Shootings in various parts of Chicago this afternoon and evening left at least four people wounded, police and fire officials said.

Two Chicago police officers are under criminal investigation amid explosive allegations they played strip poker with a young woman and sexually assaulted her in her Far North Side apartment while on duty early Wednesday.

Although the CPS age cap for preschool, kindergarten and first grade has been longstanding policy, the district just began uniformly enforcing it this year at magnet schools. Jonathan Schroeder was a congenial and curious 4-year-old, but preschool pro…

A former toll collector for the Illinois Tollway has been charged with felony theft and official misconduct, accused of stealing $3,400 in tolls, according to a report from the tollway’s inspector general.

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death tonight in a park in the western suburb of Melrose Park, officials said.

An Elk Grove Village man sexually assaulted his wife’s friend after a night of drinking at his home while his spouse and their baby were sleeping in a nearby bedroom, a Cook County jury decided today.

Evanston found itself the subject of an April Fool’s Day joke this week when a local newspaper published a tongue-in-cheek story about a city proposal that would require residents to buy city stickers for snow removal.

Monitor readings of lead pollution prompt investigation by federal, state environmental regulatorsResidents in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood complained for years about metallic-tasting smoke rolling down their narrow streets but had little evidence it…

Bright, white motif will be the star attraction of what some say is a long-overdue renovation Macy’s is undertaking a multimillion-dollar renovation of its Water Tower Place store in a move to bring new life to the Magnificent Mile outpost.

A senior at Proviso East High School, Belinda Sanchez hopes to one day become a civil rights attorney. On Thursday, the 18-year-old got her first taste of victory, winning the right to wear a tuxedo to her upcoming senior prom.