Police said the woman was inside the home when a bullet came through a glass window. She was wounded in the left thigh and transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was listed ...

A person of interest is in custody and questioned about arson in connection to the death of a Chicago Fire Department captain, Chicago police said.

CFD investigators said the garage fire that led to the death of Captain David Meyer was started by someone igniting the ...

A warm Thursday will end cooler near the lake, with 70s inland and 50s-60s lakeside. Friday brings showers and storms, though severe weather is not expected.

KANKAKEE, Ill. (WLS) -- Three people died in a fiery south suburban crash early Sunday morning, officials said. Kankakee police said officers responded to the crash in the 900-block of South Cobb ...

A group beat up and critically injured a man in the West Loop on Sunday morning, and two other people were hurt while trying to help him, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday is Earth Day. The first observance was April 22, 1970. It was meant to raise awareness of our planet ...

The Northern Illinois Food Bank helps provide 250,000 meals to its neighbors each day. One way it works to reduce food waste ...

A zoo had to euthanize one of its gorillas this week, despite a yearslong effort to treat the ape's deteriorating brain.

Since mid-2024, a series of geomagnetic storms has made the auroras visible much farther south than usual, even as far as northern Florida. According to NASA, this is due to the sun reaching its ...

Dreams became reality for many fans in attendance as Lionel Messi took the pitch against the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field. The international star missed his team's last two MLS games in Chicago becau ...

Greenstone United Methodist Church has fallen on hard times. Neighbors are now doing their part to help the church that they ...