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More details are emerging in the scandal surrounding former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, according to a new report indicating that more Chicago police employees are under investigation for an alleged cover-up to protect him.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel slammed Joe Ricketts in a blistering statement Tuesday after racist emails from the patriarch of the Cubs-owning family were leaked and published online.

Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Thursday announced plans to retire from his post as the city’s top cop after less than four years leading the department.

Kanye West’s free “Sunday Service” event in Chicago sold out in less than an hour of entrance tickets being released to the public Saturday.

Singer R. Kelly is facing new charges in Minnesota as he continues to battle cases in Illinois and New York, prosecutors announced Monday. Kelly was charged with two counts of engaging in prostitution with an individual under 18 years old and offering to hire for sexual purposes a person under 18, according to Hennepin County State’s Attorney Mike Freeman.

The stars of HGTV’s “Windy City Rehab” are facing trouble with their latest construction projects after Chicago officials suspended their permit privileges and may pull their license entirely.

The stars of HGTV’s “Windy City Rehab” are facing trouble with their latest construction projects after Chicago officials suspended their permit privileges and may pull their license entirely.

A judge has ruled some records of singer R. Kelly’s legal battle with his ex-wife could be released to the public as soon as next week.

Lawyers for R&B singer R. Kelly are asking a judge in Chicago to fine and jail his ex-wife for breaking a confidentiality clause in their divorce agreement.

R. Kelly’s lawyers want a Chicago judge to toss a 2019 lawsuit alleging the singer sexually abused a minor a little over 20 years ago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports their motion to dismiss was filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court. The lawsuit says the abuse occurred in 1998. Kelly’s attorneys say she had until 2002 to sue. But state...

Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Thursday to 11 new counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse.

Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Thursday to 11 new counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse.

Singer R. Kelly has been charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse, court records show.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. Black’s media empire once included the Chicago Sun-Times and The Daily Telegraph of London. He was convicted of fraud in 2007 and spent three and a half years in prison. An appeals court reversed two...

A judge who ordered a default judgment against R. Kelly after the singer failed to respond to a lawsuit filed by one of his alleged victims now says the suit can proceed.

A man has been charged with robbing a bank in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows and allegedly used the ride-share Lyft to make his way to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, according to the Chicago Sun Times.

World War II fighter pilot John Lyle, a Tuskegee Airman, has died at the age of 98. Lyle died Saturday at his home on Chicago’s South Side, his wife, Eunice, said Monday. She added that Lyle had been battling prostate cancer.

Public park advocates have filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago seeking to stop construction of former President Barack Obama’s presidential center.

Public park advocates have filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago seeking to stop construction of former President Barack Obama’s presidential center.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth knew she may need to vote on the Senate floor Thursday, but she wasn’t about to do it without her newest daughter.