The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

“The reason I thought we would’ve beat them is because they were too small for us,” Kenny Smith says of a hypothetical Rockets-Bulls matchup in 1995. “We would’ve smacked them.”

The woman, 26, was found just before 5 a.m. Friday in the 8500 block of South Commercial Avenue.

The Packers will open on the road (in Chicago Week 1) for the fifth straight season under coach Matt LaFleur.

The Chicago Park District is again looking for fishing instructors, particularly for the summer.

Erika Villegas, who lives in Garfield Ridge, is among Chicagoans who have taken it upon themselves to visit police stations to help newly arrived immigrants. They want “the city to step up” more.

Jeffrey Bertucci testified in 2010 to illegally paying out winnings from video gaming machines installed in his Cicero diner and splitting his take with the mob’s so-called video poker king. In 2019, gambling regulators gave him a license to legally operate video gaming devices.

The city kept 126 beds but isn’t using them. The state has 1,125 more beds from the makeshift hospital but says the city hasn’t asked for them. And the city is missing out on $30 million from Springfield to support migrants.

Reformers were aiming to root out corruption with the advent of the 50-ward system in 1923, but illegal backroom deals have remained all too common for a legislative body that has otherwise seen massive change.

2023 NFL schedule by week

The Bears created a dish that belongs in a Michelin Star restaurant with their 2023 schedule reveal.

The suit alleges a plan to house asylum-seekers at the shuttered school violates a lease agreement and names the city of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools as defendants.