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Some students on a school bus saw the boy with the gun on Wednesday, and told the principal about it after getting off the bus.
A new study finds it takes 69% of a minimum wage worker's take-home pay to afford the median rent in Chicago, before any other expenses.
Snow and a wintry mix are expected to continue throughout the day.
Antoine Jackson, of Woodlawn, has been charged with one count each of attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated sexual abuse, robbery, and aggravated battery.
Teens riding the CTA found guns pointed in their faces.
The world is closer to Doomsday than ever before.
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Millennium Station was evacuated for about half an hour Thursday morning after fire alarms and sprinklers started going off, compounding delays for the Metra Electric District following wire problems.
Qin Zheng, 54, was last seen on the 5500 block of West Wilson, police said.
If you missed seeing Barack and Michelle Obama's portraits in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, you are in luck.
Participants can try activities such as roller sled hockey, handcycling, wheelchair racing, boccia and yoga.
If you own a trailer, the new license plate fee might empty your pockets starting this year.
Thieves wearing masks stole an ATM from a liquor store in Chicago's River West neighborhood.
A weak system will be with us for a few days, bringing light precipitation in the form of snow, then a rain-snow mix, then rain, and then snow once more.
A New Trier High School graduate who became a celebrity sports gambler was charged Wednesday with defrauding a person out of $9.6 million.
"Road Closed" barriers on the North Side are causing huge headaches for some people living in the Edgewater neighborhood in Chicago. Part of Ridge Road has been closed for work on the sewer underneath, so instead some drivers are choosing to head down side streets like Ardmore Avenue, and neighbors have sounded the alarm.
Supreme Court justices appear torn between the power of lower courts to halt President Trump's executive orders and the merits of his order seeking to end birthright citizenship.
Soldier Field says the concert will not start before 9 p.m. Sara Machi reports.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast of severe storms moving into the Chicago area on Thursday.
The recent surprise visit from the Chicago Sinfonietta was inspired by the recent naming of the Shedd’s new beluga calf, Opus.
Big names continue to leave Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration, with his chief legal counsel announcing her retirement this week. Analysts said the wave of departures at City Hall is problematic.
The City Council Finance Committee backed a deal allowing Chicago's parking meters to be sold from one private company to another, as part of an agreement that would see the city start to net a share of future profits.
Gov. JB Pritzker is setting up a new group within state government to explore more regulations for artificial intelligence as calls grow across the country for new restrictions.
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday was set to hear legal arguments in a years-long case over whether Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct can have their disciplinary hearings held behind closed doors.
Benjamin Netanyahu focused on Iran, and on defending Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank amid condemnation from fellow leaders at the U.N.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club by stealing his 40th base to go along with his major league-leading 45 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched their second straight postseason berth with a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins.
A community meeting was underway Thursday evening in southwest suburban Boulder Hill, with neighbors voicing concerns about a new overnight emergency shelter serving the unhoused coming to their community.
People in west suburban Medinah are protesting a planned visit by President Trump during the PGA’s Presidents Cup golf tournament this weekend.
The City Council Finance Committee backed a deal allowing Chicago's parking meters to be sold from one private company to another, as part of an agreement that would see the city start to net a share of future profits.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert weather forecast.
Three people were injured in an apartment fire in Woodridge Thursday. Natural gas fed the flames.
The Cubs will play in the NL Wild Card round. The White Sox still have a chance to win the AL Central and a first-round bye if they can win one more game than the Guardians this weekend.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Three people were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A community meeting was underway Thursday evening in southwest suburban Boulder Hill, with neighbors voicing concerns about a new overnight emergency shelter serving the unhoused coming to their community.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
They're not regular donuts, they're quantum donuts. That's the pitch from a business hoping to get more dough as a massive new quantum computing campus continues construction in South Chicago.
Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club by stealing his 40th base to go along with his major league-leading 45 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched their second straight postseason berth with a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins.
The Chicago White Sox became the first team to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons by reaching the playoffs on Thursday, throttling the Kansas City Royals 9-1 to ensure no worse than one of the three AL wild-card spots for the postseason.
History was made during the regular-season finale at Wrigley Field Thursday, as Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first player in Cubs history to join the 40-40 Club.
The Cubs and White Sox will both play in the postseason for the first time since 2020, after clinching playoff spots within a matter of minutes of each other on Thursday afternoon.
Kyle Stowers homered and the Miami Marlins denied the Chicago Cubs a chance to clinch a playoff berth for the second straight night with a 3-2 victory Wednesday.
Three people were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A Mundelein, Illinois, high school teacher and volleyball coach appeared in court Wednesday morning on charges of making an unauthorized video recording of a minor.
A third person stood charged Wednesday in an incident in which a man was shoved off a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train and killed.
