President Biden's call for federal gun control laws comes amid a gun violence crisis in Chicago
The president wants Congress to take action on what he said are "rational, common-sense measures" to curb gun violence.
Chicago Police officer talking and alert after being shot in the head in West Englewood
Chicago Police are looking for the suspect, who does have an arrest record.
Woman scammed out of nearly $500 thinking she's posting bond
Scammers are targeting Zoom bond hearings – leaving families out of hundreds of dollars while leaving their loved ones locked up.
Chicagoans kick off Memorial Day weekend with music, mole, and mirth
This is all proof that despite some concerns about crime and safety in Chicago lately, Chicagoans are not about to stop coming out and having fun.
Chicago, suburbs, collar counties now at high community risk level for COVID-19, CDC says
Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady warned the advance to the high risk level was coming.
Wheaton woman opens up about being a COVID long hauler
"I went from being a very active person to barely being able to stand without getting so acutely dizzy."
City Council committee to vote on Chicago casino plan, which has some neighbors thinking of selling condos and leaving
There is still a push from nearby residents to stop the billon-dollar Bally's project that is planned for the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center site in River West.
Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker back at work four days after DUI arrest on Kennedy Expressway
Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker was arrested for driving drunk on the Kennedy Expressway last week, after being found sleeping at the wheel and blocking traffic.
Two friends share horrifying experience of being carjacked in Homewood gas station
Afterward, the suspects took police on a high-speed chase through Northwest Indiana before one of them jumped off a bridge just to get away.
Push for parents, community to step up after large group of teens, deadly chaos downtown
Following the chaos downtown last weekend that led to a teenage boy being shot dead in Millennium Park, there is a push for parents and the community to step up.
Questions, concerns, and skepticism dominate townhall on Chicago Bally's casino plan
Bally's Corporation won over Mayor Lori Lightfoot with their plan for a Chicago casino in River West, but now, they need to get the neighborhood onboard.
Resource officer at Joliet Township High School West connects with students on prom dance floor
There was a bigger purpose behind the officer's moves than just than an opportunity to cut up the rug.
Woman shot, killed after interrupting burglary in Auburn Gresham garage
She was wounded in the chest, back, and arm, and was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
Armed man in bank shot dead by police. They say he wasn't a robber.
Authorities say he started shooting, took hostages, and demanded that police be contacted. No one was hit by the gunfire. His motive was unclear.
Armed man is shot and killed at a Romeoville bank
Authorities said the suspect is talking with police, a social worker and negotiator on the scene.