The independent monitor assessing the city’s compliance with a federal consent decree issued a dire warning Tuesday as proposed budget cuts once again loom over the Chicago Police Department’s ...

The end of the Pitchfork music fest is more than a dollars-and-cents loss for Chicago. It strikes at our identity.

On Nov. 23, the Chicago History Museum is opening a new exhibition, “Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till.” ...

A gut punch for most defendants, Donald Trump turned his criminal conviction into a rallying cry. His supporters put “I’m Voting for the Felon” on T-shirts, hats and lawn signs.

Commentary: Mayor Johnson should know better than to “jeopardize the financial health of the school system” in advancing one ...

32’s “Screaming Yellow Theater” was “Strangler of the Tower” in Jan. 1971. (Chicago Tribune) Just two years later, the Svengoolie-hosted late-night presentation was among the most popular TV genre — ...

A resident of a building alerted officers on patrol in the Brainerd neighborhood that a building was on fire Monday night, Chicago police said. About 9:40 p.m., officers were alerted about a fire ...

New Chicago Police are awaiting charges on a man who was involved in the shooting death of his father Monday night, its police chief said Tuesday. Officers were called around 9:26 p.m. October 28 ...

(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Muslim civic and elected leaders condemned Islamophobic rhetoric Monday night as they gathered at the Muslim Community Center in Irving Park to mark a year ...

(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Candidates in the majority-Latino voting districts say one of their biggest concerns is a lack of information about the election among voters. To be ...

Not many people know that, one hundred years ago, the Chicago Tribune put out a call for designs focusing on a new office building. The local paper made its selection and the Tribune Tower became ...

(Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) “If it got to that — and I hope it does not — we would have to do it in a way so that there is not a break in essential services,” Conway said. “But this ...