Elgin hosts first Pride Parade and Festival
Organizers initially started planning for the first Elgin Pride Festival in 2019 but had to postpone those plans year after year because of COVID-19.
Fans pack Soldier Field for first night of Taylor Swift Eras Tour concerts
More than 50,000 fans swarmed the lakefront stadium for the first of three sold-out shows.
Off-duty Chicago Police officer shot in arm on Near West Side
The officer was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County with a graze wound.
After witnessing a hit-and-run, she's pleading for the driver to come forward
Her memory is sharper than the dashcam video. She can picture the cyclist, riding on Montrose in Lincoln Square.
Joliet shelter-in-place order lifted; 3 in custody in search for burglary suspects
Joliet police said law enforcement agencies from DuPage County chased suspected car thieves in two stolen cars to Black Road and Junie Court, where four suspects took off running around 5 a.m.
The environment is at the center of new mosaic Pilsen art project
"There is power in art to get to people to be gathered together, to meet their community members and to be inspired, especially in the face of an emergency or a calamity such as climate or environmental issues."
Group of boaters help the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse shine once more
"It's part of Chicago's history and legacy of who we are."
Jeep dashcam video shows wild ride through Chicago Loop
"I've never seen something like that on YouTube or anywhere else."
Family still searching for answers in 2021 murder of Kristina DeJesus
Crime Stoppers is offering up to $15,000 for information that leads to a conviction.
South Loop Church helps migrants staying in crowded police station
One single mother from Venezuela and her four kids moved into the 1st District police station two weeks ago.
Dozens gather to mourn 4 students killed in Wheeling crash
So many students, teachers, and staff from the school showed up Thursday morning, Wheeling police had to help with traffic control.
Helicopters spray protection against the spongy moth
"That's all that they do is they eat and they grow and they eat and they grow."
For ex-Bull Joakim Noah, One City initiative "bigger than basketball"
One City will unite 28 community organizations working to prevent violence in the city. Each will have its own team.
Chicago medical student skips class to help care for newly-arrived migrants
Their patients are migrants who've been living in the lobbies of Chicago police stations and haven't seen a doctor since crossing the border.
Volunteers turn Pilsen warehouse into emergency shelter for dozens of migrants
There are at least 70 migrants living in a repurposed warehouse. All of them came from police stations.