In Chicago, nurses joined labor and faith leaders Tuesday in a prayer vigil for Alex Pretti.

Nine children were hospitalized after someone discharged pepper spray at a South Side school on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Yale University is providing free tuition and covering other costs for all new undergrads from families earning less than $100,000 a year.

A historic 100-year-old farmhouse in Crystal Lake that served as a halfway home for recovering alcoholics burned to the ground two years ago.

Deadly federal immigration enforcement activities in Minneapolis are hitting home for the Chicago City Council.

It's that time of year! The Brookfield Zoo Chicago is offering the chance to name one of their hissing cockroaches after that un-special someone.

The National Transportation Safety Board is out with its preliminary report on a deadly plane crash at DuPage Airport.

The future of racing at Hawthorne Race Course in south suburban Stickney is in jeopardy.

The United Center is making history as one of the first major arenas to now offer THC beverages.

The air traffic controller who was managing numerous aircraft around Reagan National Airport felt a "little overwhelmed" just a few minutes before an American Airlines jet collided midair with an Army helicopter near Washington D.C., an investigator said.