CPS, Groupon Ask For Help To Give School Supplies To Needy Kids
It's almost back-to-school time, and the Chicago Public School system is asking for your help in providing supplies to kids who need them.
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It's almost back-to-school time, and the Chicago Public School system is asking for your help in providing supplies to kids who need them.
Alcohol is being blamed in a weekend crash that killed a 23-year-old woman on the Kennedy Expressway.
Five people were shot to death between Thursday night and early Friday morning in the city of Chicago, including two men whose bodies were found outside a South Deering neighborhood car wash.
A western suburb with a sizable Mexican-American population has been forced to cancel its Mexican Independence Day celebration this September.
The Chicago Crime Commission is on the receiving end of a lawsuit claiming the commission has the wrong guy.
A mother has become the second victim of a gang shooting in a Jeffery Manor neighborhood park, which also killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded two others.
A 23-year old man is set to appear for a bond hearing in DuPage County Wednesday morning, accused of murder and arson.
The emerald ash borer and the drought this summer are teaming up to give a one-two punch to ash trees in the area.
This week's heavy rain is long gone, but in the next few days we should be seeing more reminders of it – of the buzzing and biting variety.
A former Buddhist priest from the southwest suburbs has been brought back to the Chicago area to face charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has started taking it to the streets in an appeal for peace in Chicago's neighborhoods.
Wheaton College on Wednesday joined Catholic University of America in filing a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's requirement that employers, except for churches, provide insurance that covers birth control services.
A 19-year old Batavia man cooling his heels in the Kane County Jail, because of two weekend parties at his house and an attempt to escape from police custody on top of it.
When you go on a social networking site to tell your friends where you're eating or playing, don't think perfect strangers aren't seeing that as well.
Hot weather combined with little rain is not only scorching your lawn, it is also making it tough for farmers in northern Illinois.
Chicago Crime Scene Clean Up is a 5-year old company that specializes in cleaning up murder and death scenes, hoarder situations and meth labs that have been discovered by police.
The city is set to unveil a plan Monday for making Chicago an even greater cultural destination.
Illinois State Police are teaming up with Skokie and Lincolnwood police to try to catch "rogue riders" – people who recklessly drive racing motorcycles on the Edens Expressway.
A Brookfield man stands accused of neglecting the medical needs of his bedridden wife for years, refusing to even purchase a proper bed or basic first aid products while spending his wife's disability checks.
Hundreds of people lined up outside the United Center Thursday, and they all had one thing in common – they wanted to be the next American Idol.
The city of Chicago isn't the only place where young people have to worry about the possibility of being shot. One teenage girl from Joliet found that out twice in the last month.
Officials believe careless use of smoking materials is what caused a fire that killed a mother and son in south suburban Park Forest Tuesday.
The Chicago Public Schools system wants to give you a chance to play budget wizard, and determine how spending choices you would like would affect the school system's allotted $5 billion.
Sales of Taste of Chicago concert tickets continue to be lackluster.
Chicago Police are looking for two suspects who used a not-so-ordinary weapon during a hold-up overnight on the South Side.
