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A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked ...

The senator, who’s served 16 years in Springfield since he replaced his father was charged with three counts of bribery and lying to the FBI. Before they began deliberating Monday, jurors heard eight ...

From the Ukraine front lines to a Chinese “mistress dispeller,” the films in this year’s Doc10 fest in Chicago cast a wide ...

Steve McMichael, a star defensive tackle on the Chicago Bears' famed 1985 Super Bowl championship team, has died following a ...

The task force, formed in February, has met twice, and the next meeting is set for Wednesday, Deputy Mayor Garien Gatewood said.

The University of Chicago has announced the recipients of the (ACN) Excellence Awards, which recognize scholars who excel in sharing their research and scholarship with public audiences. Five UChicago ...

Right now, Chicago is on the brink of a historic milestone: the opening of its first large-scale youth noncongregate shelter ...

At Millennium Park, a large teen gathering promoted on social media did not materialize ... Don't be disruptive." The Chicago Police Department sent the email to Chicago Public School parents ...

And it’s why proposals to defund NPR and PBS — and by extension, thousands of public media stations across the country, which deliver reliable news to their communities — are not just misguided but ...

(Benjamin Thorp/WFYI Public Media via AP) But Speer spent 12 hours in the emergency ... For older people with dementia, ...

We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.