Joseph Czuba, 73, is charged in the stabbing death of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen, on Oct. 14, 2023.

State regulators will allow Peoples Gas to upgrade aging pipes but not further modernize the city's gas system.

The Illinois economy and its main driver, Chicago, have been stuck in neutral lately, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. That's the bottom line of a new report commissioned by the state's government forecasting agency.

Illinois becomes the first state in the U.S. to provide free comprehensive test preparation services to all students attending public universities (and five community colleges) throughout the state. And Chicago State is one of the first universities to roll out the program.

The Flames are coached by former ISU standout Ashleen Bracey ... The Redbirds defeated UIC 75-66 on Jan. 19 in Chicago ... ISU sophomore Shannon Dowell ranks seventh in Valley scoring at 15.6 per game.

Chicago resident Cata Truss on Mayor Brandon Johnson doubling down on sanctuary policies and Illinois education officials opposing President Donald Trump's DEI policies.

Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago landlord took a knife from a belt holder and attacked a Palestinian American woman before fatally stabbing her young son 26 times in 2023

On Friday, a high of 31 degrees was expected in portions of north central and northeast Illinois as well as northwest Indiana.

Noga had two days to prepare for this rescue mission — save 18 pigs from a petting zoo in northeastern Illinois. The 36-year-old had a pet pig of her own and had rescued pigs before, but she had never done a rescue mission of this scale.

It might have been a short month, but there was no shortage of headlines in Chicago and Illinois this month. Test your news knowledge with our monthly news quiz.

Crypto ATMs have been in Chicago since 2014, but they are receiving more scrutiny as cryptocurrency has gained legitimacy under the Trump administration.

Three bills introduced in Springfield in mid-February aim to make housing development simpler in Chicago and Illinois.