The U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over sanctuary city policies has been ...

Funnel clouds were reported Friday morning in Illinois and there was a Flood Warning for parts of the Chicago area into the ...

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metra train Friday near Brookfield, officials said. BNSF train service was impacted.

A community is making Chicago Proud, pulling together to put on a quinceañera after the guest of honor was diagnosed with ...

State police said an unauthorized person tried to get onto the property Friday afternoon in Kankakee.

Alderman Matt O'Shea says he was blindsided by cuts he calls drastic and unsafe in his ward's school communities. "That's ...

Three people are now facing charges, including child abduction and home invasion, in the kidnapping of a 2-year-old girl in ...

Chicago police have released images of a suspect wanted for spraying hateful graffiti around a Southwest Side neighborhood.

WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- The man convicted for killing a young boy in a hate crime stabbing has died, the sheriff's office ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A young boy was shot while riding in a drive-by shooting on Friday night, Chicago police said. The shooting happened in the 3700-block of W. 59th Place at about 9:35 p.m. in the West ...

July is National Grilling Month! There's a group in Chicago that's been firing up their grills year-round since 2009.

Day two of San Diego's Comic-Con found plenty of superheroes, toys and games - and a guy who's maybe too big a "force" in the ...