A judge in New York ruled on Wednesday that the Art Institute of Chicago must surrender a 1916 drawing by Egon Schiele to investigators who plan to return it to the heirs of a Jewish cabaret entertainer from Vienna who was murdered in a Nazi concentration camp in 1941.
William Murphy, who oversaw rapid growth as the mayor of Woodridge for 32 years, has died.
Republican leaders in the Senate and House and Gov. Mike Braun reached a decision on a final budget, which includes raising the cigarette tax by $2 a pack to help address a $2.4 billion deficit.
The first draft of the Chicago Police Department’s future policy regulating traffic stops was unveiled Thursday.
An Illinois man got 92.5 years Thursday for putting his five kids in another room in Gary, then shooting their mother dead in the living room.
A Neuqua Valley High School teacher made reference to kissing and wanting to “ravage” a Naperville student in a series of text messages included in a civil no-contact order extended on the same day he pleaded not guilty to sex abuse and grooming charges.
Lake County failed in all three categories: ozone pollution, 24-hour particle pollution and annual particle pollution. Porter County only received a passing grade for annual particle pollution.
Of eight aldermen Mayor Brandon Johnson initially asked to join the budget task force, four had not accepted as of Thursday morning.
The board member told the Tribune she said she believes the report was in reference to a comment she made about needing to go home and have sex.
Invasive weeds are so bad at Flint Lake, during last year’s Department of Natural Resources survey, DNR had to clean its boat propellers.