Austin is a neighborhood that Benny Lee knows intimately. Once a high-ranking leader of the Vice Lords street gang, Lee has transformed his life to become one of the city's most respected and effective street counselors.

A once-abandoned church on a Far South Side corner has gotten the world's attention with news that Pope Leo XIV spent his formative years there.

A new lawsuit filed in federal court alleges a pregnant Chicago Department of Transportation worker was harassed and nothing was done.

The "Cowboy Carter" tour has come to Chicago, and when Beyoncé hits the stage at Soldier Field Thursday night, one of the songs she'll perform has a hometown connection.

Dramatic funding cuts have been proposed to many domestic violence and gun violence reduction programs in Chicago and nationwide, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.

ABC7 Chicago hosted a special community luncheon Wednesda to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and shared a look at the half-hour special "Our Chicago: 600,000 Strong" airing this weekend.

An HIV prevention and treatment center is now open on the North Side of Chicago.

A motorcyclist died Wednesday after a west suburban crash, Wheaton officials said.

Up until now, an Illinois high school student-athlete who played a sport for a club team could be suspended from playing for the high school team. A new rule will now allow them to do both.