Free condoms available at Chicago Public Schools beginning this fall
Starting this fall, free condoms will be available at Chicago Public Schools with students fifth grade or older.
Chicago mom and her 3 kids graduate this year: ‘A long time in the making’
The 2021 graduation season has been a busy one for Chicago mom Alisa Perry Johnson. All three of her children graduated this year -- and so did Perry Johnson herself.
GoFundMe raises over $72k for Chicago student killed by stray bullet while sitting on CTA train
A 20-year-old University of Chicago student shot while sitting on a Green Line train has died after days in the hospital.
Chicago teenager blows his hand off using fireworks
The Chicago Fire Department said Sunday that they had just treated a teenager who is going to lose a hand due to a fireworks injury.
St. Paul-to-Chicago Amtrak: 2nd daily train expected in 2024
A second Amtrak passenger train that will run between St. Paul and Chicago is expected to begin daily service in 2024, after Minnesota lawmakers set aside $10 million for the project.
Illinois mom charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son
Child welfare investigators made nearly a dozen visits over two years to the northern Illinois home of a mother who’s been charged in the death of her 7-year-old son, according to a newspaper report.
Chemtool fire cause accidental, investigators say
Rockton fire officials announced on Friday, June 25 that the cause of the fire at the Chemtool facility was accidental.
Naperville EF-3 tornado: A look at the damage left behind
A tornado touched down in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois at 11 p.m. on Sunday, June 20 – leaving a path of destruction stretching through several neighborhoods in the area.
Chicago officers surprise kids with new basketball hoop after seeing them play with milk crate
Chicago police officers on Monday surprised a group of children with a new basketball hoop – after seeing them playing instead with a milk crate – and even stuck around to shoot hoops in the neighborhood.
Woman who was dragged from car, beaten and shot after minor traffic accident in Chicago has died
Video shared widely on social media shows a group of men swarming the car, then pulling out Yasmin Perez and beating her. Gyovanny Arzuaga, who was shot "execution-style," died that night.
Tornado rips up homes, knocks down trees and power lines in Chicago suburbs of Naperville, Woodridge
A tornado ripped off rooftops and knocked down trees in the Naperville and Woodridge areas overnight Sunday into Monday. Damage was also reported in Darien, Plainfield, Burr Ridge, Portage and South Haven.
Illinois chemical plant fire: Foam used contains 'forever chemicals'
A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic compounds that have tainted surface waters and groundwater across the U.S.
Illinois chemical plant fire: Private company's response key
Rockton fire officials reiterated their message that the fire is contained -- in large part due to the arrival of U.S. Fire Pump, a private industrial firefighting company.
Illinois chemical plant fire: Residents wait for word to return home
Residents evacuated from their homes after an explosion and fire at a northern Illinois chemical plant will still have to wait to return.
Illinois chemical plant fire: Foam brings blaze 'under control'
An industrial firefighting team continued battling a fire Tuesday that has consumed a chemical plant in northern Illinois and forced the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses.
Chicago mass shooting claims the lives of 3 mothers and a man who recently lost his close family
The attack is the third mass shooting in Chicago in little over a week and came at the end of a burst of violence that saw more than 25 people shot across the city in 10 hours.
Feds inspected Illinois chemical plant weeks before blast
A northern Illinois chemical plant that was rocked by an explosion and massive fires that prompted evacuations was inspected by a federal agency less than a month before the blast sent debris raining down onto nearby areas.
Body of Illinois man found in gas tanker hauled by truck
An Illinois man's body was found inside a tanker filled with gas after two truck drivers noticed the fuel wasn't flowing smoothly during unloading, police said.
Video shows suspects after 14-year-old Chicago girl shot in the head
Surveillance video shows at least three suspects involved in the shooting of a 14-year-old girl in Chicago.
Illinois exodus: Residents leaving the state in droves, data shows
Data shows the state of Illinois is losing residents, big time. So where are all these people and their tax dollars going?