Google buys Thompson Center from Illinois for $105M
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The state, meanwhile, will move nearly 1,800 employees from the Thompson Center and other downtown office space to the newly acquired building on South LaSalle Street.

Google buys Thompson Center from Illinois

Google is moving into the Thompson Center, the state building in downtown Chicago, officials announced Wednesday.

Chicago police looking for man and woman wanted for armed robbery on CTA train in the Loop

The robbers approached a passenger on a CTA Red Line train at State and Monroe. They grabbed the victim's purse, and stabbed another passenger who tried to come to the victim's aid.

Lincoln Park residents chase away 3 men seen putting up white supremacist stickers

"I followed them for a number of blocks, yelling at them, ‘Get out of our neighborhood, no Nazis are welcome in our neighborhood. This is Lincoln Park, we have no tolerance for hate or Nazis. Chicago has no tolerance for hate or Nazis.’ And they ran away, we ran them out,” Andy Krupp said.

Man, 18, charged with carjacking Lyft driver in Loop

A Chicago man is facing charges in the armed carjacking of a rideshare driver last April in the Loop.

Blue Island man charged in downtown Chicago robberies

A Blue Island man is facing charges after robbing a man inside a store and stealing merchandise from another business Sunday in the Loop.

Two women attacked at knifepoint in Red Line train robbery

Two women were attacked at knifepoint in a robbery while riding a CTA Red Line train early Monday in the Loop.

CTA worker found dead on tracks at Loop stop
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A CTA employee was found dead on tracks at the LaSalle and Van Buren stop in the Loop early Saturday.

Active shooter reported at Chicago's Willis Tower unfounded, police say
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There was a brief scare downtown Wednesday when Chicago police responded to a call of an active shooter at the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower.

Chicago cop punched by offender in the Loop

A Chicago police officer was punched by an offender in the Loop Wednesday night, police said.

Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly returns to Chicago for sex trial

R. Kelly has been returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two weeks after the disgraced R&B star was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking.