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A sick little boy from Mundelein is keeping up with his school work thanks to an innovative teacher and technology.
A social sciences teacher at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights has been honored with as an outstanding teacher with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award.
If a gambling bill is going to come to a vote, it has to happen this week, according to the architect of the latest incarnation of legislation to expand gambling in Illinois.
A massive asteroid will be passing very close to earth, at least in astronomical terms, at 5:28 p.m. Tuesday.
The FBI says the Chase Bank branch at Dearborn and Ohio was robbed at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The body of a south suburban teenager was found yesterday on a beach in Indiana, miles from where he disappeared.
A Bolingbrook man and six teenagers are charged with being part of a burglary ring that is believed to have broken into dozens of homes.
A former Woodridge police officer has been caught, after being charged with pocketing $30,000 intended for the families of officers killed in the line of duty and going on the run for several months.
Three people are being held by police in connection with a shootout this week at a store near the Altgeld Gardens public housing complex on the Far South Side.
Cook County prosecutors have cleared three men of a rape and murder that occurred 20 years ago in south suburban Dixmoor.
Police in Valparaiso, Ind., are asking for help finding a fugitive who is accused of stabbing and critically injuring a man who had taken him into his home on Halloween night.
A group of men beat a 41-year-old man to death over a cell phone at a bus stop on 79th Street over the weekend, in an attack that a neighbor called "senseless."
A $200,000 expenditure for a wedding, and $250,000 for a board meeting in Monte Carlo, are among the alleged acts of improper spending by the failed Mutual Bank of Harvey.
Linda Blair, the child star of "The Exorcist," is in town for screenings of the 1973 film.
Registered sex offenders are not allowed to give out candy at Halloween, and police departments are gearing up to make sure they comply.
Wheeling police are asking for the public's help in solving a cold case, exactly 20 years later.
Police are looking into similarities between the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl and the attempted abduction of a 14-year-old girl.
An off-duty Harvey police officer shot and killed a man who opened fire in a south suburban bar overnight.
A man from Round Lake Park, charged with concealing his sister-in-law's homicide, has admitted to his role in the crime and agreed to testify against his wife.
Chicago Public Schools could be in for another round of closures and consolidations.
A shuttered barbecue take-out place in North Chicago was rammed by a car and stripped of its metal components, in what police say might be two separate crimes.
Seven down, at least three more to go – crews were still pulling sunken, battered boats from the bottom of Monroe Harbor on Tuesday, after last week's high winds and waves smashed them into a concrete lakefront wall.
At Chicago Marine Towing & Salvage, they've been towing boats and pulling stuff off the bottom of Lake Michigan for 155 years, and they're still going.
Rod Blagojevich is hoping support from the public can reduce his sentence for corruption.
An Aurora man has been charged in the Oct. 7 shooting death of a 5-year-old boy. The motive was reportedly revenge for an earlier shooting.
Chicago Transit Authority President Nora Leerhsen touted numerous innovations on the system Thursday — including a plan for some new benches that won't leave youngsters' feet hanging.
Chicago O'Hare's two largest carriers, American Airlines and United Airlines, are locked in a tense battle over the number of gates they're allotted.
The Anti-Cruelty Society urged Chicago area residents to protect their pets with dangerous cold coming Friday.
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking data about federal funding to 14 states and localities led by Democrats, including information from universities, and nonprofits within those states.
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking data about federal funding to 14 states and localities led by Democrats, including information from universities, and nonprofits within those states.
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said this week that he wants a mandatory retirement age of 75 for people running the federal government.
U.S. Rep. for Illinois Robin Kelly has introduced an amendment to the defense funding bill to prevent President Trump from taking over Greenland.
ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.
President Trump said he will not be imposing tariffs against European countries over their objections to his efforts to acquire Greenland.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were revealed on "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday. See the full list.
If you can't get enough of "Heated Rivalry," merch from the show is now available.
The 2026 Oscar nominations are out and Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" has set a new record with 16 nods. "One Battle After Another" was nominated 13 times.
It will be increasingly cloudy and breezy Thursday with evening flurries, before extreme cold arrives overnight. Highs in the mid-20s.
For Good Rescue wants to find forever homes for Toast and Paisley.
A school bus crashed into a depot in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood Thursday morning.
Dangerously cold conditions moving into the Chicago area are impacting local schools and commuters ad the city prepares for the drop.
An Arctic front is moving into the Chicago area, bringing the coldest weather since the 2019 Polar vortex.
School closings and moves to e-learning have been announced in Chicago, Illinois and Northwest Indiana ahead of frigid temperatures that prompted an Extreme Cold Warning.
Chicago Transit Authority President Nora Leerhsen touted numerous innovations on the system Thursday — including a plan for some new benches that won't leave youngsters' feet hanging.
Crews are responding to a water main break in Chicago's Arcadia Terrace neighborhood on Thursday.
Chicago O'Hare's two largest carriers, American Airlines and United Airlines, are locked in a tense battle over the number of gates they're allotted.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
$10 million settlement in case of Anthony Stringfellow, Jr. who took his own life while at Madden Mental Health Center
Aaron and Andre Richmond are both charged with sexually assaulting teenage girls they taught at Thornton Fractional High School District 215.
Chicago police issued a warning about a string of vehicle break-ins involving Honda Civics on the South Side.
Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall short, city employees and workers at the city's sister agencies owe a mountain of outstanding debt to the city.
Illinois led 47-30 at halftime thanks to a 25-4 run to end the half.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Johnson and Bears General Manager Ryan Poles both emphasized a back-to-square-one mentality for the team despite their success this season.
The New York Mets acquired Luis Robert Jr. in a trade with the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, filling a hole in center field.
Matas Buzelis added 21 points, Ayo Dosunmu scored 18, and Kevin Huerter added 14. All three players made four 3s.
Connor Bedard added an empty-net goal as the Blackhawks stopped a three-game slide. It was Bedard's first goal since returning from a right shoulder injury.
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.
Jurors began deliberating Thursday in the trial of a man from Chicago's Little Village community accused of trying to put a hit on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
Chicago police are warning about a string of burglaries over four days last week where thieves used sledgehammers and crowbars to bust through glass front doors or windows of businesses across the city.
ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.
Cook County Crime Stoppers announced Wednesday that they are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest in a shooting that killed a 17-year-old girl on Chicago's West Side this past weekend.
