Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago are partnering with the University of Illinois at Chicago to help fast track students to four-year college degrees. The new partnership has been ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 22 ... Plaza that he planned to sue the city of Milwaukee for polluting Lake Michigan. Mayor Jane Byrne accepts a check ...

Chicago police opened a death investigation after a newborn baby was discovered unresponsive overnight inside an apartment building on the South Side. Around midnight Tuesday, officers were called ...

“But I am confident that the collective groups of the city of Chicago will stand firm in our values to ensure that we are investing in people — but we also have to make serious considerations ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Friday morning on "Windy City Weekend," Val Warner was off. So Ryan Chiaverini welcomed ABC7 Chicago meteorologist Tracy Butler as the show's co-host. Chiaverini and Butler were ...

With summer-like temperatures in the Chicago area to finish the work week, city officials are preparing for the possibility of large teen gatherings after similar incidents last month turned violent.

The Chicago City Council recently approved $66 million in tax increment financing for two more empty downtown office buildings slated to be redeveloped into apartments as part of the city's ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with ... inside an apartment complex overnight in Michigan City, Indiana. Police said just before 12:30 a.m., officers ...

When the U.S. Small Business Administration announced recently that it would be closing its Chicago regional office, it offered a sad reminder of some of the changes I’ve witnessed in the city ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A review by Illinois Answers Project of publicly-available payroll data shows a rise in bonuses for city council aides. In a few cases, the payouts are in the tens of thousands of ...

“But I am confident that the collective groups of the city of Chicago will stand firm in our values to ensure that we are investing in people — but we also have to make serious considerations ...

Starting May 1, the Chicago Public Library is making changes to library cards and borrowing limits it says will make materials more accessible to Chicago residents. E-cards will be discontinued ...