A 68-year-old woman was walking in the 5000 block of West Congress Parkway about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when a would-be robber showed a firearm and demanded her property, Chicago police said.

A Chicago non-profit is working to reverse the negative effects of historic redlining by revitalizing and transforming 205 acres of vacant land on the Mid-South Side of the city, ...

Police responded to a report of shots fired around 9:10 p.m. in the 300 block of East 116th Street. They found two men, 20 ...

Three people were shot in the West Pullman neighborhood on Tuesday night. Around 9:10 p.m. police found two men and a woman ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 30-year-old man was shot outside a West Side CTA Blue Line station Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. The man was on the sidewalk in the 700-block of South Cicero Avenue about 10 ...

There was a remarkable discovery on the city's South Side! CHICAGO - A new furry resident is making waves in Chicago. A ...

Sammie Clark, beaver researcher with Urban Rivers joined WGN’s Evening News at 6 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the contest.

Court Theatre will extend Lorraine Hansberry’s masterpiece, A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is ...

First Reformed Church of South Holland, an Underground Railroad site, will host the Midwest Underground Railroad Network ...

Explore the rich cultural heritage of Chicago's South Side, from the Great Migration to its enduring impact on culture, music ...

A robbery targeting a delivery driver on Chicago's West Side ended with a police chase and arrests in the south suburbs.

What I love about the book is that Tonika makes us think, feel, understand and head toward empathy in a way that a statistical report can’t do,” says co-author Maria Krysan.