NW Indiana residents demand accountability as NIPSCO outage deadline looms
Two weeks after devastating storms hit Northwest Indiana, more than 1,300 homes and businesses were still without power on Tuesday afternoon.
Suburban parents fighting to keep autistic daughter in neighborhood school
She was counting down the days to the first day of 5th grade until her school district told her she didn't have a spot there. Now, a federal judge has ordered the district to put the 10-year-old girl with autism back in her neighborhood school.
Former Windy City Ghostbusters member accused of taking control of charity
Who you gonna call if someone locks you out of your own charity? That's the question members of a Ghostbusters-themed nonprofit say they're asking.
New power outages in parts of Northwest Indiana affecting thousands
Thousands of people in Northwest Indiana who recently got power back after last week's severe storms have lost service again.
Residents at South Shore high-rise unionize to fight new billing system
Residents of Ogleby Towers on Wednesday morning spoke out about the system that constantly changes their rent, which they say makes it hard to budget.
Experts weigh in on ad from Chicago mayoral candidate claiming homicides are down
An ad by mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza claims that homicides are down in Chicago due to the work of trauma surgeons. Some say the ad is misleading, but it brings back the conversation about gun violence.
Funeral home where 56 decomposing bodies were found last inspected in October
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation last inspected South Chicago Chapel funeral home in October, 10 months before 56 decomposing bodies were found there.
Decomposing bodies found at funeral home raise questions about state oversight
The discovery of dozens of decomposing bodies at a Chicago funeral home run by a couple with a history of mishandling human remains has raised questions about how Illinois regulates the funeral home and crematory industries.
Why didn't state act sooner against funeral home where 56 decomposing bodies were found?
Many unanswered questions remain after 56 decomposing bodies were found inside a Chicago funeral home last week.
Mysterious charges for tollway drivers caused by extra digit in internal codes
An Illinois Tollway glitch that left thousands of drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls stemmed from an extra digit in codes within the system's computers, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
South Holland woman says name-changing contractor scammed her out of thousands
A South Holland woman said she was left high and dry after paying thousands of dollars to have her swimming pool fixed, only for the contractor to vanish.
Elgin man fights to get refund from eBay after fake tracking number scam
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
Illinois tollway drivers frustrated after unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Storytellers Summer Camp in Hyde Park helps kids, teens heal after violent loss
The summer camp serves about 75 kids every year, with the mission to help them heal from a violent loss.
Foster dad loses home, job after falsely landing on sex offender registry
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.