A person was found dead after a house fire was extinguished Wednesday in the south suburbs, officials said.

A curfew compromise has been reached in City Council.

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III took the witness stand in his own defense for the second day at his federal corruption trial in Chicago.

The firefighter union said emergency responders have been working without a union contract for four years.

An investigation is underway after a series of garage fires in Lincoln Park Wednesday morning, the Chicago police and fire departments said.

A teenager died after being shot in a home in the southwest suburbs, police said.

The Federal Reserve can stay patient and wait to see how tariffs and other economic policies of the Trump administration play out before making any changes to interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday in Chicago.

There was a ribbon cutting Wednesday on the Far South Side for a new Chick-fil-A.

The student accused of injuring four in a shooting at a Dallas high school was let into the building through an unsecured door, according to an arrest warrant released Wednesday.

Philadelphia police are searching for suspects accused of shooting a 22-year-old man and killing a 77-year-old man who was picking him up Wednesday morning.