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A Chicago office worker filming a mystery bird outside her high-rise window had no idea she was looking at a species fighting for survival in Illinois. The surprise sighting opened a window into a remarkable urban conservation story unfolding in the heart of the city.

CHICAGO (WGN) — Police say an investigation is underway on Saturday morning after a man was fatally shot while sitting in his car on the city’s West Side overnight. According to Chicago police, the deadly shooting unfolded around 2:15 a.m. in the 4200 block of West Monroe Street in West Garfield Park. Officers said the

A 5-year-old boy was critically injured in a shooting that also wounded a man early Saturday morning in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Governor J.B. Pritzker says electronic monitoring of a suspect on pretrial release did not work in the case of a ten-time convicted felon who was arrested in the governor’s back yard. Dwayne Milton, 46, was on electronic monitoring for a retail theft case when state police detained him at...

Douglass Park Pool reopened this summer, along with other park district pools. But due to what happened there last summer, the Park District reports widespread changes.

A man who hijacked a car with a 2-month-old baby inside and then drove two blocks while the child’s father clung to the vehicle’s hood was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday, according to court records. Pherris Harrington, 30, was on parole after serving half of...

The Save A Lot at 107th Street and Halsted Avenue is among seven Chicago locations slated to close.

A multi-vehicle crash has closed a ramp from DuSable Lake Shore Drive to the Stevenson Expressway Friday morning.

A juvenile is charged with causing a rollover crash that injured two Illinois State Police troopers in west suburban Cicero.

Illinois Department of Transportation employees discovered the body of 79-year-old Ali Mustapha Wahid while mowing near U.S. Highway 155 in Logan County.