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The Bears had 6 players named among ESPN's best 100 draft picks, including three on Day 3.

South Shore has had years of disinvestment. Locating migrants in an area starved for resources is not in the best interest of asylum-seekers, nor the existing community, Shauna Cox writes.

Authorities say four teenagers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was killed last weekend as she headed home from work

If Justin Fields is any indication, the worship could get out of hand quickly.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s Chicago cop brother was denied duty disability benefits despite contracting COVID-19 on the job in 2020. Mendoza, who attended Wednesday’s ceremony, wiped away tears as she thanked the governor and others who helped get the bill passed.

A Chicago man who was convicted of shooting and seriously wounding an Iowa sheriff's deputy during a convenience store robbery in 2021 has been sentenced to up to 92 years in prison

More than half of the applicants came from people affiliated at one time with CPD. The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability will submit three names to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson by mid-July.

Prosecutors said Preston was killed at the end of a robbery spree that began when a suspect’s girlfriend “needed money for a barbecue.”

Signs are that we are in a compact season for picking morel mushrooms in this weird spring around Chicago outdoors.

More than 2,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities are competing this week in the Special Olympics Spring Games.

At a gathering at the station where she was assigned, slain Officer Aréanah Preston was remembered as powerful, goal-directed and the kind of officer CPD needs.