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With Tolling 2020, the Illinois Tollway is making it easier than ever to pay missed tolls while providing relief on existing violations.

SEAL Team raids on caves in Afghanistan turned up terrorist papers that had Chicago as a 9/11 target.

The owners of one of the cars hit is not only angry, she was left with paying the damage. She is worried for the safety of others.

Tyre Nichols died three days after what his family and authorities described as a brutal encounter that stemmed from a traffic stop.

A school bus with Chicago Public School kids on board hit some cars and the driver didn’t stop, and instead continued on his route. The owner of one of the cars hit is not only angry, she was left with paying the damage. She is worried for the safety of others.

Videos showing the violent arrest of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a Memphis man who died 3 days after he was beaten by police in a traffic stop Jan. 7, has been released by Memphis officials.

Chicago officials and police are preparing for the release of the Tyre Nichols video by Memphis police Friday evening.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot at a news conference in 2019, the first year of her administration. Since then, she has paid down $1.3 billion in pension debt, and her 2023 budget pre-pays $242 million more of that debt.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she’s done all she can to put Chicago’s four city employee pension funds on solid footing — and now, Springfield must do its part.After paying down $1.3 billion in pension debt over the […]

The advice on how such videos can cause trauma came as officials released the video of the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police. CBS 2’s Tara Molina reports.

Nichols died three days after a violent confrontation with officers during a traffic stop this month, and five Memphis Police officers were charged with murder on Thursday. CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports.

CHICAGO — Two people were found shot to death in a home on Chicago’s far south side Friday. According to police, officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 9500 block of South Bennett Avenue in Jeffrey Manor around 2 p.m. Tactical units entered the residence and discovered a 47-year-old woman with a […]

The annual point in time count of people experiencing homelessness in Chicago and the suburbs was held this week.

Tyre Nichols’ death prompted murder charges Thursday against the officers and outrage at the country’s latest instance of police brutality.

Watching such videos can be traumatic – affecting your mental and physical health.

A judge set bond at $2 million Friday for an 18-year-old Illinois man who is accused of traveling to Michigan to meet a teenager and then stabbing her for refusing to have sex.

Ald. Stephanie Coleman (16th Ward) is among many in the Englewood community that are deeply unhappy with the new tenant.

The thieves hit Wednesday afternoon at Persin and Robbin Jewelry Store on South Dunton Avenue.

Sun-Times file Two people were shot to death Friday afternoon inside a South Deering home.A Chicago police SWAT team responded to the residence after officers arrived to investigate a report of gunshots just after 2 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Bennett Avenue, Chicago police said.The SWAT team eventually entered the home and found a woman, 47, with a gunshot wound to the head and a 44-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. Both were […]

All closures have concluded and I-94 westbound has reopened, according to state police.

The Illinois attorney general and Cook County state’s attorney are looking into a suburban window company that is accused of ripping off its customers.

Northwestern takes on the Minnesota Golden Gophers Saturday at Welsh Ryan Arena in Evanston.

The pup’s dusty fur is seen poking out from the hole.

The Northwestern Wildcats men’s basketball team returned from an eight-day hiatus due to COVID to win back-to-back games against Wisconsin and Nebraska.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is looking to shore up support in the business community with a speech Friday that focused on financial progress that Chicago has made during her first term.

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times At 93 years old, Ruth Mabin was “a vibrant and bright woman, still very sharp,” her daughter recalls.On Thursday afternoon, Mabin took a walk to the post office near her home in Austin to send her daughter Celestine Stanton a package.She was crossing the street in the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue when she was struck by a Porsche Cayenne that had driven around a stopped car into a bike lane and through a crosswalk, according to […]

Oak Park firefighters had to break through the bathroom tile behind the toilet to get to the stranded pooch.

Director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (from left), conductor Kedrick Armstrong, co-creator DJ King Rico, and co-creator Will Liverman are photographed at a rehearsal of their world-premiere production of “The Factotum,” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times About five years ago, after watching a documentary several times about the hugely successful Broadway musical “Rent,” loosely based on Puccini’s iconic opera “La Bohème,” […]

Dionne and Ryan talk about the Chicago Bulls and what the fading team might do with the trade deadline approaching.

A burnt-out shell is all the remains of Georgis Catering, which has been in business in Chicago since 1946.