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Helen Grace Caldwell also made horror films — and, the Cook County public guardian’s office says in a lawsuit, solicited older bank clients to put money into her side movie projects.

A group of residents have been raising concerns about jobs, zoning and environmental issues around an Amazon warehouse that’s set to open in West Humboldt Park.

The local TV dance show became a cultural phenomenon that took the world by storm.

Pilot Susan Dacy reflects on how female representation in aviation has improved over her career. ‘I think you’d be hard-pressed to walk down a concourse and not see women pilots,’ she says.

The compromise that Chicago voters will be asked to approve in a binding referendum in March is the one that now former Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara floated last month. The changes are expected to reduce the annual revenue by $20 million — from $160 million to $140 million.

The Chicago area’s commuter railway is taking a cold, hard look at a future with fewer office workers.

‘I’m in love with the city and always have been,’ says the Markham native, co-anchor for Fox 32 Chicago’s 5 and 9 p.m. newscasts

The mayor is more concerned about building consensus than he is about checking boxes on his list of campaign promises.

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has been tasked by the state with developing recommendations that would reshape the region’s transit.

Illinois Republicans didn’t mention former President Donald Trump in their speeches. “Why is it always about Donald Trump?” state House Republican Leader Tony McCombie asked reporters. “Let’s talk about Illinois.”

With the first day of Bears-Colts joint practices in the books, here are the players who impressed on Wednesday.