2 bullets found in classroom at Joliet Central High School
Two bullets were found inside a classroom Wednesday morning at Joliet Central High School in Chicago's southwest suburbs.
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry celebrates 200 millionth visitor
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry celebrated a major milestone Wednesday, as it welcomed its 200 millionth visitor.
$13 million settlement reached in deadly tent collapse at Prairie Fest in 2015
A more than $13 million settlement has been reached in a string of lawsuits over a deadly tent collapse at a festival in Wood Dale, Illinois, in 2015.
Appeals court upholds Illinois ban on concealed firearms on public transit
A federal appeals court has upheld an Illinois law banning concealed firearms on public transit, finding it does not violate the Second Amendment.
Rush, University of Chicago, Northwestern team up for breast cancer research
The Chicago Breast Cancer Research Consortium is a first-of-its-kind collaboration, uniting all three nationally recognized hospitals to work on research together.
Two children, siblings Amiirah and Herman Gholston, missing from South Shore
Chicago police are searching for a young brother and sister who have been missing from the South Shore neighborhood since Saturday.
Pritzker says Trump administration already moving to deploy troops to Chicago
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday said the Trump administration has begun preparations to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, including members of the Texas National Guard.
Street named in honor of Fred Hampton, Black Panther leader killed by police in 1969
Fred Hampton Sr., a Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed in Chicago during a 1969 police raid, received an honorary street name on Saturday on the Near West Side.
Daddy Stroller Social Club spotlights paternal postpartum depression
Combining community, mental health awareness, and fatherhood; that's the mission of the Daddy Stroller Social Club. The Chicago chapter of the group met up Saturday morning at Harold Washington Park.
Porkchop Chicago BBQ restaurant in Edgewater heavily damaged by fire
A barbecue restaurant was heavily damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago.
1 dead, 4 wounded in Chicago Heights shooting
One person has died and four others were hospitalized after a shooting early Saturday morning in south suburban Chicago Heights.
Chicago Labor Day weekend shootings kill 8, hurt 51 others, police say
There have been 59 people shot in Chicago, eight of them fatally, over Labor Day weekend in 2025, according to police data.
Johnson signs executive order against possible deployment of federal agents to Chicago
The signing of the "Protecting Chicago Initiative" comes amid growing concerns of federal agents arriving in the city as soon as Friday.
Man charged in November 2024 shooting at Arlington Heights hotel
A Wisconsin man has been charged with shooting another man during a fight at a hotel in Chicago's northwest suburbs last year.
Couple arrested after kids found living in squalor; father found with child porn
Two parents have been arrested in Fox Lake, Illinois, after investigators found their children and pets living in squalor, and their father in possession of child pornography, police said.