The Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel slammed Joe Ricketts in a blistering statement Tuesday after racist emails from the patriarch of the Cubs-owning family were leaked and published online.

Kanye West’s free “Sunday Service” event in Chicago sold out in less than an hour of entrance tickets being released to the public Saturday.

The stars of HGTV’s “Windy City Rehab” are facing trouble with their latest construction projects after Chicago officials suspended their permit privileges and may pull their license entirely.

A judge has ruled some records of singer R. Kelly’s legal battle with his ex-wife could be released to the public as soon as next week.

R. Kelly’s lawyers want a Chicago judge to toss a 2019 lawsuit alleging the singer sexually abused a minor a little over 20 years ago. The Chicago Sun-Times reports their motion to dismiss was filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court. The lawsuit says the abuse occurred in 1998. Kelly’s attorneys say she had until 2002 to sue. But state...

Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Thursday to 11 new counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse.

Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Thursday to 11 new counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse.

Singer R. Kelly has been charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse, court records show.

A judge who ordered a default judgment against R. Kelly after the singer failed to respond to a lawsuit filed by one of his alleged victims now says the suit can proceed.

Public park advocates have filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago seeking to stop construction of former President Barack Obama’s presidential center.

Public park advocates have filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago seeking to stop construction of former President Barack Obama’s presidential center.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth knew she may need to vote on the Senate floor Thursday, but she wasn’t about to do it without her newest daughter.

Who doesn’t like babies? No one in the Senate, apparently — at least not enough to block a historic rules change that passed Wednesday allowing the newborns of members into the chamber.

Like something straight out of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a student played hooky to go to the Cubs’ home opener—and then he ran into his principal.

Yvonne Staples, whose voice and business acumen powered the success of the Staple Singers, her family’s hit-making gospel group that topped the charts in the early 1970s with the song “I’ll Take You There,” has died. She was 80. Staples died Tuesday at home in Chicago, according to Chicago funeral home Leak and Sons.

It’s a big day for Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who has given birth to a baby girl and made history doing so.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth announced Tuesday that she is expecting her second child, and will be the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has reportedly resigned amid a federal investigation into a no-bid contract awarded to one of her former employers.