Pregnant Teen Shot Dead, Baby Saved
A newborn baby was fighting for his life Wednesday afternoon, after his mother was shot and killed on the city's Southwest Side.
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A newborn baby was fighting for his life Wednesday afternoon, after his mother was shot and killed on the city's Southwest Side.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to talk the city trying to settle lawsuits over police torture allegations that have gone on for decades in Chicago.
The turf at Soldier Field is getting two thumbs up from the head of the Chicago Park District days after the Bears' first pre-season game.
Two Chicago companies are squaring off Monday over hot dogs.
A 68-year-old woman in Gary, Ind., sought shelter at a train station, and instead ended up traumatized and hospitalized after someone attacked and raped her at the Miller stop on the South Shore Line.
An 85-year-old man remains hospitalized after being shot during a robbery attempt in the Chatham neighborhood.
The pastor of South Barrington-based Willow Creek Community Church disputes claims made in an online petition which prompted the head of Starbucks to cancel a speaking engagement at a church-sponsored event.
There's no doubt about it – when you're driving along Western Avenue near the Eisenhower Expressway, you won't be able to miss a hot dog stand that goes out of its way to hire ex-convicts.
A federal judge has ruled that retired Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued for alleged police brutality conspiracies that happened under former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge.
With renewed worries about the economy in the wake of the downgrade of the nation's credit rating, nearly 10,000 people showed up for a job fair hosted by Congressman bobby Rush on Tuesday.
A suspect is still being questioned in the murder of a 6-year-old girl over the weekend, while police are questioning many people in the shooting of a 12-year-old girl last week.
Firefighting may be even more dangerous a job than we already knew.
If you have the time to drive out to Holland, Mich., this weekend, you might want to take part in a surfer rescue and rip current awareness class -- especially after the rough week on that side of Lake Michigan this week.
The number of Illinoisans telling the U.S. Census Bureau they're part of a same-sex couple has jumped significantly.
FedEx has just rolled six all-electric delivery trucks into service in Chicago, and they've really been turning heads.
Did you ever think about wearing earplugs to a concert? A local audiologist thinks you should.
Police in the southern suburbs were out in force this morning, serving arrest warrants.
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is proposing to raise tolls in order to pay for an ambitious $12 billion, 12-year construction program.
The city of Chicago officially has set a new record for rainfall in the month of July, as a new round of storms brought lightning that set homes on fire, and a serious threat of flooding continues.
Green acres could be sprouting up all over the city of Chicago if Mayor Rahm Emanuel has his way.
A new survey suggests you're probably paying too much for your smartphone's data plan.
A personality test given to prospective Chicago Public School teachers is no longer a do-or-die proposition.
He insists he didn't do it, but suspect in a 1957 murder in Sycamore is willingly coming back to Illinois to face charges here.
A west suburban man is suing the city of Naperville and a police officer over a false drunk driving arrest during the Memorial Day weekend.
A Northern Illinois University language arts professor is lamenting the passing of an era, and is trying to keep alive people's ability to write in cursive as many of us were taught in elementary school.
