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Employees at the 2101 W. Armitage Ave. store are the fifth group in the Chicago area to join a nationwide organizing drive.

Perch season reopening on Illinois’ Lake Michigan Thursday, June 16, and Illinois’ frog (bullfrogs only) season opening Wednesday, June 15, lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus summer is truly here and with it a variety of options for fishing around Chicago.

CHICAGO — A nude woman lying in the street stole a Chicago police squad car, ran over an officer with it and then crashed it Monday morning, Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference.

Two-time All-Star Zach LaVine is expected to re-sign with the Chicago Bulls once the free-agency negotiation period opens June 30, sources told B/R. Source: Jake Fischer @ Bleacher Report What's the buzz on Twitter? Zach LaVine @ ZachLaVine Keep ...

CHICAGO — About one in every dozen Chicago Public Schools students contracted COVID-19 this school year, the district’s first year of full-time, in-person learning since the pandemic began.

CHICAGO — One day, Arlieta Hall’s father forgot that you don’t go to Best Buy to get chairs. On another day, he thought her brother was his younger self. That was when Arlieta realized that Alzheimer’s had hit the smartest man she knew.

Avoid shopping or important decisions from 9:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn. Today’s full moon in Sagittarius peaks at 6:52 a.m.

CHICAGO — The Padres did something new Tuesday night, and yet it rang with the familiar.

She was walking outside about 6:15 p.m. in the 7300 block of South Kenwood Avenue when someone opened fire, possibly from a passing vehicle, Chicago police said.