Chicago IL

As attacks mount against Black-led cities across the country, two big-city leaders—Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson—say their records tell a different story: communities are now safer, stronger, and more resilient than critics want the public to believe. Chicago’s Numbers Paint a...

Some Grant Park vendors say increased special events and festivals are causing them to lose business.

Officers were pursuing the driver for hitting several Chicago police vehicles.

Some newsstands installed in Chicago will offer medication instead of newspapers.

It’s no secret that grocery costs in Chicago are through the roof, and if you’ve been feeling the pinch, there’s a good chance you’ve become a dedicated ALDI shopper. Well now the Batavia, IL-based, budget grocery chain is giving back to its most loyal shoppers, launching an exclusive members club and giving away...

A hospital in Chicago's Portage Park has garnered the nickname the "death hospital." We spoke to Manny Ramos from Block Club Chicago to discuss his reporting on what problems have been plaguing the facility.

The FBI captured a man from Illinois who was one of their top 10 most wanted fugitives.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering the mother of his children while he was on bail for gun charges. Edward Roscoe, 33, pleaded guilty on Monday to fatally shooting 30-year-old Jessica Johnson inside her SUV on April 25, 2021, and to possessing a firearm in the earlier case. Judge...

An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting of the godson of community activist Pastor Corey Brooks, Chicago police said Wednesday.

PORTAGE PARK — In December 2022, two weeks before Christmas, paramedics rushed a 27-year-old woman to Community First Medical Center after her family reported she was struggling to breathe. It was L.G.’s second visit to the Portage Park hospital in three days. The first time she was there, she...