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This is how the Chicago maestro of the Grant Park Music Festival got one week's notice, three days to rehearse and follow one strict rule to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime show. 

The Chicago Park District addressed reports that a homeless encampment has been cleared at Eugene Field Park. The district says it performed a routine coordinated cleaning but the encampment was not closed. 

The mayor of Gary, Indiana, is giving his fireside chat to talk about the city's future and his plan to lure the Chicago Bears to the city.

A daycare director in Round Lake Beach says she noticed troubling signs in an 8-year-old boy months before his death and tried to warn the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Portage, Indiana is preparing to present a rent-free proposal for the new Bears stadium.

Early voting across the Chicago area begins this month for the 2026 primary election in Illinois. Paris Schutz as a preview of the major races for local, state, and federal offices.

After 15 weeks and more than 2,300 miles on foot, 19 Buddhist monks finished their journey from Texas to Washington, D.C. The walk was meant to raise awareness about peace, drawing crowds along the way.

A Valparaiso family is preparing to sue a local school district, alleging it failed to properly treat their son after he was injured during football practice.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department has released new photos related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.

A UIC professor breaks down the Supreme Court’s tariff dispute and how the high court’s decision could reshape the way businesses challenge federal trade policies. 

A suburban man says he was tricked into sending tens of thousands of dollars to a fake online girlfriend created using artificial intelligence, part of a growing wave of high-tech romance fraud. 

Former FBI hostage negotiator Phil Andrew explains what happens behind the scenes in hostage and kidnapping investigations.