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Good morning, Chicago. Applications are now open for one lucky Cook County couple to become the first to start the new year with wedding bells. Clerk Monica Gordon announced yesterday that couples interested in tying the knot in 2025 can […]

Good afternoon, Chicago. The Board of Education overseeing Chicago Public Schools is scheduled to meet tonight for their monthly meeting. An hour before the meeting begins, the Chicago Teachers Union will demonstrate outside the district’s administrative offices in Greater Grand

Good morning, Chicago. More than 5,500 Illinois workers owed back pay totaling more than $4.2 million can claim their unpaid wages online, the U.S. Department of Labor said yesterday. The funds are the result of investigations by the department’s wage

Good morning, Chicago. The city failed to meet its own deadline yesterday, yet again delaying a decision on the fate of a scrap metal shredder in Pilsen with a history of environmental violations. The permit is largely retroactive at this

Good morning, Chicago. Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria crumbled with astonishing speed after insurgents burst out of a rebel-held enclave and converged on the capital, Damascus, taking city after city in a matter of

Is Mayor Brandon Johnson abiding by City of Chicago ethics rules with his actions towards Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union? He has proposed the city take on a high-interest loan and raise property taxes to give CPS teachers

Good morning, Chicago. Former Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Nicholas Trutenko called the prosecution that he won in 1989 against Jackie Wilson the “crown jewel of his career,” according to prosecutors. But the conviction didn’t stick, and Wilson, whose high-profile

Since the Bears will be in the news even more than usual till the next coach to blame is hired I wanted to make a point. Whenever the Bears are spoken or read about, you will hear the term “storied

Good afternoon, Chicago. Police were called to disperse a large crowd at an Orland Township political caucus last night after several would-be attendees were told to leave. The caucus was called by the Orland Township Together political organization, headed by

Good morning, Chicago. Daniel Solis, the once-prominent Chicago alderman whose turn as an FBI mole took down the state’s two longest-serving Democratic power brokers, walked out of a federal courtroom on Tuesday with his gaze fixed on the floor. In