Pierogi Kitchen opens in Chicago's Wicker Park, offering Polish dishes and pierogi, by owners who transitioned from their barbecue eatery, keeping some smoked meat options on the menu.

Fans lined up early in Chicago to buy tickets for Maggie Rogers' concert, as she aims to fight the bot-driven ticketing system and ensure fair access for fans.

Lane closures for pavement repairs will intermittently affect DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Chicago from April 22 to June 17, with alternate southbound and northbound restrictions.

A Peoria woman, Crystal Bennett, was sentenced to 144 months in prison for drug crimes involving methamphetamine, with evidence also involving a stolen gun and heroin.

Jamari Hodge from Calumet City was sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking a 13-year-old girl, ordered to pay $180,000 in restitution by Judge Martha Pacold.

Union workers at Howard Brown Health reach a tentative contract agreement, with voting set for April 29-May 1, which includes raises, better wages, and insurance for part-time employees.

Chicago is experiencing a downturn in its measles outbreak with 63 cases reported, even as the state sees more than half the national cases this year. Health efforts include over 15,000 vaccinations administered since early March.

Protestors in Chicago demand the firing and prosecution of officers who shot Dexter Reed, as well as changes in the police department and their tactics.

A 23-year-old man was found dead with multiple stab wounds in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. No arrests have been made, as detectives investigate.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker calls for new leadership at the CTA, which faces financial and governance challenges, as service cuts and budget shortfalls loom.

Police discovered a murder-suicide at a Lemont motel, with two dead in separate rooms, one with gunshot wounds and the other with a self-inflicted wound.

Detrey D. Robinson from Peoria, Illinois, has been sentenced to 81 months in prison for federal firearm and drug offenses after a search warrant uncovered multiple firearms and cocaine at his residence.

A rash of armed robberies targeting individuals for their phones and passcodes has alarmed Chicago's 2nd District, with suspects described as young African-American males.