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The Illinois Secretary of State’s office will offer DMV services at the 2024 Chicago Auto Show.This year, Secretary Alexi Giannoulias announced, for the first time, that business and archive alo...

Officially, Paczki Day is Tuesday, February 13 this year, but paczki season is already underway. In Poland, the sweet, filled doughnuts are traditionally eaten on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, no...

The city of Chicago has been seeing temperatures well above normal for several days, but record-breaking warmth is possible in the city later this week.While forecast models are suggesting that temper...

The Chicago Blackhawks will host the 2025 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, a league source confirmed Tuesday.Their opponents will be the St. Louis Blues.The NHL previously held the second Winter C...

Life just got a bit easier for one lucky Illinois Lottery player who struck it big while playing a $10 scratch-off with the promise of monthly payouts.According to the Illinois Lottery, the big winner...

For the second year in a row, the city of Chicago has turned to its citizens to come up with the funniest and most creative names for the city's snowplows. After 10,000 votes from people in the city, ...

A collection of sneakers that superstar Michael Jordan wore as he and the Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships has fetched $8 million at auction, setting a new record for game-worn sneakers, Sotheb...

Pretty soon those hard case I-PASS transponders will be a thing of the past .The Illinois Tollway is switching to sticker tags, which are now being sold online and at Jewel Osco locations.It's part of...

In the latest twist in the ongoing efforts to secure the Chicago Bears a new stadium, reports indicate that the team is focusing on the lakefront and not on Arlington Heights.The belief has been for a...

Chicago could soon see new public bathrooms.Ald. Daniel La Spata announced to residents last week that the city is on track to begin a new pilot program that would bring public bathrooms to the city. ...