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Expanding existing leased space near City Hall is crucial for the reborn Department of Environment and a new civilian police oversight commission, committee members were told. But some members complained there’s vacant government-owned space in their wards.

Instead, find a new way to honor the legendary movie critics, a suburban reader writes. should be found.

But Darien Harris will remain in jail because prosecutors said they plan to try him again for the murder of Rondell Moore at a BP gas station in Woodlawn on June 7, 2011.

While the last two wins have showed some substance, coach Billy Donovan knows his team’s path to success is first fixing the defensive lapses, and then taking it from there.

Coming off a 12-10 victory over the Vikings in which his offense did not score a touchdown, the Bears’ offensive coordinator needs to prove “we’re in the process of building something special” — as he said when the Bears were 0-3 — in the final five regular-season games of the…

Venezuelan refugee students add to diverse mix at Sullivan High School in Rogers Park.

“Forces of Pullman Labor” by Bernard Williams depicts Pullman’s labor history, a librarian writes.

The suspect is described as a man between 30 and 40 years old and longer than shoulder length, sandy brown-colored dreadlocks styled in twisted “rope braids” with light colored facial hair, the United States Postal Inspection Service said.

The unidentified 50-year-old was shot in his chest while in the back seat of a vehicle Tuesday morning in the 6600 block of South Hamilton Avenue, Chicago police said.

If folks want Illinois and Chicago to invest in core public services to build a decent quality of life for everyone, they must support elected officials willing to raise tax revenue to get the job done, a fiscal expert argues.

How long the former Bears’ No. 2 overall pick keeps them depends on Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett’s recovery from high ankle sprain surgery. Whether the Steelers are still headed for the postseason then — they’d be the fifth seed in the AFC were the season to end today — depends…