Cook County is putting more resources behind the Public Defender Immigration Unit, doubling its small staff at the start of 2026 and setting the goal of tripling it by 2027. Since 2021, the unit has ...

“I’m extremely proud of the people who work for Chronicle Media,” said Rick Hibbert, publisher. “I believe we have some of the best journalists in Illinois and the 13 awards we earned in the NINA ...

Democratic 9th Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and Oak Park trustee Brian Straw have been indicted for their part in a Sept. 26 protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility ...

ST. CHARLES – The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is urging motorists to commit to sober driving, buckling up, and following traffic laws this Halloween as children and their families haunt neighborhoods ...

Zachary Christian dropped out of high school at 16 and never thought he would have to open another textbook. He had a job and didn’t feel like he needed any more schooling. Then, in 2023, at the age ...

A dog was saved Saturday from a burning Rockford residence. A Rockford Fire Department spokesman said the blaze broke out shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday at 841 Haskell Ave. The fire caused an ...

A Chicago police officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse. David Deleon, 32, an inactive Chicago police officer, had been the subject of a Cook County Sheriff’s Police ...

Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease didn’t come as a shock to Riverside resident PJ Duling. “I was having tremor symptoms for about a year, and in that year three of my siblings were diagnosed ...

City Cruises, operator of year-round Chicago water experiences, has announced its fall and winter lineup, offering excursions for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Guests can ...

Father Brendan Curran carried a cross that simply read “No Ovidados” (“Not Forgotten”) as he marched Saturday on Sheridan Road toward Naval Station Great Lakes. The community organizer for The ...

Evanston native Alex Moore went from a swamp to a jungle. Moore, communications director for 9th District Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, D-Evanston, is a contestant on the upcoming season of “Survivor, ...

The Addison Township Board voted Wednesday to sue former Supervisor Dennis Reboletti and three other former officials for allegedly misappropriating more than $78,000 in funds, and using part of it to ...