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More Diamondbacks stars on the move? An All-Star outfielder available? Our running list of who could be traded by the deadline has new names at the top.
Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) wants to bequeath his job to his son. We've seen this before. It doesn't work well.
NASCAR is pausing the Chicago street race because it needs more time to try to reschedule the event and reduce the build-out ...
After three years of Fourth of July weekend racing, NASCAR is hitting the brakes on 2026, telling Mayor Brandon Johnson in a letter that it needs time "to explore a new potential race date." ...
Two weeks after its third annual Fourth of July weekend run through Grant Park, NASCAR has made the decision not to hold the Chicago Street Race in 2026, leaving open the door to return on a different ...
The NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which is held downtown, originally agreed with the city to a three-year contract to host the ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson officially vetoed a controversial curfew ordinance during Wednesday's City Council ...
The City Council Zoning Committee advanced a proposal to legalize so-called "granny flats" citywide, allowing Chicago homeowners to build basement, attic, garage, and coach house apartments on their ...
The judge said 76-year-old Carrie Austin’s medical conditions, which include COPD, heart ailments and cancer, make the ...
As part of the series “Culture of Corruption,” the Tribune has compiled a list of roughly 200 indicted, convicted or ...
Southwest Side Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) wants to raise the threshold for approving City Hall borrowing from a simple majority, ...
It has been a violent Fourth of July weekend here in Chicago with two mass shootings and at least 34 people shot since Thursday evening, including four fatalities.