Ideal weather in May allowed farmers to catch up, especially last week.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart urged lawmakers to make gun dealers check for valid firearm owners identification cards before selling ammo.
KONKOL COLUMN: Picking the successor to Ald. Michael Scott Jr. should be more than just a family affair.
Mayor Lightfoot's re-election campaign kick-off starts with a fundraiser in River North Tuesday night.
Patrick Thompson submitted dozens of letters from friends, family and supporters urging the judge to spare him from serving prison time.
KONKOL COLUMN: Congressional candidate Jacqui Collins needs to get her message to voters if she is to overcome foes' big cash and big name.
KONKOL COLUMN: Ald. Sawyer — son of a mayor, receiver of a clout job, no-bid city contract winner and trash-tax creator — wants to be boss.
Sawyer, alderman for the 6th ward, becomes the fifth candidate to enter the race to unseat Lori Lightfoot in 2023.
KONKOL COLUMN: The six Republican candidates for Illinois governor need to answer real-world questions during Thursday night's debate.
"DCFS did nothing for two months," said Cook County Public Guardian Patrick Murphy.
Vallas served as CPS CEO from 1995 to 2001.
Former public schools chief Paul Vallas says "Chicago is burning" in video announcing his plans to run for mayor.
KONKOL COLUMN: State Rep. Buckner used the bloody weekend— when 51 people were shot and wounded, nine fatally — to make political headlines.
Days off are canceled for full-duty sworn members through May 31.
Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson is set to give away $25 coupons for food at Pete's Market and $2-a-gallon off gas at selection stations.
KONKOL COLUMN: Why isn't anyone running for governor — from either political party — campaigning on a promise to protect Illinois kids?
Scott's last day in office is June 3.
A new analysis of the 10 most populous U.S. cities that includes their largest underlying government units.
Police Supt. David Brown will give updates on "efforts to tamper the soaring violence impacting all Chicago communities."
A special committee voted 27-3 in favor of Bally's bid to build a casino. The full City Council is set to vote on the plan Wednesday.
Gas stations that refuse to post the stickers are fined $500 per day.
KONKOL: Altgeld Gardens residents want politicians to bring a grocery store to the isolated community. They got a white alderwoman instead.
The early vote-by-mail application option for Chicagoans was made available in March.
KONKOL COLUMN: On Friday, Chicago Teachers Union members will decide if the current leadership caucus deserve 3 more years.
Voters will not hvae to choose between two competing maps next month.
Also, starting this week, unattended minors are banned from visiting Millennium Park after 6 p.m. between Thursday and Sunday.
Blair died in 2007, trying to protect a classmate as a purported gang member opened fire on a crowded CTA bus.
Patch Poll Results: Nearly 4 in 10 of poll respondents indicated they would not vote for a candidate who disagrees with them on abortion.
Buckner represents a House district that stretches from Hyde Park to the Gold Coast.
KONKOL COLUMN: Illinois already protects abortion rights, yet Pritzker uses it to distract from other issues that make him vulnerable.
President Joe Biden spoke at a Kankakee farm before heading to Chicago as food costs surge as the war in Ukraine disrupts the supply chain.
Patch wants to know what will be the most important issue to you when deciding who will get your vote for Illinois governor this year.
"As long as I am mayor, the City of Chicago will continue to take a comprehensive approach to reproductive justice," Lightfoot said.
More than 37,000 properties will be part of Cook County’s Tax Sale running from May 12 through May 18. Find out how to avoid the tax sale.
The proposed $1.7 billion Bally's casino will have 3,400 slot machines, 500 table games, a 3,000-seat theater, 500-room hotel, and more.
KONKOL COLUMN: The target market for City Hall's tap-water-in-a-can brand should be folks who miss the taste of Lake Michigan water.
“Illinois is gonna be the Midwest destination, abortion capital destination of the country," Jesse Sullivan said.
City officials are celebrating National Drinking Water Week with a funny marketing campaign and cool-looking cans of "Chicagwa."
Chicago Heights Mayor David Gonzalez and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle to welcome volunteers from Rebuilding Together
Upscale grocery chain also set to close store at DePaul University Welcome Center in Lincoln Park.