Watch CBS News
A judge says the father of two Indiana boys who drowned in a river can get mental health and drug treatment while in custody, rather than be released to participate in a drug treatment program.
The Mega Millions jackpot Friday is currently $900 million--or $513 million in a lump sum payment.
With chilly temperatures expected to continue well into next week, the CTA has turned on heat lamps at its train platforms.
With Halloween just around the corner, there are a scary amount of fun activities happening in the Chicago area. Here are our top picks.
One person was killed, and two others were injured early Thursday, when a motorcycle collided with a car in south suburban Burnham.
Police said a 25-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were walking near 95th and Bennett around 2:30 a.m., when a gunman walked up from behind and shot both of them.
Plans to expand a Chicago Public School in the Lincoln Square neighborhood have hit a roadblock after some neighbors are fighting to keep a piece of the community threatened by the project at Waters School.
Chicago police said a man fleeing police on the South Side collided with a squad car Wednesday night.
Developers want to build an office tower 19 stories tall at Halstead and Fulton, a building at Randolph and Sangamon could reach 53 stories.
A fire broke out at an apartment complex on 106th and Oglesby Wednesday night, on Chicago's South Side.
A group of Chicagoans are adding a little bit of good to the world by fixing up old bikes and shipping them to impoverished communities in Africa.
An 18-year-old student at Maine East High School in Park Ridge was charged with disorderly conduct after he posted a photo on Snapchat with a black weapon resembling a gun, police said.
It's an uncommon sight on the streets of Chicago: A diagonal crosswalk at State and Jackson in the Chicago Loop takes pedestrians across both directions of traffic.
Three weeks before Election Day, Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker is being sued by campaign staffers who filed a federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination--allegations Pritzker was quick to deny.
But Emanuel is also abandoning the 10 billion dollar pension borrowing he promised. That means the next mayor inherits a billion dollar worker pension bill with no plan to pay for it.
