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Residents and activists are scared, heartbroken and “furious” as they remember the man shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a traffic stop in Franklin Park last week. A vigil for Silverio Villegas González, 38, a “devoted …

Not long after the Lions were blown out by the Packers in their season opener, a statistic started making its way around social media — without Rams coach Sean McVay or new Bears coach Ben Johnson calling plays for him, …

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson is weighing the possibility of season-ending surgery after suffering a groin injury Sunday in the 52-21 loss to the Lions. While coach Ben Johnson kept it vague Monday, Jaylon Johnson said on The Score’s “Spiegel and …

A 65-year-old Roseland man is behind bars after being accused of fatally shooting and setting a woman on fire and kidnapping and sexually assaulting another woman at gunpoint last week on the South Side, Chicago police said. Gregory W. Hudson …

PITTSBURGH — As scheduling luck would have it, the Cubs got to celebrate Roberto Clemente Day in Pittsburgh, where the Hall of Famer and humanitarian spent all 18 years of his major-league career. As part of the festivities, Major League …

The team that prides itself on defense above all else, so much that it left a permanent mark on the NFL with its legendary 1985 team, got worked for more than 50 points and 500 yards Sunday. That leaves the …

A man was shot steps away from three Northwest Side elementary and middle schools Monday evening, prompting at least one school to go into a temporary lockdown, according to police and school officials. About 4:20 p.m., a 23-year-old man was …

Chicago Public Schools informed parents Friday that Epic Academy, a small Southeast Side charter high school, plans to close and might not even last through this school year. Epic Charter School in South Chicago with about 250 students informed CPS …

What’s next for Noah Schultz? It was supposed to be something sooner than spring training. But that’s the way things have shaken out for the White Sox’ top pitching prospect, whose season is over after being shut down with patellar …

The Mexican Cultural Committee of Chicago hosted the annual Mexican Independence eve celebration — El Grito, on Monday evening at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pilsen. However, the mood was subdued amid concerns of increased enforcement activity in Chicago by …

PITTSBURGH — Pete Crow-Armstrong was greeted by “P-C-A” chants from the mostly Cubbie blue-clad fans behind the visitors’ dugout at PNC Park as he trotted toward the steps after a trip around the bases in the sixth inning. The Cubs’ …

Tom Brady finally confirmed what everyone assumed he’s been doing anyway. During the broadcast of the Raiders-Chargers game Monday, ESPN’s cameras showed Brady in the Raiders’ coaching booth with a headset on. Brady is a minority owner of the Raiders, …

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Bill Kurtis was a mainstay of Chicago’s television news landscape for decades, appearing at the anchor desk alongside Walter Jacobson on WBBM and nationally with Diane Sawyer on CBS Morning News. As a broadcast journalist, he covered some of the …

The politically connected fire chief of Elmwood Park has resigned amid allegations that, on the same weekend the near western suburb hosted its annual family festival, he tried locking an employee of a local tavern in the beer cooler and …

DEAR ABBY: Our neighbors, “Wanda” and “Bob,” have agreed to care for our house and cat when we vacation. We told them we’d like to pay them for their troubles, but Wanda says they want to do it for free. …

Some parents in Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 are calling for the school board president to step down following a social media post after Charlie Kirk’s death. School board President Nancy Zettler posted a Facebook message on Wednesday, Sept. 10, …

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Gov. JB Pritzker claims he’s been left in the dark about the investigation into the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. Franklin Park officials say the FBI is handling the probe, but feds won’t …

By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Days after an assailant’s bullet tore through two of his limbs, Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo hobbled out of the hospital on crutches. Hernandez had nearly died in the early …