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WASHINGTON — Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King’s su...

WRIGLEYVILLE — Mumford & Sons faces tens of thousands of dollars in fines after playing nearly 90 minutes past Wrigley Field’s usual concert curfew Thursday, but some neighbors said the late-night music and fireworks were a small price to pay for living next to one of Chicago’s largest concert venues.

The British folk-rock band didn’t take the stage until about...

CHICAGO — West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes have been reported in Chicago for the first time this year, the Chicago Department of Public Health announced Friday.

Mosquitos can transmit the potentially serious virus to humans via bites, but no cases of West Nile have been reported in humans in Chicago this year, according to a city health department news release.<...

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that 434 Illinois pharmacies will receive nearly $25 million in support, the first distribution of annual funding established through legislation he signed last year.

The fund was designed to assist pharmacies most at risk of closure or financial strain, especially those in rural and low-income communities with limite...

JEFFREY MANOR — A popular park for birders and others on the Far Southeast Side is hosting a grand reopening Saturday where the Park District plans to show off new trails and boardwalks and other improvements at what was once a polluted industrial site.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony kicks off 10 a.m. Saturday at