Englewood Students March To "Make The Violence Stop"
Students from the Englewood neighborhood raised their voices loud and clear Tuesday morning as they staged a peace march through their community.
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Students from the Englewood neighborhood raised their voices loud and clear Tuesday morning as they staged a peace march through their community.
The Cubs are getting ready for their home opener, and coming off a 97-win season and a trip to the National League Championship Series, hope is sky high this will be the year.
Students from nine Midwestern universities will be competing Saturday for a chance to have an impact on one of the neediest neighborhoods in Chicago.
The widow of the Fox Lake police officer who killed himself last fall has pleaded not guilty to new charges of conspiracy and misuse of charitable funds, reports WBBM's Bernie Tafoya.
A Wisconsin limousine company has been ordered to shut down immediately, after a recent fatal accident in Illinois.
It has sat vacant for nearly 15 years, and become a popular target for graffiti artists, but the old Cook County Hospital building could get new life as a hotel and apartment building, with stores at ground level.
Southwest suburban Minooka took a few good-natured pokes Monday night when hometown star Nick Offerman was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the two presented some events from the village's community calendar.
A construction worker was killed and three others were injured when a 45-ton steel beam fell as it was being removed from the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway bridge over Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines early Tuesday.
The Illinois Lottery had a Day of Luck promotion on Monday, giving away thousands of dollars worth of free gasoline, groceries, meals and sweets throughout the state.
A laundromat in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood was destroyed overnight when flames raged for more than three hours before firefighters put out the fire.
The 61,000 students who attend Chicago public charter schools are in school today, because teachers are not part of today's one-day strike.
It's that time of year when high school students start getting ready for prom, and there are options for some girls having a tough time paying for a new dress.
Workers at O'Hare International Airport planned to rally for better pay Thursday morning, after beginning a 24-hour strike, but the question was how much impact they were having on operations.
Nineteen male students, coaches, and administrators at Saint Xavier University walked a mile in women's shoes on Wednesday, to help bring attention to the issue of sexual assaults against women on college campuses across the country.
When firefighters arrived at the scene in the 1000 block of North Hamlin Avenue shortly before 1 a.m., heavy flames were shooting out of the second floor apartments above a corner grocery store.
The principal of Waukegan High School is back at work after nearly a year away to serve his country and recover from injuries suffered in Afghanistan.
The girl was taken to Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago for treatment. She was released Tuesday morning. She was expected to make a full recovery.
Palos Community Hospital and Orland Park have reached an agreement to save a hospital-run fitness center that was supposed to close in a few weeks.
An 88-year-old woman was safe at home on Thursday, after a 14-year-old carjacker stole a car while she was in the back seat.
A downtown Elgin church is putting a new spin on taking the church to the people with drive-by or drive-up communion.
As spring break gets underway in many areas, the U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert for Europe, warning American citizens of a potential threat throughout the continent after Tuesday's attacks in Belgium, and other recent bombings in Turkey.
A Chicago area recycling company is stepping up its recycling capabilities and plans to hire more people to do it.
Chicago police have increased security at airports, and train and bus stations in the city, in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Belgium.
If you're driving near any of the Chicago area's forest preserves over the next few weeks, don't be surprised if you see some smoke and fires. It's the time of year for "controlled burns."
An off-duty Chicago police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire early Monday in the Washington Heights neighborhood, after a would-be robber told an accomplice to "shoot him."
