The privately funded "Rat Contraceptive Pilot" uses non-toxic contraceptive pellets to reduce the rat population in Chicago.

Dixon, the father of Shaniqua Kinnard's youngest child, was ordered detained in her murder, which came after a series of ...

Alderman Michelle Harris has moved to rezone several parcels near 79th Street and South Jeffery Boulevard from commercial and ...

Three homes in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side were damaged when a tree fell on them during a storm, ...

A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

Former Chicago Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) was a late entry Thursday in the field of candidates seeking the Cook County ...

CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she’d known since she was a child had been found dead on the steps of a church ...

Stephanie Lulay, Executive editor and Co-Founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

Residents across parts of Chicagoland are picking up the pieces on Thursday morning after a round of storms brought strong winds and heavy rain to the region on Wednesday afternoon.

Trail and road improvements to ease access for pedestrians and bicyclists to Porter Beach are the focus of an engineering ...

As candidates file financial reports in Illinois’ crowded congressional races, Jesse Jackson Jr. laid groundwork for a comeback attempt.

That solid debut preconditioned an even greater mid addition, with the most recent episode attracting 1.78 million viewers with only three days in, a 23 percent rise over comparable shows in the ...