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The pastor of one of Chicago's oldest Roman Catholic parishes Sunday is facing an allegation of child sex abuse and is removed from his duties, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.

Tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Northwest Chicago Film Society presents Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka , screening in a new 35mm print.

Eight people were shot in a 10-hour span starting Saturday evening across Chicago, including a 26-year-old man fatally shot in the North Austin neighborhood and three men injured when gunshots were fired into an Englewood lounge.

Chicago Diner, the city's foremost purveyor of veg Reuben sandwiches and other meat-free foods, turned 30 this year, and co-owner Jo A. Kaucher released a cookbook to celebrate.

A suburban Chicago man is accused of blinding a motorist in one eye by punching him during a road rage confrontation.

Looking for new, creative ways to decorate during the holiday season? How about creating something personal and environmentally friendly that will barely crack open your wallet? Recycled-material crafts make a fun family project and give a second life to otherwise discarded objects.

Troy Stefano DeFilippis, 18, of the 4N800 block of Honey Hill Circle, Wayne, was charged at 9:56 a.m. at 333 N. Randall Road with defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests.

There are so many concerts going on in the next seven days, that you'd think it were a holiday season or something.

DuPage family law firm Davi Law Group opens a new office to better serve individuals located in Chicago and Cook County.

Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: a federal Securities and Exchange Commission investigation is nothing to sneeze at.

The Goodman's New Stages festival will feature three staged readings and two full productions of new work by five Latino playwrights, including Pulitzer winner Quiara Alegria Hughes and finalist Kristoffer Diaz.

Chicago baker Paula Haney grew up in Indianapolis, went to high school at Brebeuf and attended college at IU.

For the past 20 years, the nonprofit Neighborhood Writing Alliance has run writing groups in city neighborhoods, mostly in branch libraries.

Chicago - -- A U.S. Coast Guard ship loaded with more than 1,200 Michigan Christmas trees has arrived in downtown Chicago.

Northwestern University announced today that Perkins+Will has won the job of designing the biomedical research building that'll replace Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital.

After Nelson Mandela died yesterday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a statement : "The world is sadder now because he has died; but we are comforted knowing that the world is better because he lived.

Now through the 31st, enjoy twelve holiday-inspired beers . If the entire list is consumed by New Year's Eve, a keepsake pint glass will be awarded.

We recently fell hard for a Moncler coat that was-yikes-$1,500. So this news makes us more than a little jolly: The brand of almost-never-on-sale outwear opened a shop at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago just under a week ago.

This winter, the Chicago Cultural Alliance presents a multicultural exhibit sharing ethnic holiday traditions including crafts, decorations and ceremonies from first voice perspectives with pop-up window displays and galleries in the Loop.

At least five people have been wounded in shootings on the West and South sides since late Thursday morning, authorities said.