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(Evanston, IL) -- Parents in Evanston rallied Sunday where they protested plans to close several schools next year. District 65 is trying to balance its budget and at the same time find an estimated $...

(CHICAGO) -- There is a new call for remote learning for Chicago Public Schools in response to Operation Midway Blitz. The discussion comes after a 17-year-old student was said to have been detained b...

Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois were killed in a Montana helicopter crash, his campaign said Thursday. Killed in the crash Wednesday were the son and daughter-in-l...

Fifteen months after Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had called 911 for help, was killed in her home, the former police officer who fired the fatal shot is set to go on trial. Sean Grayson, 31, a form...

(CHICAGO) -- Add one more to the growing list of Republicans looking to unseat Gov. JB Pritzker. According to a filing with the State Board of Elections, Rick Heidner has formed a gubernatorial campai...

SpaceX has settled a lawsuit filed by the maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity over accusations that Elon Musk's rocket company trespassed and damaged a plot of land the card company...

(CHICAGO) -- In an e-mail announcement, Pastor Corey Brooks announced that Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has donated a $1,000,000 gift towards Brooks' "Walk Across America." "Huge thank you to Ken Griffin, ...

llinois Gov. JB Pritzker reported a gambling windfall of $1.4 million on his federal tax return this week. The two-term Democrat, often mentioned as a 2028 presidential candidate, told reporters in Ch...

(CHICAGO) -- As Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to introduce his proposal to close a $1.15 billion budget shortfall, several City Hall sources are saying that Johnson will propose a corporate head tax ...

Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a po...