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Supporters of doing away with so-called intensive probation units say it was a “gotcha” system that didn’t reduce crime. Others say it helped get guns and drugs off the streets.

CHICAGO — Over a 48-hour period two weekends ago, three shootings erupted within a mile of one another in Chicago’s downtown area, leaving two people dead. During that same time, some 17 other people were shot around the city, most of them in neighborhoods where a higher level of violence…

CHICAGO — It is not unusual during a road trip to see Chicago Cubs first base coach Mike Napoli at a table in the visitors clubhouse playing cribbage with a player.

Voicing no concern about violence or rising costs, Soohyung Kim also said city is urging him to put a temporary gaming center in Medinah Temple.

Bally’s was picked over two rival bids involving South Loop sites: one by gaming behemoth Hard Rock International and another by hometown favorite Rush Street Gaming, chaired by billionaire Rivers Casino mogul Neil Bluhm.

CHICAGO -- Some Illinois residents say they’re still having trouble getting free at-home COVID-19 tests from pharmacies and insurance companies, more than three months after the White House began requiring insurers to cover them.

CHICAGO — No one knew Chicago like Mike Royko, and no one spread the gospel of the Cubs like the late Chicago Tribune columnist.

One night during the 2020 season, Chicago Cubs veteran outfielder Jason Heyward took catcher Willson Contreras out to dinner.

An Illinois law bans schools from fining students, so local police are doing it for them

The reversal comes after Abbott's stunt backfired badly among conservatives

CHICAGO — A coalition of news organizations convened by the Chicago Tribune is seeking to block the Chicago Park District’s efforts to seal a pending lawsuit alleging Mayor Lori Lightfoot yelled obscenities at and defamed a Park District attorney during a call about a controversial Christopher Columbus statue.