In Chicago, volunteers light up the season of giving
"The need is very great within these communities."
Bears, Advocate Health deliver Christmas surprise to family who welcomed baby, lost son
Kimberly Cross lost her 12-year-old son to cancer just one week after giving birth to a baby girl.
"Christmas in the Wards" brings gifts to 700 Chicago families
While Dec. 25 was still days away, it felt like Christmas morning inside the McCormick Place on Saturday.
Thieves rob restaurant at gunpoint in Portage Park
It happened just before midnight at Gracie O'Malley's right after the suspects appeared to try to rob another restaurant nearby.
Both from Colombia, an officer and a migrant child bond at the Shop With A Cop event
"Now we want to give them as much a normal life as every young child should have."
CTA says maximum speeds of Yellow Line trains will be lowered after accident
On Nov. 16, all 38 people on a two-car Yellow Line, or Skokie Swift, train were hurt when the train braked – but failed to stop before crashing into a snow removal locomotive on the tracks.
Celebrating Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Chicago students give back to the community
"It's really cool to see young people so involved and so passionate about serving others."
Off-duty Chicago police officer killed in Tinley Park traffic crash
Village officials say both drivers were taken to Silver Cross Hospital where the officer was pronounced dead.
140 people become U.S. citizens at Museum of Science and Industry
The presiding judge said it was the first time they had ever conducted a naturalization ceremony at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Pressure mounts for Chicago to replace lead pipes as faster pace
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules last week calling for all lead pipes to be removed in a decade.
How will Chicago replace thousands of toxic lead pipes?
"We have the world's best water, and many, many households are drinking it through a toxic straw," said Rachel Havrelock, director of the Freshwater Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Man shot, killed by police in Elk Grove Village
Multiple officers were on the scene when the man walked out of a house with knife in hand, police said.
Residents escape overnight fire in west suburban Cicero; 25 people displaced
Red Cross volunteers are working with residents displaced by the fire.
More than 100 displaced by fire in West Chicago
"This is one of the fires where you walk through and expect to see somebody very seriously injured and we are very fortunate that did not happen today."
Want to help the unhoused? 'Give a Shi*t' offers tees from local artists
"This is one way I can contribute.