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Police said there have been at least eight carjackings this month in the 4th, 6th, and 22nd districts, involving attackers armed with handguns robbing rideshare drivers of their vehicles.
A woman on the South Side is using her urban garden to decrease scarcity and fear in the middle of a food desert.
Ten thousand jobs are ready for filling; several in the growing sector of transportation, distribution and logistics.
A newborn baby boy was found in a dresser in an alley in Chicago's Montclare neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Severe storms pounded for the Chicago area Tuesday night for the second night in a row, producing gusty and dangerous winds and torrential rain.
Trees make a neighborhood, but so many planted in Chicago are just inches from aging water pipelines.
There were no tornadoes like Monday night, but severe storms that pounded the Chicago area Tuesday evening did plenty of damage.
Dozens of COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed at a sprawling north suburban nursing home – despite 90 percent of the residents there being vaccinated.
The mother of two brothers charged in the murder of Chicago Police officer Ella French was taken into custody Tuesday after causing a disturbance at the hospital where one of her sons is being treated.
Some youngsters in Ghana who used to walk to school barefoot have new kicks – all thanks to a 12-year-old girl from Chicago.
A family said Officer Ella French helped save their baby's life – rushing the 1-month-old to the hospital with lightning speed after the baby girl was shot in the head.
"If I put all my energy towards worrying, I would drive myself crazy. So I put my energy toward peace. I put my energy towards love. I put my energy toward resilience."
Tributes this week are honoring fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French – a woman loved ones call fearless, confident, courageous, and brave.
"I was kind of barricaded in."
In Chicago in 2020, 4,135 people were shot -- nearly 1,500 more victims than the year prior and a jump of 36%.
