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As he inches towards a decision to run for a second term, Mayor Brandon Johnson doubled down on his progressive agenda during an appearance before the City Club.

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged in connection with the beating and robbery of a 55-year-old man aboard a CTA train last fall. Artiz Haywood, 20, was arrested Tuesday by members of CPD's counterterrorism team. Investigators alleged Haywood was one of three people involved in the Oct. 21,...

Forty-four Evanston residents will be issued payments, after it became the first U.S. city to give publicly funded reparations.

Chicago Police Department sources have confirmed to WGN-TV that the vehicle stolen in a deadly carjacking Wednesday morning on the city's North Side, just several blocks east of Wrigley Field, was used in another homicide about an hour later on the South Side.

A popular east coast organic grocery store is coming to the Chicago suburbs, with at least two stores set to open this year and next. MOM's Organic Market, described as the "Northeast Mid-Atlantic’s leading independent organic grocer," will open stores in Naperville and Mount Prospect, according to a release from the...

A Riverside teenager was arrested last week for allegedly forging a deed and selling a home for $72,000 in Burbank, Palos Heights police said. Police took a report on November 20 from a manager for a Title Company in Palos Heights, who reported that they were the victim of a theft – namely the fraudulent sale of a...

Nearly 500 Voices from the Past Resurface (Image Credits: Unsplash) Legal scholar Dorothy Roberts delved into decades-old interview transcripts and uncovered profound insights into her family’s interracial marriage amid Chicago’s rigid racial divides. Nearly 500 Voices from the Past Resurface Robert Roberts, a white...

Chicago’s morning commute turned brutal when a rider was beaten and robbed aboard a CTA Red Line train, and now police are asking riders across the city to help track down the attacker. The assault happened around 11:41 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1, on a northbound Red Line train...

WGN Investigates regularly reported on lavish trips, pricey meals, and other questionable spending by Henyard and her entourage.

ILLINOIS — A bright fireball was reported just after 11:30 PM Tuesday night, with sightings stretching across parts of the Midwest and lower Great Lakes region. Based on reports submitted to the American Meteor Society, the meteor was visible across portions of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, moving...