Chicago Police said a woman, 23, was sexually assaulted in a car near Palmer and Kedzie in Logan Square Sunday at around 2 a.m. This is the fourth such assault so far this year in the neighborhood.

The crash happened just after 5 a.m. Tuesday, before the sun came up, on a stretch of Milwaukee Avenue, north of Golf Road. Glenview Police said a Cook County Sheriff’s Department SUV hit a pedestrian...

The fire broke out at the Chicago Magnesium Casting Company at 141st and Seeley. Explosions were heard inside the facility. It was a hazardous materials situation, resulting in an extra alarm fire. No...

Nisei Lounge at 3439 North Sheffield has had a unique piece of decor outside since September of 2023 when the bar was burglarized in the early morning hours.

You never know when you’ll need one - but now you could be better prepared for what they’re like. A Chicago man is sharing reviews of the bathrooms in Chicago parks.

The medical team at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn celebrated their first pediatric heart transplant patient, a 15-year-old girl from East Chicago, three months after her surgery.

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for the entire Chicago area. The advisory will be in effect until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night.

Mayor Brandon Johnson testified in front of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, staunchly defending the city of Chicago and its immigrant sanctuary policies. Johnson’s opening statement alluded to the...

A senior Canadian government official says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not willing to lift Canada’s retaliatory tariffs if Trump leaves any tariffs on Canada, The official confirmed the stance on...

President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm U.S. manufacturers.

The Bears have made another trade to bolster their offensive line, as they’re set to acquire three-time Pro Bowl guard Joe Thuney in a trade with the Chiefs, a source confirmed Wednesday morning. The ...

The Trump administration wants to sell the Kluczynski Federal Building and ten other sites in Chicago as it pushes forward with plans to shrink the U.S. government. The Kluczynski has offices for the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson testified in front of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, staunchly defending the city of Chicago and its immigrant sanctuary policies. Johnson’s opening statement alluded to the...

Patrick Lee said his son Isaac would get so dizzy that he would sometimes pick him up from Woodlawn Middle School in a wheelchair. Scarlett Strezewski would come home with headaches, muscle spasms and...

Religious leaders standing with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant Refugee Rights like Pastor Michael Ware of North Shore Baptist Church see Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance as a moral obligation.

First-term Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin accused President Donald Trump of driving up costs while pushing for an “unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends” in the Democratic response to his fi...

President Donald Trump vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an address before Congress that left Democ...

Nearly 51 years after a 15-year-old girl disappeared from the south suburbs, police are once again asking for anyone with information about her to come forward. Nancy O’Sullivan disappeared on March 9...

Seven more Chicago architectural gems have been deemed endangered. “We claim to be America’s city of architecture, but you know, sometimes we don’t act like it,” Ward Miller of Preservation Chicago sa...

The proposed fur ban had been stuck in the council’s Committee on License and Consumer Protection for about a year and a half, but quickly was approved and sent to the full council this time.

Lawsuit filed against Evanston police accuses them of framing man for murder he did not commit

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union staged rallies at Chicago schools on Tuesday as they continue to fight for a new contract they say protects teachers and students.

Bradley freshman and Lake in the Hills Native Trevor Frey hit a golf ball 94-feet into a small hole in a poster across the entire court. A clip of the putt has gone viral. Frey won a brand new Mazda ...

The Arlington Heights Village Board approved a new agreement with a traffic consultant after the Bears front office resumed studying what redeveloping the old Arlington Park property would look like.

Another federal subpoena has been served at the Dolton Village Hall, seeking years of records. The “subpoena seeks records pursuant to an official criminal investigation.” Mayor Henyard did not attend...

The incident occurred outside Perspectives Leadership Academy, located at 85th and Layette, in the Chatham neighborhood. A school spokesperson confirmed that a student was wounded near the school and ...

The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy spotted a Chevy Cavalier registered to a man wanted in Lake County with, what they said, was an “extremely violent criminal history.”

President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, putting global markets on edge and setting up costly retaliations by the United States’ North Ameri...

Michigan City Police are investigating the death of a 5-year-old boy, and they’re asking for assistance from the public. Police and EMS responded to a residence on Normandy Drive on Sunday. It was re...

Spencer Knight got right to work with the Chicago Blackhawks. Knight started against the Los Angeles Kings in the goaltender’s first game since he was acquired in a trade with the Florida Panthers. He...

Johnny Merola spent more than three decades serving both the Cook County Sheriff’s Police and FBI Chicago as a task force officer before his retirement in 2024.

President Donald Trump on Monday directed a “pause” to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as Trump seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in...

South Side restaurant serving up Chicago style barbecue rib tips and links is getting national attention. “You know, normally the line is back, you know, wrapped around the building. Last week it was ...

Gov. JB Pritzker stopped by Madison County Monday to continue to push a proposal he says will benefit both Illinois college students and businesses.

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel isn’t ruling out the possibility of trying to get his old job back. Near the end of a nearly hour long interview before the Economic Club Emanuel was asked if he’d consider b...

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, a well regarded local historian and now brand ambassador at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, spoke with WBBM about some of the lesser known Black histori...

Opening statements are slated to begin this morning in the trial of Robert Crimo III., the man accused of murdering seven people and wounding four dozen others at the Highland Park 4th of July Parade.

President Donald Trump says 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war

The plan includes increasing service so that CTA buses arrive every 10 minutes or sooner on 20 key bus routes. The agency says this means riders won’t have to wait as long for the next bus if they mi...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has arrived in Washington D.C. for his expected testimony before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday, and the committee is hyping the expected confrontation in an online vid...

Students and parents at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates are grappling with the news of the unexpected deaths of two of their classmates, sophomore Litzy Flores, 16, and senior Yeferson Flores Ra...

Pope Francis suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said. Francis had inhaled “copious” amounts of mucus in an...

The Bears are restarting its traffic and economic impact studies, with Arlington Height officials saying they expect to have the reports in-hand within the coming days.

Opening statements are slated to begin this morning in the trial of Robert Crimo III., the man accused of murdering seven people and wounding four dozen others at the Highland Park 4th of July Parade.

Police were called to Rand Road near Lake Drive in Lakemoor for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found a man lying in the roadway with gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital ...

At around 9 p.m. Sunday, the impact scattered debris across a residential Woodridge intersection- 2400 block of Kildeer Street. The Tesla burst into flames, with police saying the two dead were inside...

“Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood...

March is known for stormy weather, and it’s also high season for storm chaser scams. It’s almost that time of the year when snow, rain, wind, lightning, and storms are all possible.

In more than three decades in Chicago, After School Matters has grown into a non-profit powerhouse that offers teenagers training not just in the Arts, where it started, but in sports, skills and more...