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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.

“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…

Perch fishing on southern Lake Michigan leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

The 43-year-old was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was in good condition Tuesday morning after two men in a car opened fire on him.