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Author Dennis Breo joins Karen Conti to talk about the 60th anniversary of the Richard Speck murders in Chicago, where eight student nurses were killed. Dennis discusses Speck’s family upbringing and relationships, his complicated personality, the crime scene, how one victim, Corazon Amurao, survived, Speck’s defense a

One person was injured and the northbound lanes of I-57 were shut down for several hours in south suburban Harvey following an overnight shooting, according to Illinois State Police.

A man has been charged with trespassing at Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's home in Chicago on the Fourth of July after he allegedly jumped over a fence in the backyard, court documents show.

Illinois State Police investigated a shooting on the I-57 Expressway Monday morning.

Fifteen people were shot, one of them fatally, in gun-controlled Chicago between 11 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday, according to ABC 7. The shooting victim who succumbed to his wounds, a 43-year-old man, was standing outside with another man “in the Logan Square neighborhood’s 1600-block of North Washtenaw Avenue” whe

This monumental building, with its two towers and long open-air promenades on the lower and upper levels, is a century-old symbol of Chicago’s love for its beaches. The grand scale of the building and the romance of its arches and inner courtyards aren’t just picturesque. They create a spectacular gateway onto a broad,

DOWNTOWN — Groups of Chicago children and teenagers got the chance to explore some of the city’s top attractions on Saturday amid larger questions of who Downtown really belongs go. For My Block, My Hood, My City founder Jahmal Cole, the answer to that question is simple. “Repeat...

A six-story, 95-unit mixed-use building is on the table for 4730 North Clark Street, right where Andersonville's storefronts bump up against the eastern edge of Ravenswood and the green of Chase Park. The plan calls for ground-floor retail, apartments stacked above, and a small parking garage replacing a row of existin

CHICAGO (WGN) — Members of Chicago’s South Side community are upset after workers started to tear down a Bronzeville landmark late last week. The landmark — a large mural of historic Black musician and entertainer Nat King Cole on the side of a building near 43rd Street and King Drive — was partially taken down after t

A 56-year-old man was shot while standing outside in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, according to police, setting off a chain of events that ended with a minor crash near Loomis as he was being rushed to the hospital. He was struck in the rear and was being transported for treatment when the co