ABC7's Samantha Chatman is serving as the celebrity host.

Missouri is the third state to take up congressional redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections.

A man died in a West Side crash on Friday afternoon, Chicago police said.

A soon-to-be father, whose son was born just a day after his death, was identified as the innocent bystander killed in a crash with an alleged getaway vehicle after a smash-and-grab burglary at a Louis Vuitton store on the Mag Mile.

The family of the man shot and killed by an ICE officer in Franklin Park told ABC7 he was a father from Mexico and has been in the United States for decades. His shooting death is sparking outrage among immigrants' rights advocates.

Three sheriff's deputies were injured during a altercation with a person who tried to leave a courthouse that resulted in a fall down an escalator Friday in the west suburbs, officials said.

ABC7 Chicago's Cheryl Burton is going back to school to take a trip down memory lane.

A Chicago teenager says he had to defend himself when a group attacked him several months ago while he was working at Fatburger. Community leaders are now rallying behind the teen, surprising him with a gift that left him speechless.

Chicago and Illinois lawmakers say political violence has become the reality. While some are concerned and want more security following Charlie Kirk's shooting death, others do not plan to change anything.

Chicago is preparing for an influx of vehicles and people downtown who will be out celebrating Mexican Independence Day.