A middle school in Chicago Heights is working to shine a light on trail blazers of the past and present in honor of Black ...

Allan DiCastro, who attended Prairie State College in the 1980s, established a $100K scholarship for Chicago Heights students ...

After the Van Vliet family lost their home in a fire, residents of Homewood, Flossmoor and Chicago Heights have helped them ...

It was the biggest fire most people had ever seen, but the owners of Morgan Li furniture factory said they were determined to rebuild on the ashes of the old site, no matter how long it took.

The Arlington Heights, Illinois Fire Department on Tuesday released its final report on a garbage truck explosion that injured two police officers and a firefighter back in December. Fire officials ...

Robert Johnson had been behind bars since he was a teenager. He was freed Thursday night after a jury overturned his murder ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 12-year-old girl was shot and killed inside a home on the South Side Sunday night, Chicago police said. The shooting took place at about 8:29 p.m. in the 9200-block of South ...

The Trump administration, DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago over some of its immigration laws. The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A second person is facing charges in the deadly shooting of a 12-year-old girl , Chicago police said. The shooting happened at about 8:29 p.m. Sunday in a Calumet Heights home in ...

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago public school officials falsely claimed last week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrived at an elementary school ...

The Chicago Cubs dealt with a few injuries a season ago, including to infielder Dansby Swanson. He dealt with more than one injury, but most notably, the All-Star shortstop had surgery to repair a ...