Bike ride and vigil held in honor of cycling safety advocate Riley O'Neil
A community will come together on Monday night to honor a city employee who dedicated his life to making Chicago streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
Stacey King, 3-time NBA champion with Chicago Bulls, dies at 59
Stacey King, who played on the first three NBA Champion Chicago Bulls teams with Michael Jordan in the 1990s, has died.
Person found dead in SUV surrounded by shell casings on Eisenhower Expressway
The Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for nearly nine hours in the western suburbs after a person was found dead in a vehicle surrounded by shell casings on the roadway.
Hoffman Estates Plan Commission rejects zoning change for new data center project
After Naperville recently rejected a proposed data center in its community, the same company proposed a facility in Hoffman Estates, but their request for a zoning change was voted down by the village's Plan Commission.
Chicago-bound flight diverted to Miami when passenger tries to open door mid-flight
A former professional MMA fighter from Chicago came to the rescue when an unruly passenger tried to open a Frontier Airlines door mid-flight on Sunday while the plane was headed to O'Hare International Airport.
Senate passes bill to keep Bears stadium in IL, but House adjourns with no vote
A last-minute push in the Illinois Senate passed to keep the Chicago Bears stadium in the state failed, at least for the moment, when the House adjourned without a vote. So what's next?
Spencer Leak Jr., vice president of Chicago's Leak & Sons Funeral Homes, dies at 56
Spencer Leak Jr., vice president of the renowned Leak & Sons Funeral Homes, has died, family confirmed.
New ideas floated to keep Bears in Illinois; stadium in Chicago back in play?
The unexpected development is that Chicago could be back in play for the Bears to build a new domed stadium in the city after all.
Experts warn of email scams posing as party invitations
Scammers are sending fake Evite-style texts and emails during graduation season, tricking people into sharing their personal passwords and security codes.
FBI agents shoot and kill man in Homan Square
One person was killed on Thursday afternoon after FBI agents opened fire on an SUV in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
CPS student detained by ICE for 2 months reunites with high school soccer team
The Chicago Public Schools senior who was released from an immigration detention facility in Kentucky after more than two months in custody had to check in with the feds again on Wednesday.
Mather H.S. senior detained by ICE released from federal custody, reunited with mother
A Chicago teen being held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Kentucky is now on his way home, after a judge allowed him to go free on bond just in time to graduate from high school.
Schlitz, "the beer that made Milwaukee famous," has deep Chicago ties
This weekend is the last call for one of America's most iconic beer brands. Schlitz, known as "the beer that made Milwaukee famous," also has deep ties to Chicago history and its architecture.
West Englewood fire that left 4 dead, 2 injured being investigated as arson
Two children and two adults are dead, and two other children are injured after a house fire in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood early Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.
Man accused of posing as art student, taking lewd photos, sexually abusing woman in Chicago
A man is being held in custody on charges that he tricked two young women into believing he was an art student working on a photography project in Chicago's Northalsted district, and went on to sexually abuse one of them.