20+ hour, 25+ min ago   (260+ words) Chicago, along with other parts of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana, faces an extreme heat warning, with temperature records threatened in a number of places over the coming days. Thursday’s high in Chicago is forecast to be 95F (35C), and with…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1410+ words) Here are the real-life places that have been featured on all seasons of “The Bear.” Mr. Beef on Orleans The kitchen of the two-Michelin-starred West Loop restaurant, led by real-life chef Curtis Duffy, was used for the iconic Season 2 episode…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (184+ words) Now that spring ball is over, Michigan State can get active on the football recruiting trail. Friday night, the Spartans got a big pickup. Ohimai Ozolua, a defensive lineman out of St. Rita in Chicago, announced his commitment to Michigan…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1139+ words) East Lansing — There Alessio Milivojevic stood at a junior day event for Northwestern’s football team. Head coach Pat Fitzgerald came up to him and shook the Wheaton St. Francis quarterback’s hand. Little did they know that handshake was the foreshadow…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (319+ words) Gov. Pritzker is pushing back against the decision to move management of a key federal-state project to Michigan. Illinois governor calls transfer of Asian carp project to Michigan a stunt Washington ― Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is pushing back against the…...

6+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (1820+ words) Chicago — Heading into his second term, President Donald Trump promised to immediately target the immigration system with sweeping enforcement pushes and a hardline approach to granting asylum in the U.S. He’s pursued that pledge with headline-grabbing efforts like Operation Midway…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (220+ words) Detroit-based First Independence Bank has acquired the deposits of a Chicago bank that was closed after failing on Friday. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation ordered the closure of Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust and the receiver, the Federal…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (290+ words) Detroit - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order directing the city's police department to investigate any alleged illegal activity by federal immigration agents and refer the agents for prosecution if necessary, his office said Saturday. "With today’s order,…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (400+ words) Chicago — Hoan Huynh was going door-to-door informing businesses of ramped up immigration enforcement on Chicago’s North Side when the Democratic state lawmaker got an activist notification of federal agents nearby. “We were non-violent,” Huynh said of Tuesday’s incident, part of…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (497+ words) Chicago — A high-speed chase involving Border Patrol agents led to the pursued person's arrest Tuesday afternoon in a residential street on Chicago’s South Side, authorities said, and footage from the scene shows protesters gathering before agents deployed a tear gas…...