Oliver Mendoza, 16, played congas before Ricky Martin's Ravinia debut months after fighting to keep Chicago High School for the Arts open.

A Northwestern economist's brutal side effects from Opdivo sparked a national fight over whether cancer patients are getting more drug than they need.

Riders chased the man off the train after he allegedly struck a passenger with a cord at Fullerton station in Lincoln Park.

A Gage Park mother of three says she thought she was losing her mind after scratching a winning ticket at a 55th Street corner store.

Melvin Jordan was free on bail for a 2005 West Side murder case when he ambushed two CFD firefighters in Auburn Gresham.

Gov. JB Pritzker's new law follows a 140% surge in Illinois domestic violence deaths since 2022, with guns tied to 94 fatalities last year.

A stolen 10mm Glock 29 rigged for automatic fire was hidden under the driver's seat, DuPage County prosecutors say.

A midday shooting in the 4000 block of West Hirsch Street left one man critical, marking the block's second gun attack in four days.

A 26-year-old man died and a 56-year-old was critically wounded after gunmen confronted them inside a Ford van near Pershing Road.

A gray sedan struck the motorcycle near Grant Park; the sedan driver was taken into custody as charges remain pending.

M/I Homes will fully fund a long-delayed Commons Drive extension in exchange for building Kingsley Row's 185 townhomes.

An 18-year-old fled a traffic stop the wrong way down West 11th Street before hitting a South Shore rail guardrail, police say.

Natiera Manor allegedly retrieved a knife from home and returned to stab a woman who intervened in a parking lot fight, leaving her hospitalized in the ICU.