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The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new system at the O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant in Skokie.
Riot Fest organizers said they have started the restoration of Douglass Park after rain caused significant damage during the three-day music festival.
Four Chicago-area protesters say their DNA was unlawfully taken by DHS agents outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center. The government has moved to dismiss their case, one that a new Georgetown Law report cites as part of a "rapidly expanding" genetic surveillance program.
The family of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Franklin Park last year, has filed a tort claim against the federal government.
The Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation announced a new partnership with Endeavor Health on Thursday morning.
Smash-and-grab burglars backed their car into a gas station in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood Thursday to steal an ATM.
Someone broke into three different businesses in the Southwest Side's Chicago Lawn neighborhood just east of Marquette Park early Thursday.
President Trump denied Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's request for FEMA disaster assistance for the August storms that devastated Northern and Central Illinois, despite a letter from Republican Rep. Darin LaHood asking for help.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's legacy as a civil rights leader and presidential candidate stretches around the globe, and starting Thursday, a huge push has been launched online to ensure that spirit stays alive.
A local suburban woman who beat cancer twice created a foundation to provide wigs to children with the disease, and her organization is hosting a Family Fun Day Saturday.
In her "The Meg Way" podcast, 8-year-old Meg focuses on the White Sox, sometimes with mom Katie at their home in La Grange.
Chicago police early Thursday were searching for the burglars behind a smash-and-grab at a bar in the Little Italy community.
A crash disrupted busy Division Street near the Kennedy Expressway early Thursday morning.
Surveillance video this week showed a driver crashing into a restaurant in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood in what police said was an attempted ATM burglary.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is supporting an embattled candidate for school board president despite allegations of sexual harassment against the candidate.
