A new survey of 475 Chicago public employees shows Johnson ahead of his 2027 rivals, yet deeply unpopular even among union rank and file.

Roof flames and heavy smoke swallowed a Michigan Island Drive home Sunday night, just weeks after a storm-sparked fire hit another Frankfort house.

Anthony Evans fled with a Glock switch and twice the legal alcohol limit, slamming into a CPD squad car after the drive-by.

Three Chicago-area volunteers explain why they keep showing up for the Walk to End Alzheimer's, from decades of caregiving to a mother lost last November.

The 33-foot Winnebago replaces a rusted 2008 diesel unit and adds 27 year-round stops across Arlington Heights.

Joseph Panfil sold his two-decade-old Racine Street loft office to a rebranded addiction-treatment nonprofit, freeing up cash for a 500,000-square-foot McKinley Park redevelopment.

Jacob Kiefor, a lifelong White Sox fan, called it the best day of his life after a front-row thumbs-up turned into a signed bat.

Charity Geisel, 52, died from blunt and sharp force injuries; her ex-boyfriend was caught in Indiana the same weekend.

Anthony Reed Jr. was exploring an abandoned rock quarry near the Old Joliet Prison with four friends when he fell. A fundraiser has already topped $16,000.

Drifting cars scorched tire marks into 111th and Western as residents flooded 911 lines over the weekend.

A 16-year-old was lured to a Vernon Hills maintenance yard, then beaten and robbed by four men. One suspect is still on the run.

Mickey and Minnie head south down Michigan Avenue on November 21 as the nation's largest evening parade lights over a million bulbs.

A 17-year-old was pumping gas when a 70-year-old man allegedly offered her money for sex, prosecutors say. He's already out of custody.