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Two people charged after stolen car crashed on Dan Ryan Expressway during police chase

February 25, 2020 at 11:01 a.m.

Two people have been charged after a stolen car being chased by police spun out and crashed on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Monday. Michael Vivians, 22, was charged with...

Elected officials push for more time for property owners to pay delinquent taxes

February 24, 2020 at 1:58 p.m.

Cook County elected officials and community leaders Monday called on Springfield to increase the length of time property owners are given to pay delinquent taxes from nine months to 13....

Vinny, a male pit bull, recovers Feb. 20, 2020, at the South Suburban Humane Society. He was found dumped in a trash bag on the side of a road.

Pit bull found in trash bag on side of road in Willow Springs recovering at south suburban shelter

February 20, 2020 at 5:56 p.m.

A dog dumped in a trash bag on the side of a road in southwest suburban Willow Springs Monday morning was saved by Cook County officials and is recovering in...

3 Wisconsin women charged with robbing, beating a man who thought he was getting ride-share in Lincoln Park

February 20, 2020 at 10:52 a.m.

Three Wisconsin women have been charged with beating and robbing a man who thought he was catching a ride-share car in Lincoln Park early Saturday, police said. The attack occurred...

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks with a fellow traveler as he awaits his flight back to Chicago at Denver International Airport on Feb. 18, 2020, in Colorado after being released from prison earlier in the evening. "I can't wait to get home," Blagojevich said at the airport after President Donald Trump commuted the ex-Illinois governor's 14-year sentence.

Calling himself a ‘freed political prisoner,’ Rod Blagojevich thanks Trump and remains unbowed

February 20, 2020 at 6:45 a.m.

Calling himself a "Trumpocrat" and "freed political prisoner," disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich used his first full day of freedom Wednesday to thank President Donald Trump for commuting his prison sentence...

Police make arrest after releasing photo of man suspected of attacking 3-year-old girl in River North restaurant

February 19, 2020 at 9:08 a.m.

Chicago police say they have made an arrest after releasing surveillance images of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl in a River North restaurant earlier this week....

The yard behind a home in the 1,000 block of West 61st Street in Englewood is shown Feb. 17, 2020, where a horse was found dead outside.

Chicago officials say horse who died outside Englewood home showed no signs of mistreatment, and report of a dog eating the animal is ‘unfounded’

February 17, 2020 at 7:35 p.m.

Chicago animal control officials said Monday that a horse found dead outside a home in Englewood showed no signs of mistreatment, and that reports about a dog eating the animal...

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