...

The weekend deluge that caused widespread flooding throughout the Chicago area also pushed the region to a record May rainfall for the third consecutive year. And, while some communities were drying out Tuesday, others were still dealing with the re...

Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod has been both an observer and a participant through all the years since the possibility of a state and local tax deal to bring Sears' headquarters to the suburbs first was raised. As a trustee on the village board,...

CHICAGO (AP) - The way the FBI tells it, William Rosario Lopez put on a surgical mask and walked into the Connecticut convenience store looking to the world like a typical pandemic-era shopper as he picked up plastic wrap, fruit snacks and a few oth...

A West Chicago man faces felony charges after he struck a Geneva police officer with his minivan in a hit-and-run crash early Tuesday, authorities said. The 22-year-old officer had observed an unrelated traffic violation on the 1900 block of Kirk Ro...

An Arlington Heights man who was in jail and awaiting trial in a 2018 beating that left the victim blind in one eye died Tuesday after becoming infected with the coronavirus. William Sobczyk, 53, formerly of the 0-100 block of North Belmont Avenue, ...