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Hundreds of Illinois workers in industries spanning healthcare, restaurants retail and more are expected to be laid off in the coming months, the latest update from the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining (WARN) Act revealed. The update is part of the state law commonly known as the WARN Act, which...

UNITED STATES — A strengthening area of low pressure is set to track across the Great Lakes tonight into Friday, unleashing a surge of strong winds across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and parts of Wisconsin. Forecast wind projections show widespread gusts exceeding 40 mph, with pockets of 50–60 mph...

Over the past decade-plus of Windy City rescues, we've met some tenacious first responders on Chicago Fire, and Firehouse 51 just got the most unconventional of recruits with Lucy, played by Jeanine Mason. It's never a dull day on the first day at Firehouse on 51, but it's safe to...

Chicago pulled many of its school resource officers out of high schools, braced for chaos, and then... nothing like the meltdown critics predicted. Instead, a new study says the district’s community-led Whole School Safety process may offer a roadmap for districts across the country trying to rethink what safety in...

ABC7 Chicago's Jasmine Minor will join dancing with Chicago celebrities.

Chicago Teachers Union leaders are pushing for a day of no work and no school this spring in solidarity with the national May Day movement. The union’s House of Delegates — its largest governing body — approved a resolution Wednesday seeking “full support” from Chicago’s Board of Education and Mayor Brandon Johnson...

Tensions boiled over during Wednesday’s monthly meeting of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, where advocates for the unhoused brought proceedings to a standstill as they protested the impending closure of a tent encampment in a North Side park. Shouting broke out during the public comment portion of...

ABC7 Chicago has obtained video of the moments after strong winds pushed a stroller carrying a baby into Lake Michigan last month.

MICHIGAN CITY — A police officer fell down in the road in front of a high-speed chase and was nearly run over, but in the end, the incident helped convince the fleeing suspect to stop and surrender, police said. At one point, police said, Michigan City Police Officer Scott Paull ran out onto Interstate 94 to drag...

CHICAGO - A woman was found dead Thursday evening after apparently falling from a building on Chicago's Near North Side. Officers responded around 8:19 p.m. to the intersection of St. Clair and Ohio streets, according to the Chicago Police Department. When officers arrived, they found a 30-year-old woman lying...