Chicago Defender Charities helps open new wellness center in Back of the Yards
The center will offer a wide range of services for the Back of the Yards community; including primary care, behavioral health, and weight loss and wellness programs.
City officials break ground on SACRED Apartments affordable housing complex
The five-story building at 9200 S. Burley Av. will include 81 units of affordable housing and 6,000 feet of retail space.
Illinois lawmakers pass $55B state budget, but no mass transit funding yet
The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as tobacco and vape products.
CPD searching for missing girls: Talayah Rogers, 3, and Taliayh Rogers, 5
Police have not said when or where the two girls went missing. Anyone who sees them is asked to call Area 2 special victims unit detectives at 312-747-8274.
Mother charged with stabbing 3 children in Englewood
Aurionah-Rakii-Karie Parker-White, 23, has been charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery.
Feds seek 12.5-year sentence for former IL House Speaker Michael Madigan
Federal prosecutors argued that, not only was Madigan's decades-long reign as speaker "steeped in corruption," but that he repeatedly lied on the stand at his trial.
$10K reward offered to help solve December shooting death in Morgan Park
On Dec. 4, 2024, 66-year-old Brian Phason was shot and killed while driving his car near 118th and Watkins.
2 motorcyclists dead in crash with 2 cars in Porter County, Indiana
Porter County Sheriff's police responded to the crash shortly after 1:45 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 6 and White Thorne Lane in Jackson Township.
Trump commutes sentence of former Gangster Disciples leader Larry Hoover
Hoover, 74, still faces the remainder of a 200-year sentence in Illinois for the 1973 murder of William "Pooky" Young.
3 elderly people, including 102-year-old, found shot to death in NW Indiana
Sheriff's officials said the shooting appears to be an isolated incident, and there is no threat to the public.
Illinois lawmaker proposes statue of Pope Leo XIV, funded by special license plates
Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) is seeking to have a statue of the Chicago-born pontiff built at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
Navy Pier Marina set to open to Chicago boaters next month
The facility is Chicago's first transient marina, allowing boaters short-term docking at Navy Pier to stop by for lunch or dinner, or park their boats overnight.
Boy, 5, dies after being hit by car in family's own driveway in St. Charles
Police said an immediate family member of the boy was driving when the boy was hit around 5:10 p.m. in a driveway in the 4000 block of Royal Fox Drive.
Pair charged with hate crime in attack on lesbian at McDonald's in Carpentersville
"I genuinely think that their plan was to kill me, and that they didn't care if they ended my life that day," victim Kady Grass said.
CPS board to hold community meeting Tuesday amid search for new CEO
Community meetings have been scheduled in all 10 of the school board's districts. Seven meetings have been held so far.