Valentine’s Day lands on a Friday, which also happens to be the most popular day for courthouse weddings. Judge Diann Marsalek, who presided over marriage court on Feb. 14, 2025, said ...

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The nearly $80 million verdict is the highest reported Illinois verdict for a police pursuit crash, according to the firm.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was ...

History often is complex and resistant to simple narratives. So are people. So it is a needlessly divisive mistake for DuPage ...

Chicago’s top eviction law firms filed at least 65,800 cases since 2017, with Rob Kahn staying on top as he navigates ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest ... Want A Bottomless Cooler In Center Field? Cubs Now Selling Luxury ‘Ultimate Backyard’ ...

Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley tapped into the age-old strategy ... We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago continues to grapple with gun violence, which impacts hundreds of people every year. As of July 7, 2024, there have been almost 1,200 total reported shootings ...

A man claiming to be the governor of Illinois and demanding that the Leighton Criminal Courts Building be closed down Thursday got his wish when Cook County officials did just that. The rambling ...

CHICAGO — The Leighton Criminal Courthouse closed early Thursday after officials reported receiving a “largely unintelligible” letter written by man claiming to be the “Governor of ...

A majority of the City Council’s 50 members are demanding that Mayor Brandon Johnson condemn an artwork on display at the Chicago Cultural Center as antisemitic and order its removal.