A man has been sentenced to multiple decades in prison for the murder of a 71-year-old grandfather who was out for a walk nearly four years ago in Chinatown, according to court documents.

The Streeterville neighborhood in downtown Chicago is about to get a new hotel in a building that was used as a migrant shelter for more than two years.

AT first glance serial killer John Wayne Gacy was a master at concealing his malevolent intentions, by dressing as a clown at ...

After being bumped to September for three straight years because of the NSCAR Street Race, the Taste of Chicago is reclaiming ...

1888 – In Chicago, IL, 350 fans brave the weather to watch a baseball game on ice at Lincoln Park. Second baseman Fred ...

For many Curious City listeners, the best movie shot in the city is “The Fugitive” (1993). Of its seven Academy Award ...

CHICAGO — A South Side casket warehouse has come back from the dead. The old Loyal Casket Company is now beating with brand-new life. A non-profit called Bandwith Chicago is transforming the space ...

Chicago is preparing for large New Year’s Eve crowds along the riverfront and downtown. Police, fire and emergency officials will increase staffing and security. Officials are urging people to use ...

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Seven children have been charged in connection with a violent assault on a 33-year-old mother and her 9-year-old son in Chicago’s South Deering neighborhood, authorities confirmed this week. The ...

Two men were found dead on a street in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood early Sunday morning. According to Chicago police, an EMS call was placed in the 11700 block of South Marshfield at ...

The shooting happened at about 3:50 a.m. in the 100-block of W. 95th Street, police said. Chicago police said a 14-year-old boy was walking eastbound outside when he "felt numbness" in his foot. The ...