St. Charles police arrest five people in connection with human trafficking enterprise
It led to the discovery of a larger criminal enterprise involving Aurora, Chicago, Hanover Park, Elgin, and other communities.
Neighbors step up for 82-year-old ice cream truck operator who was robbed
Three suspects jumped into Wilfredo Cintron and his son's ice cream truck and took all the cash they had, before taking off.
3-year-old girl dies after falling from Bronzeville building
Police said they are investigating what led to the girl's death.
Northwestern football players hire lawyers amid hazing scandal
Northwestern also fired its head baseball coach, Jim Foster, after an investigation alleging he created a toxic culture during his first and only season with the school.
New Rainbow/PUSH president named as Rev. Jesse Jackson steps aside
Vice President Kamala Harris came to Chicago Sunday as Rev. Jesse Jackson steps aside as leader of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the civil rights group he founded in 1971.
Chicago weather: Powerful storms, tornadoes pound area
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least three tornados - two in Elgin, and one along a path from Burr Ridge to Stickney - and is surveying other storm damage from possible tornados.
Flooding stresses Flossmoor's century-old infrastructure
In a town where the infrastructure is more than 100 years old, leaders are working to prevent a tough situation from becoming worse.
Man charged with killing 10-year-old girl in Rockford held on $5 million bail
Antonio Monroe, 44, is a registered sex offender, and also is being investigated in connection with the death of a woman in Schaumburg.
Police say 10-year-old Rockford girl was killed by a sex offender
"I have a seven-year-old daughter and I just don't understand how someone has this in their being to do something like this."
Would-be rooftop robber shot in Lincoln Park
It's the second time in less than a week a would-be victim shot a suspected offender on the North Side.
Chicago's air quality this year is the worst recorded in a decade
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires, Fourth of July fireworks, heavy rain, and even the NASCAR Street Race could all have had an impact.
Still no water in Hawthorn Woods; Aqua Illinois says they're working on it
"The lack of communication provided to us, as consumers and customers of a local water company, has been horrible."
Highland Park holds somber remembrance one year after parade shooting
"One year ago we were shaken to our core," said Mayor Nancy Rotering.
Surveillance video shows West Town shooting using apparent assault-style rifle
"Anyone driving along Grand Avenue there could have been killed," said Irish Nobleman Pub owner Declan Morgan.
After SCOTUS strikes down Student Loan Forgiveness program, students say they'll suffer hardship
The ruling means 40 million Americans who stood to have thousands of dollars in debt wiped away will now have to pay up.