Community Gathers To Help Crossing Guard
A potluck benefit is being held in Evanston Friday night, to keep a beloved crossing guard from becoming homeless.
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A potluck benefit is being held in Evanston Friday night, to keep a beloved crossing guard from becoming homeless.
Could failed U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias be getting into the mayoral race to go up against Rahm Emanuel?
A small group gathered at St. Johannes Cemetery in Bensenville this morning for a final Veterans' Day observance.
As the families of veterans who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan remember and honor their loved ones, the commander in chief who sent them there is visiting Chicago today.
Two people were rescued early this morning from an extra-alarm fire, which shut down the entirety of downtown Lockport.
Teachers and classmates are remembering a teen who was killed by a hit-and-run vehicle in Des Plaines, as police continue to search for the offender.
The race to be the first mayor since 1989 will be in the political spotlight for months to come, and the involvement of Hollywood fundraisers is drawing ire on some fronts.
Whichever candidate wins the gubernatorial race will inherit a major state budget mess, and tough choices about possible spending cuts, tax increases, or both.
The races for governor and the U.S. Senate are going down to the wire Monday, as candidates from both sides make the most of their last day to campaign.
First Lady Michelle Obama and White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett were among those in attendance at Friday's funeral services for minister and civil rights activist Bishop Arthur Brazier.
Police are looking for two men who forced their way into a home in the Northwest Side's Sauganash neighborhood and tied the residents up with tape.
Online posts by a Notre Dame student indicate he was terrified as he filmed football practice on a hydraulic lift on Wednesday. "Holy f---, this is terrifying,'' he wrote. Minutes after posting his fears on Twitter and Facebook, the lift blew over in high winds, and he was killed.
Two Chicago Police officers are taking their boss to court, accusing Supt. Jody Weis of slander after they were accused and later cleared in a brutality investigation.
The roof of a house was ripped off near far southwest suburban Peotone Tuesday morning, possibly because of a tornado.
A suspect is in custody in connection with the triple murder of a 28-year-old woman, her 9-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old boy, who were all shot to death Sunday night at a home in Harvey.
The funeral of beloved Cabrini-Green shop owner Bassam "Ollie" Naoum was held Friday morning.
Officials are furious in several Chicago suburbs that were ravaged by summer floods, after federal disaster aid was denied.
The Fraternal Order of Police is threatening a lawsuit, after seven Chicago Police officers were stripped of their powers on claims that they beat a handcuffed suspect, only for two to be cleared within days.
Parents and activists have reached a tentative deal with the Chicago Public Schools that could end a month-long standoff at Whittier Elementary School.
Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley is back home Tuesday, after being hospitalized for pain in her leg in Washington, D.C.
The Chicago Public Schools are offering a compromise to end the stalemate over a field house at Whittier Elementary School, but parents aren't ready to end their sit-in just yet.
A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed over the weekend while riding his bike with friends in the Southwest Side's Marquette Park neighborhood, less than a block from his home.
Friends and family are planning a vigil for a Near North Side shopkeeper who was gunned down over the weekend, as police search for his killer.
The former Chicago alderman and longtime political power-broker known as "Fast Eddie" was sentenced to 10 months in prison Friday for a $1.5 million real estate kickback scheme.
The Lynwood police officer charged in the so-called "State Line" murder case has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder.
