The future of West Suburban Medical Center could become clearer during a court hearing scheduled for Thursday, as employees, community members and local lawmakers continue efforts to find a path toward reopening the hospital.

A suburban woman has died after being in a coma for months following a series of incidents at the border of Chicago and Evanston that led to her having brain damage, an attorney announced.

Chicago police are investigating after a man was found shot to death inside a home on the city's South Side.

About 500 furloughed employees of West Suburban Medical Center have received notices that they will not be returning to their jobs.

Wednesday is the start of July and with that comes new laws that go into effect.

A Chicago man has been charged in connection with a shooting that killed a mother of five on the South Side last January.

One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting near a hotel in River North Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.

The dangerously high temperatures will continue across the Chicago Area Wednesday.

The head of Chicago's FBI field office is leaving his position next week, he confirmed Wednesday.

One person was killed when a freight train crashed into a car in northwest Indiana.