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.
CPS senior and mother, seeking asylum, arrested by ICE agents
A Chicago high school senior getting ready to graduate and on the verge of playing college soccer next year is now sitting in an ICE detention center in Kentucky, where his mom is also being held at a separate facility.
Smash-and-grab burglars hit 7 stores in Maine Township strip mall
Seven stores in a strip mall in Maine Township in unincorporated Cook County were burglarized overnight, after thieves smashed their windows, leaving business owners trying to pick up the pieces.
Breakthru Beverages drivers in Illinois on strike, citing unfair labor practices
The drivers for one of the state's largest distributors are on strike, and inventory at some bars has taken a hit.
New CPD directive limits where people can bring abandoned, stray animals
Per the policy, whoever finds the lost animal is advised to take it to the city shelter. Stray animals or surrenders will no longer be accepted at police stations in most cases.
Friends remember UIC student athlete killed in wrong-way crash on I-88 in Aurora
UIC's athletic department says Sariyah Watson, 21, was a sprinter on the track and field team, but to those who knew her off the track, she is remembered for so much more.
First bald eagles hatch in Chicago in more than 100 years
Three baby bald eagles were recently born in Chicago, the first time the national bird of the United States has hatched in the city in more than a century.