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Vehicles line up to leave the Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert in Nevada on Sept. 5, 2023.

For Chicago residents who attended Burning Man, the muddy festival was a ‘magical, beautiful time’

September 11, 2023 at 11:12 a.m.

Raven Smith wouldn't have known that she was in the middle of the apocalypse. Long before news spread of an alleged disaster at Burning Man, she had lost phone service....

An artist's rendering shows the proposed $1.7 billion Bally's Chicago casino, hotel and entertainment complex at the site of the baiduhai Publishing Center, located on the corner of Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street.

Gamblers welcome Chicago’s first casino as Bally’s opens temporary site at Medinah Temple. ‘They’re going to do fantastic here.’

September 9, 2023 at 8:13 p.m.

After years of planning, months of renovations and several days of monitored practice sessions, Bally's Chicago got the green light Friday from the Illinois Gaming Board to launch the city's...

Mourners arrive at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn for the visitation for slain Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston on May 16, 2023.

Slain CPD Officer Aréanah Preston honored with renamed street: ‘We’ll never forget her valor’

September 12, 2023 at 10:58 a.m.

Before slain Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston's mother helped pull off a cover to unveil a street sign honoring her daughter, she prayed the city would remember the ambitious, vibrant...

No bail for man accused of holding firefighters at knifepoint: ‘You’re not going anywhere’

September 1, 2023 at 5:23 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Friday denied bail to a South Side man who authorities said trapped two Chicago firefighters at knife point in a gasoline-drenched home. Judge Maryam Ahmad...

The Chicago South Illinois secretary of state's office facility on July 26, 2023.

Secretary of state plans requiring appointments at driver service facilities begin

September 1, 2023 at 4:22 p.m.

Illinois drivers seeking new licenses, renewed plate stickers and more will find a revamped secretary of state's office online and in-person. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias championed the "Skip-the-Line" program...

Illinois State Police director Brendan Kelly, second from left, speaks during a hearing about whether Riverside police Officer Zenna Ramos would receive a waiver on Aug. 31, 2023, during a hearing of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

Decertified Riverside cop set to police again after state committee backs appeal

August 31, 2023 at 9:37 p.m.

When former police Officer Zenna Ramos heard the decision that put her career back on track after facing the prospect of never working as a cop again, she began to...

The procession for Chicago Fire Department Lt. Kevin Ward leaves Loyola Medical Center in Maywood on Aug. 29, 2023, on its way to the Cook County medical examiner's office. There, firefighters, paramedics and police gathered to receive Ward's body.

Chicago firefighter dies weeks after Norwood Park blaze. ‘He was like Superman,’ friends say.

August 29, 2023 at 6:23 p.m.

A Chicago Fire Department firefighter seriously injured while responding to a Norwood Park residential fire earlier this month died late Monday night, the Fire Department said Tuesday morning. Lt. Kevin...

People stroll through a crowded Logan Square Farmers Market in Chicago in July 2015.

No vegetables — or love — lost after Logan Square Farmers Market is back on Sunday amid dispute over traffic concerns

August 26, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Lured by trendy TikToks flaunting stylishly dressed shoppers and colorful produce, upward of 15,000 people now attend the Logan Square Farmers Market every week, which features a wide range of...

Dr. Igor J. Koralnik, co-director of Northwestern Medicine's Comprehensive COVID-19 Center, and fellow Dr. Natasha Choudhury discuss a patient with long-COVID symptoms in a workroom in the neurology suite at the Lavin Family Pavilion on Aug. 23, 2023.

Chicago COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise; Northwestern team warns of undiagnosed long-COVID consequences

August 27, 2023 at 5:17 p.m.

Chicago's COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to steadily rise after reaching pandemic lows earlier this summer. City health officials say the rise doesn't present an urgent threat to the...

Decertified police Officer Zenna Ramos becomes emotional as she speaks during a news conference at Riverside Village Hall on Aug. 22, 2023. In 2008, Ramos was arrested for retail theft under $20 and was decertified in April by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board as a result. At right, is Riverside Director of Public Safety Matthew Buckley, who is supportive of Ramos.

Riverside rallies in support of police officer decertified for $14.99 retail theft in 2008

August 22, 2023 at 7:08 p.m.

Former Cicero police Officer Zenna Ramos freely and remorsefully admits she stole a T-shirt 15 years ago. She said she had just escaped an unsafe living situation with her young...

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