State Offering New Identification Cards For The Disabled
People with developmental disabilities can get wallet cards from the state of Illinois that might be useful if they find themselves in stressful situations with police.
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People with developmental disabilities can get wallet cards from the state of Illinois that might be useful if they find themselves in stressful situations with police.
Heavy lake effect snow created near-whiteout conditions in part of the Chicago area on Tuesday, threatening to dump up to 10 more inches on top of Monday's snow.
The Plumbers Union continued its more than 50-year-old tradition of dyeing the river green before the St. Patrick's Day Parade
Fifty Chicago Public School students competed Friday in the annual citywide Spelling Bee Championship at Lindblom High School for a slot to compete at the National Spelling Bee.
The grandfather of one of the two teenage girls murdered in Delphi, Indiana last month spoke publicly Thursday morning for the first time since the bodies were found in a wooded area.
Attorneys for two men convicted of the 1989 murder of a retired Chicago police sergeant's wife were headed to court Wednesday, seeking to prove their innocence based on DNA evidence and allegations of police torture.
A woman whose family said she developed a love for animals at a young age lost her life trying to save a dog from a river, police said Monday.
Road safety advocates were urging Illinois lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that would increase speed limits on interstates for the third time in the past decade.
Strong winds ripped off a huge section of the roof of the annex at Benito Juarez Community Academy in the Pilsen neighborhood overnight.
Street gang thieves repeatedly have broken into box cars at Norfolk Southern Railway yards on the South Side, and made off with more than 150 guns in three heists since 2014.
The judge suggested conflicts could arise if the defendants did not all participate equally in the crime but use the same public defender.
President Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday included a tribute to the widow of a Navy SEAL from Peoria who was killed in a terrorism raid in Yemen.
The reward for information leading to an arrest in the murders of two teenage girls in northwest Indiana has nearly doubled, thanks to donations from former Colts punter Pat McAfee and owner Jim Irsay.
An Indiana State Trooper has created a tongue-and-cheek public service announcement video that has gone viral.
A White Castle restaurant near Chicago is offering a playful promotion for McDonald's employees, after the fast food rival began testing a new snow crab sandwich in California.
Around 100 activists, artists and clergy gathered to promote immigrant artists and to denounce the president's immigration policies.
A 93-year-old South Side woman hit it big Friday with Publisher's Clearinghouse.
Top Democrats in Illinois have labeled Gov. Bruce Rauner a hypocrite, after the Illinois Republican Party criticized Comptroller Susana Mendoza for her purchase of a $32,000 used vehicle for her office.
Naperville police have asked for help identifying a man dressed in a tuxedo who wrote a note to a gas station clerk, claiming someone with a weapon had stolen his wallet.
Police were warning drivers after a credit card skimming device was found on a gas pump in Lake Station, Indiana.
Community leaders and activists are offering a monetary reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect who shot and killed 2-year-old Levontay White, Jr. on Tuesday in Lawndale.
"Ms. Williams showed an incredible generosity keeping her child alive so she can donate her organs to another person," the mayor said.
People of different races, faiths and ethnicities gathered across the river from Trump Tower and chanted "less wall, more tacos."
Clinic escorts and police watched a couple dozen activists quietly pray outside a Planned Parenthood clinic at LaSalle and Division.
The two men and two women accused of kidnapping a mentally disabled teenager, and posting live video of his torture on Facebook, have pleaded not guilty to a spate of felony charges.
