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Often, when hospitals earn low marks from Leapfrog and other groups, their leaders point fingers. At St. Bernard Hospital, leaders got to work.

“You can expect a lot of joy” one of the singers says of the in-demand group’s performances around Chicago.

A running list of Chicago restaurant openings and reopenings

Two Chicago police squad cars were struck by drivers overnight on the West and South Side. 

A massive holiday food giveaway took place Wednesday on Chicago’s South Side.

CHICAGO (AP) – A prominent Roman Catholic priest known for his activism has been reinstated as leader of his Chicago parish after being cleared by church

The Archdiocese of Chicago reinstated Father Michael Pleger, the firebrand South Side priest known for his advocacy of social justice causes.

The Chicago Archdiocese released a letter Saturday saying that a review board found “no reason to suspect” that the Rev. Michael Pfleger was guilty of the allegations. Pfleger had stepped away from his duties as pastor of St. Sabina Church in October during the review.

A prominent Roman Catholic priest known for his activism has been reinstated as leader of his Chicago parish after being cleared by church officials of allegations that he sexually abused a minor decades ago. The Chicago Archdiocese released a letter Saturday saying that a review board found “no reason to suspect” that the Rev. Michael Pfleger was guilty of the allegations. Pfleger had stepped away from his duties as pastor of St. Sabina Church in October during the review. That month, a man...

Expressing feelings of immense gratitude, the Rev. Michael Pfleger began his homily on Sunday by thanking his parishioners, friends and staff a day after he was reinstated at service following a second abuse allegation that was deemed unfounded.