Pastor Luke Harris-Ferree and the Rev. Michael Woolf were arrested Friday while trying to meet and pray with detainees. They call on Gov. JB Pritzker to answer for the excessive use of force by police who aided ICE.

Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.

Airlines are bracing for mass cancellations as unpaid air traffic controllers strain under a historic government shutdown, while anxious fliers wait to learn if their weekend plans will take off.

Nearly 2 million people in Illinois may lose food assistance starting Saturday because of the government shutdown. The state and food pantries say they can’t match the $350 million that SNAP provides each month.

Elected officials, community leaders and residents speak out against federal agents who they say are “terrorizing a progressive sanctuary city.” On Friday, five people without legal status were arrested in the area.

Two mechanical registers built in the 1940s were used at the Andersonville bar and restaurant for decades. Now, owner Michael Roper wants to give them a second life.

After Border Patrol agents rammed a car they were pursuing, causing it to spin and crash, on Tuesday, the Chicago community raised questions and concerns about the controversial tactic.

About 300 swimmers participated in the event, marveling at the clean water and festive atmosphere. Event organizers say they'll donate $100,000 to ALS research and $50,000 to fund swim lessons for about 2,000 youths at the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center.

Police have said Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, 6, was last seen alive in October 2022, but wasn’t reported missing until a welfare check was conducted at his family’s...

No Kings protests were held Saturday in nearly 2,000 places across the U.S. The protests were planned on the same day as the military parade in D.C. that...

Members of Evanston’s 82nd City Council were inaugurated Monday, beginning a four-year term that is slated to shape key city initiatives like Envision Evanston 2045 and the future home of city operati...

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