While most government functions will not be operating on Monday, most grocery stores, big box stores and restaurants will remain open. Major chain stores such as Target, Costco, Walmart, The Home Depot, Jewel-Osco and Mariano's will remain open on the holiday.

Chicago’s Pulaski Savings Bank was seized by regulators Friday evening, with most of its assets to be assumed by Millennium Bank.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s unpopularity has created far more interest in establishing a recall process. Johnson or no Johnson, let’s do it.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Servic) High temperature: 60 degrees (1949) Low temperature: Minus 19 degrees (1979) Precipitation: 0.

A $500,000 jackpot-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was sold in a Chicago suburb over the weekend with the winner yet to come forward.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 35-year-old woman was killed in a shooting on the Northwest Side Thursday morning, Chicago police said. The shooting took place at about 4:50 a.m. in the 5800-block of West Newport Avenue.

State’s attorneys in Illinois’ 15 largest counties largely comply with the 2015 law ... except St. Clair, Madison and Will counties.

Public charging for electric trucks — including the largest semi-trailers — is on the way in Illinois. The state has landed a $100 million federal grant for the construction of 14 public charging stations for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

An Amber Alert was issued for a missing 4-year-old girl in Rock Island, Illinois. The child was found safe, and five people have been arrested.

The ticket was bought by a lucky winner at the International House of Wine and Cheese​ in Richmond at 11302 U.S. Highway 12.

Several Illinois counties that have explored the idea of secession might be welcomed with open arms in Indiana. Legislators in Indiana’s Republican-majority General Assembly have introduced a house bill that would establish a commission to discuss whether it’s advisable to adjust the boundary between Illinois and Indiana.

Tom Homan said last month at a Republican Party event in Chicago he would hit the ground running in the city with his plan to remove illegal immigrants.