An agricultural science high school in Chicago is preparing a Thanksgiving meal for seniors in what has become an annual program to help bring the holiday cheer for more people.

A pregnant woman fatally stabbed her boyfriend during an argument over reheating food in a microwave.

A boy who was washing his hands in the bathroom before going to bed was killed by a stray bullet.

A woman's dismembered body was found in a freezer in a home in Chicago.

A man reportedly sexually abused an 11-year-old girl while she was walking home from school.

A woman has been accused of pushing a 3-year-old boy into Lake Michigan off Navy Pier, Chicago on Monday, Sept. 19, and leaving the child to drown in the body of water because she was allegedly fed up with him “acting up.” 

A security guard has been accused of making fake mass shooting threats to get out of work early at the Lollapalooza music festival which was held in Chicago on Friday, July 29.

A photographer in Chicago who was well-known on TikTok for her videos about divorce was murdered by her ex-husband on Monday in what police are calling a murder-suicide.

A 3-year-old toddler has been reported dead after falling from the 18th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Chicago on Tuesday, July 19.

A Georgia man allegedly traveled hundreds of miles all the way to Chicago in order to shoot and kill his ex-wife, before then shooting himself in Streeterville, Chicago on Monday, July 18.

The United States Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Fourth of July shooting scene in Highland Park on Tuesday.

A five-month-old baby girl has been reported dead after being shot in the head while she was sitting in a car in Chicago on Friday, June 24.

A father who was reportedly abusive to his wife was arrested on Monday after his three children were discovered to be dead in his home, with him admitting to their murder.

The 31-year-old drill rapper, FBG Cash was reportedly shot and killed in Chicago on Friday.

A mother in Chicago has been charged with murdering her daughter after she allegedly smothered her child's face with a plastic bag to kill her.

A woman who was abducted, chained and raped in an abandoned house in Chicago was found and rescued by a community leader who heard her cries for help.

Deonlashawn Simmons, a 36-year-old Chicago man, was sentenced to 105 years in prison in connection with the Sept. 2019 killing of Takaylah Tribitt.

An Illinois man has been accused of hiding the death of his mother and sister before proceeding to bury their bodies in the backyard of the family’s dilapidated suburban Chicago home.

JoAnn Cunningham, a Chicago mother who was previously convicted of killing her son, filed a petition for relief on Friday after claiming that she believed her son was possessed by a demon when she killed him.

Local trans activist Elise Malary was found dead on Saturday in Lake Michigan over a week after she first went missing in the area.

An unidentified man in Chicago was arrested on Tuesday after confessing murder to a random bystander and then getting into a tense standoff with police authorities.

A 15-year-old boy has been reported dead after he was mercilessly shot 24 times while he was out buying snacks near a Chicago gas station on Saturday, Feb. 12. 

An Illinois state trooper allegedly shot and murdered his wife who was intending to leave him before killing himself earlier this week in an apparent murder-suicide.

Conjoined twins Addison and Lilianna Altobelli are now successfully thriving back home in Chicago with their parents 3 months after their separation surgery last year.

Chicago teacher Marisa Fotieo found herself going viral on TikTok after she found out midflight to Iceland on Monday that she tested positive for COVID-19, forcing her to isolate herself in the plane's bathroom.

A Goodwill store in Chicago was the subject of a bomb scare after an inactive hand grenade was found in its donation box on Saturday, causing the store to be evacuated and two hours of business to be lost.

The teen killer of 15-year-old Elias Valdez has been slapped with three years' probation in exchange for pleading guilty to the victim's murder, spurring criticism of special treatment because of the race of the defendant.

A Chicago father was reportedly beaten to death with unidentified blunt objects in front of his young daughter while hanging Christmas lights outside his home, authorities said.

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has been found guilty of disorderly conduct on Thursday after being accused of allegedly faking a racist hate crime against himself in an effort to boost his salary.

Missing United Airlines executive Jacob Cefolia's body was found in a Chicago forest preserve on Friday after an extensive, yearlong search yielded no results.