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Environmental concerns and gun laws take center stage in Illinois
‘The Point’ airs on WGN and streams on WGN+ each weeknight at 6:45 p.m. CT…
Selective prosecution claims in 'Broadview Six' case the result of 'fevered paranoia,' feds say
Federal prosecutors in Chicago delivered a full-throated defense Monday of the conspiracy case leveled against the so-ca…
Boy, 17, shot in South Chicago
A teenage boy was hurt in a shooting in South Chicago Sunday night, police said. The boy, 17, was on a sidewalk in the 8…
One person dies after car crash on Eisenhower Expressway
One person died after a three-car crash on the Eisenhower Expressway early Sunday, according to Illinois State Police. T…
'No Kings' rallies kick off in Evanston, Cicero and Lincoln Square as hundreds expected to protest in Chicago
As Joanne Bertalan sat in her wheelchair on a crisp and sunny morning during Evanston's "No Kings" rally, she thought ba…
SAVE Act looks like racist laws of the past
When Kansas implemented its version of the Trump administration’s looming voter-suppression law, it denied at least 31,0…
Macquline King, CPS grad and principal who led through mass school closures, rises to CEO
Macquline King was a young principal working hard at a small South Side elementary when she got word that her school was…
Activists protest ICE agents at O'Hare Airport
Demonstrators gathered Friday evening at O’Hare International Airport to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen…
Illinois clamps down on Houston to reach Elite Eight
HOUSTON — David Mirkovic had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and third-seeded Illinois flexed its defensive muscles to elimin…
Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to …
Mayor Vetoes Tipped Wage Freeze, Overruling Council For 3rd Time In Past Year
On Wednesday, Mayor Brandon Johnson overturned last week's City Council's vote that would have paused an increase in the…
State lawmakers advance bill to keep immigration detention centers out of communities like suburban Broadview
State lawmakers are taking steps to, in the future, keep immigration detention centers out of communities. Under a bill …
Sheridan Gorman’s killing puts Chicago back at the center of America's bitter fight over immigration
Months after President Donald Trump ended a pummeling deportation blitz in Chicago, the city and its “sanctuary” policie…
Chicago takes another baby step toward reparations
Chicago is taking yet another baby step along the road toward providing some form of reparations for descendants of Afri…
Chicago man charged with threatening shooting at synagogue
A Chicago man has been charged with threatening on social media to carrying out a shooting at a synagogue earlier this m…
Judge rules Broadview protest curfew violates First Amendment
A federal Judge on Sunday struck down the village of Broadview’s curfew on protests, ruling that restrictions set by sub…
2 Illinois State University students, 2 kids among 6 shot in Normal
A pre-dawn mass shooting in downstate Normal left two Illinois State University students and four other people including…
Illinois routs VCU to reach Sweet 16, where host Houston awaits
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Andrej Stojakovic scored 21 points and No. 3 Illinois beat 11th-seeded VCU 76-55 on Saturday to advan…
Pritzker quips on weight loss, Rahm and 2028 buzz in Washington speech
WASHINGTON - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged his rapid weight loss, joked about former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel…
Robert Mueller, former FBI director who probed Trump ties to Russia, dies at 81
Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fig…