Recent water testing in Elgin found elevated lead levels in drinking water in nearly half of the homes and buildings most at ...

Opening statements will be delivered in the trial of the man accused of fatally shooting Chicago Police Officer Andrés ...

CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded Monday night in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood. The ...

A Chicago woman has been charged in connection with a shooting that injured another woman following an argument in the city’s ...

Chalkbeat Chicago’s Becky Vevea explains why a bill to limit student cellphone use in classrooms stalled in Springfield, what it would have required, and how Gov. Pritzker still hopes to revive it ...

An Illinois man is facing multiple charges after allegedly trying to hit a pedestrian with his pickup truck and crashing into ...

A 16-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly stabbing and critically wounding a woman during a domestic incident Monday night on Chicago’s West Side, police said.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Pollution Action Day for Tuesday, July 15. Here's what to know ...

An Air Quality Alert remains in effect until midnight Tuesday night for several Chicago-area counties. Here's what to know.

New threats for Russia, and a renewed lifeline for Ukraine. President Donald Trump’s new approach to the war between those countries could have a major impact on the battlefield.

Police are looking for the person who struck another person last Friday in River North, causing him to become unconscious.

A fire that broke out early Monday in Blue Island sent one person to the hospital and damaged multiple buildings, officials ...