CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Leo XIV and his family have a long history on Chicago's South Side. Long before Robert Prevost was elected by his fellow Cardinals, he was a friend to a South Side family.

A fire broke out early Thursday morning at massive school campus in the Portage Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.

A man has changed his plea to guilty for a deadly road rage stabbing in River North in 2022, court documents show.

Illinois Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi says he will run for the U.S. Senate opening with Dick Durbin's decision to not seek reelection.

The TSA is warning travelers that as of Wednesday, they will no longer be able to fly using a state-issued driver's license that is not a REAL ID.

A man has been found dead inside the same Grand Crossing assisted-living facility where a deadly police-involved shooting ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man is in custody after Chicago police said a woman was sexually assaulted Thursday night in Rogers Park.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- A pedestrian was killed in a north suburban hit-and-run crash early Thursday morning, Northbrook ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. (WLS) -- Three days after crime tape showed up at a northwest suburban home, police are providing some answers. Authorities showed up to a home near Warrington Road and Cumberland ...

Three teenagers were wounded in a shooting in the East Chatham neighborhood Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.

ABC7 is working to figure out why. This comes after Riley sent out an advisory to residents overnight, warning of a possible planned teen takeover in the area on Friday evening. The Chicago Police ...

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