The girl was hit in the thigh near East 103rd Street around 6:30 a.m. and is recovering at Comer Children's Hospital.

The suspect poses as a customer buying a drink before pulling a knife on cashiers from Avondale to Portage Park.

The wounded teen drove himself to Mount Sinai Hospital after being shot in the arm and back. No arrests have been made.

A nonprofit that trades volunteer hours for plane tickets reunited Petty Officer Rachel Christy with her family at O'Hare.

Retired teachers subbing in Naperville-area schools will see daily pay drop from $310 to $200, even as the district still faces a multimillion-dollar deficit.

Police cited two teens with pellet guns as the shuttered Congress Theater faces new damage ahead of its $88 million rebuild.

Darren Bryant was treated and released after a masked gunman opened fire inside Harold's Chicken Ice Bar. Officials say he wasn't the target.

Chicago gets a cool, mostly dry Monday before a warmer Tuesday brings thunderstorms and a potential severe-weather and flash-flooding risk.

A light-colored car pulled up on West 65th Street and opened fire on two men. Police have no one in custody.

A $250,000 fine and eight more complaints later, Tazewell County families say Illinois still has no way to warn neighbors before spraying begins.

A 32-year-old woman was grazed by a bullet but refused treatment after a car pulled up and opened fire on South Sangamon Street.

A Lake County judge cleared the courtroom for a rattled witness before a juror's medical emergency scrapped the trial entirely.

James Glasgow throws out the first pitch as the co-ed Chicago Snowballs bring their sportstainment act to Slammers Stadium.