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The Cook County Clerk's Office was rallying at Daley Plaza to encourage residents to register to vote. The Clerk's Office also announced new ways it's promoting voting among high school and college students.

There's an abundance of anger online and in person these days but one northern suburb is hoping to unite people around the cause of peace. Last week, leaders of Northbrook and the local Rotary Club dedicated a Peace Pole in front of Village Hall.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker called on the White House to help lower political tensions following the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

As you enter CTA train stations this week, you'll now notice Naloxone, or Narcan, vending machines at some of them.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports the Chicago City Council Finance Committee has given preliminary approval for a $90 million "global" settlement of claims tied to disgraced former police Sgt. Ronald Watts.

Two people are in custody following a police chase in the south suburbs Monday morning that prompted a shelter-in-place order near Harlem Avenue and Vollmer Road. The Matteson Police Department said it received a 9-1-1 call reporting several men acting suspiciously in a residential neighborhood along Central Avenue, just south of Vollmer Road. The subjects were reportedly armed with firearms.

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Aurora Mayor John Laesch is standing by his decision to keep city flags at full staff, despite an order from President Donald Trump to lower flags nationwide in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

A Lombard man was ordered held without pretrial release after authorities say he attacked multiple DuPage County sheriff's deputies during a court appearance, sending three to the hospital.

On Friday about 2 p.m., Hobart Police say they released an alert describing a car allegedly involved in a theft of multiple items from a retail area. When a Lake County Sheriff's Deputy saw the car in Gary and tried to stop it, the driver refused and led law enforcement on a high speed chase that ended near Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood. Police say three adults were arrested.

On Friday about 2 p.m., Hobart Police say they released an alert describing a car allegedly involved in a theft of multiple items from a retail area. When a Lake County Sheriff's Deputy saw the car in Gary and tried to stop it, the driver refused and led law enforcement on a high speed chase that ended near Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood. Police say three adults were arrested.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports the founder of the conservative Wirepoints research site has formally launched his Republican campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

An effort to detain a man at the DuPage County courthouse sends three deputies to the hospital.

Chicago's newest music venue has officially opened its doors in an unusual space.

DuMont was 81-years-old when he passed away on Wednesday, according to a statement by the Museum of Broadcast Communications. DuMont made his first appearance on radio in 1946 in Chicago, and went to work at many local radio and TV stations. DuMont founded the Museum of Broadcast Communications, which opened in 1987 in the Loop.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Chicago lawyers have agreed to pay $90 million to settle 176 misconduct claims tied to convicted former Chicago police Sergeant Ronald Watts.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on the findings of a new survey of Chicago-area public transit riders.

For the first time in 24 years, Cook County is getting a new chief judge. Timothy C. Evans lost reelection on Wednesday. He was the longest serving chief judge and the first African American elected to the post.

A Chicago man has been charged with attempted murder for a shooting last month in West Woodlawn. Chicago police and US marshals with the Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force arrested Nicholas Killingsworth Tuesday in Calumet City.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports downtown Chicago alderman Brendan Reilly says he'll challenge incumbent County Board president Toni Preckwinkle in next March's Democratic primary.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Governor Pritzker says the Chicago Bears need to pay the balance of a construction loan on Soldier Field before he can support tax breaks for a planned stadium in Arlington Heights.

From May 11th through August 30th, the Cook County Department of Public Health says suburban Cook County recorded 25 cases of West Nile virus. Local health officials encourage people to use EPA-registered insect repellents containing 20-percent to 50-percent DEET.

From May 11th through August 30th, the Cook County Department of Public Health says suburban Cook County recorded 25 cases of West Nile virus. Local health officials encourage people to use EPA-registered insect repellents containing 20-percent to 50-percent DEET.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the state is still preparing for a potential federal troop deployment to Chicago, despite signals from the White House that forces might be sent elsewhere.

Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM explains what you need to know about door-to-door scams.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Mayor Johnson says Chicago will launch new online resources to help people know their rights as ICE enforcement increases in the city.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Gov. Pritzker says the state has confirmed ICE agents have launched enhanced immigration enforcement in Chicago.

L'Arche Chicago has several group homes in the Chicago area, providing work and housing to adults with intellectual challenges.

Two men, one from the Chicago area, the other from Maryland, met for the first time in west suburban Maywood, three years after one of them made a life-saving donation of bone marrow to the other.

On Tuesday, Pilsen Community organizers gathered in front of St. Paul Catholic Church to announce El Grito Chicago will now be held there on Monday, September 15th.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports the Johnson Administration is pursuing a proposed change to city ordinance that would clear the way for the installation of more speed enforcement cameras on Chicago streets.

The Bears open strong before getting chased down by division rival Minnesota.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Chicago Bears executives have told season ticket holders they plan to build their new stadium in Arlington Heights.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports President Trump and Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson shared competing views on crime in the city.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports the man shot and wounded while walking to synagogue in October 2024 testified today at a City Hall hearing on anti-Semitic attacks in Chicago.

The Great Chicago Bed Race, hosted by the Chicago Furniture Bank, is set for Sunday, Sept. 28, outside Midwest Coast Brewing on the Near West Side. The inaugural fundraiser will feature teams of five–four pushers and one rider–decorating twin beds on wheels and racing them head-to-head down Walnut Street.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is expanding its HIV prevention services to include a new long-acting medication that requires only two injections a year. The treatment, called Yeztugo, was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is now available at all 13 Planned Parenthood health centers across the state.

A Chicago man has been charged after police say an argument inside a South Loop business ended in gunfire that killed another man.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has appointed the son of retired West side Alderman Walter Burnett to succeed him on City Council.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports a new survey of restaurant owners is re-kindling the debate over Chicago's plan to phase out "tip credit" for server's wages by 2028.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Chicago alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward) is urging Chicagoans to attend Mexican heritage and other celebrations in the city this month, even though ICE agents will reportedly target those communities for heightened enforcement.

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