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There is new information Thursday about the man charged with lighting a woman on fire on a CTA train earlier this week. The victim's family has also released a statement as she remains hospitalized.

As the city of Chicago's budget battle festers on, Mayor Brandon Johnson is offering City Council members an online portal to submit their savings and efficiencies ideas.

All lanes of the Edens Expressway were closed for hours Thursday evening in part of the north suburbs after a crash caused a large light pole to fall, leaving live wires hanging over the roadway, state police said.

It's been about a week since Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and his team left the Chicago area, but immigration operations still continue as two people were detained by federal agents in the west suburbs.

Family and friends gathered to honor the late Chadwick Boseman as the actor received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Strides for Peace held its third annual Gun Violence Prevention Expo Thursday on Chicago's Near West Side, looking to unite youth and the community in an effort to stop the violence.

Chicago police issued an alert Thursday, after a woman was attacked on a CTA Red Line Train on the city's South Side last week.

Former immigration judges are deeply concerned about due process, with reports of only a few weeks of training for attorneys before becoming an immigration judge. The ABC7 I-Team is learning there is at least one such judge now ruling on cases in Chicago.

The St. Blase Food Pantry in southwest suburban Summit has served as a community lifeline for more than 20 years. Their work is being highlighted as part of ABC7 Chicago's annual Feed the Love campaign.

Keanu Reeves issued a heartfelt thank you to law enforcement after six of his watches, which were stolen from his Hollywood Hills home nearly two years ago, were returned to him.