Chicago's St. Patrick's Day parades postponed amid coronavirus concerns

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city is working with organizers from Chicago’s downtown, South Side and Northwest Side parades, as well as the annual Dyeing of the Chicago River, to reschedule those events for a later date.

Jussie Smollett's bid to get charges thrown out rejected by Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court rejected former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett's request to throw out charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack in Chicago.

Woman charged in connection with abandoned dog found in trash bag

A 48-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the abuse and abandonment of a dog found last month in southwest suburban Willow Springs.

Man accused of sexually assaulting child in Chicago was deported in 2014, arrested in 2019 but let go

ICE says the suspect, identified as Christopher Puente, was in Chicago police custody last year on theft charges. The agency says police should have handed him over to ICE, but because Chicago’s a sanctuary city, Puente was let go.

CPS votes out Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day

Chicago Public Schools is officially doing away with Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day, according to a report.

House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till murder

Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.

Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to restored charges in Chicago

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and falsely reporting to police that the phony attack was real.

At age 62, retired U.S. Marine holds plank for over 8 hours, breaks world record

A former U.S. Marine and DEA supervisory special agent broke the Guinness World Record for holding a plank. George Hood, 62, held the plank for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.

Rod Blagojevich arrives home in Chicago following Trump commutation

Rod Blagojevich was released from prison Tuesday night and arrived home in Chicago Wednesday morning after President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of the former Illinois governor.

3 teens among 6 wounded in South Side shooting

At least six people were wounded in a shooting Friday in Parkway Gardens on the South Side.

Jussie Smollett accused of lying to CPD, indicted on 6 counts of disorderly conduct

In a story FOX 32 News broke first, former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday in Chicago by special prosecutor Dan Webb, stemming from the alleged racist and anti-gay attack on him that occurred in January of 2019.

Chicago Girl Scouts cash in on cannabis legalization, sell cookies outside dispensary

An industrious group of Girl Scouts sold hundreds of boxes of their signature cookies after setting up shop outside of a Chicago cannabis dispensary over the weekend.

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook settlement of a class-action lawsuit

Privacy advocates hail Illinois' strict biometric privacy law as the nation's strongest form of protection in the commercial use of such data, and it has survived ongoing efforts by the tech industry and other businesses to weaken it.

Joe Walsh ends Republican presidential campaign against Trump

The former Illinois congressman said Friday the fight against the “Cult of Trump” is just getting started.

iPhone home repair service now available in select cities

The tech giant Apple has launched in-home repair services for iPhones and some of its other devices.

Bizarre coronavirus scare at Illinois Walmart

Police in suburban Chicago were on the hunt for two men who created a coronavirus scare at a Walmart store.