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Construction crews recently found flooring materials from the Mecca Flats apartments, which was demolished for the Illinois Institute of Technology's S.R. Crown Hall in 1952.

Long-demolished World’s Fair building unearthed at IIT, tells story of Chicago’s racial divide

May 23, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

By the time Gwendolyn Brooks’ “In the Mecca,” a 1969 National Book Award finalist, was published, the iconic Bronzeville apartment building its title nodded to had been demolished for nearly...

Police survey the scene outside the home where a 3-year-old boy was killed in a fire on the 6900 block of South Artesian Avenue on Aug. 4, 2018, in Chicago.

Boy, 3, dies in fire in Lithuanian Plaza neighborhood on Southwest Side

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A 3-year-old boy was killed in a fire at a Southwest Side home Saturday afternoon, authorities said. Firefighters responded to a call of a fire in the 6900 block of...

Lawsuit filed on behalf of Northlake teacher who was aboard plane that crashed in Mexico

May 23, 2019 at 1:08 a.m.

A lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of a Northlake teacher who was aboard Aeromexico Flight 2431 when it crashed while attempting to take off from an airport in Durango,...

Al Capone, 1931, the year Capone spent time in Cook County Jail before being sent to federal prison.

Did Al Capone get better treatment in jail than Paul Manafort? Maybe, but Scarface may have bribed somebody

May 23, 2019 at 1:08 a.m.

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to question who was treated worse in jail — Al Capone, who spent an infamously swanky time at Cook County Jail in the...

Body found in Lake Michigan identified as missing boater in Mackinac race

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

The body of missing Mackinac boater Jon P. Santarelli, 53, was found Saturday, officials confirmed. The remains were identified as Santarelli, of the 2600 block of North Hampden Court in...

Small plane crashes in southern Illinois, 4 injured

May 23, 2019 at 1:07 a.m.

Four people were taken to hospitals after a plane crash in Columbia, Ill., on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses saw the plane, a Piper 28 aircraft, flying low before clipping a power...

1 wounded during shooting in Skokie bank parking lot

May 23, 2019 at 1:07 a.m.

A Friday night shooting in a Bank of America parking lot in Skokie has left one person injured, Skokie police said Saturday. Police there said they responded to a call...

Police work the scene where a 12-year-old boy was shot in the head, a 10-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder, an 11-year-old boy was shot in the ankle and a 20-year-old man was shot in the hands and hip in the 1100 block of South Troy Street on July 27, 2018.

3 children, 1 adult wounded in Friday evening shooting in Lawndale

May 23, 2019 at 1:07 a.m.

At least three children and one adult were shot Friday night in Lawndale, including a boy who remained in critical condition Saturday morning with a gunshot wound to his head....

Discarded used hypodermic needles without protective sheaths appear June 7, 2017, at an encampment where opioid addicts shoot up along the Merrimack River in Lowell, Mass.

Officials link increase in hepatitis C cases in Illinois to growing injection drug use

May 23, 2019 at 1:07 a.m.

The number of reported cases of hepatitis C, a viral condition that can infect the liver, increased over the past decade in Illinois, state health officials said Friday. The total...

Chicago Corporation Counsel Ed Siskel, shown in 2017 addressing the lawsuit against the Justice Department, called the July 27, 2018, ruling "another significant legal victory for Chicago."

Federal judge rules against Trump Justice Department in Chicago ‘sanctuary city’ case

May 23, 2019 at 1:07 a.m.

A federal judge Friday sided with the city of Chicago in its sanctuary city lawsuit, ruling that the Trump administration does not have the authority to withhold federal public safety...

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