A jury reached a guilty verdict for Crosetti Brand after deliberations began Thursday. He was accused killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and injuring his pregnant mom in Edgewater.

From a birth injury to the basketball court, Landus Anderson, a former player for Joliet's University of St. Francis with limited use of one arm, defied the odds and is now living his dream working for the NBA.

The Chicago area is under an air quality alert until Friday night due to the Canadian wildfire smoke.

A security officer was shot Thursday evening in the emergency room at Evanston Hospital, police said. An offender is in custody, but the Emergency Department was on lockdown.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says nearly two million window air conditioners manufactured by Midea are being recalled.

For the first time this season, mosquitoes in a west suburban county have tested positive for the West Nile Virus, health officials said.

A special documentary screening of "Finding Edna Lewis" at the University of Chicago will celebrate the rich history of soul food in America.

A woman was in the courtroom to face a man who pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and kidnapping charges after an attack on her daughter and grandsons. The ABC7 I-Team is investigating the troubling trend of domestic violence murders in Chicago and Cook County.

Hickory Hills police identified the man who they say died by suicide after shooting at officers last week.

There are new details Thursday about some of the people detained at a South Loop immigration facility Wednesday.