A Wisconsin boy who was the subject of a statewide Amber Alert has been found safe.

Multiple people were injured and thousands were without power Saturday after a van with 14 occupants for a traveling band from Mexico crashed into a utility pole in the north suburbs, officials said.

A team of first responders from fire departments around Illinois, including Chicago, is heading to Texas to help with search and recovery efforts after the state was hit by catastrophic floods last week.

In July 1995, a historic heat wave left more than 700 people dead. ABC7 is looking back on how the tragedy changed the way Chicago responds to natural disasters and led to a major emergency services system overhaul.

There were concerns about immigration raids at two weekend festivals in Chicago after Department of Homeland Security agents were seen near one of the sites this week. Organizers prepared in case those fears came to fruition.

A worker was hurt after part of a sidewalk collapsed beneath him Saturday morning in the Loop, causing him to fall to the lower level, police said.

The gospel community came together for a final farewell for the late Chicago music legend Dr. Lou Della Evans-Reid. She died one week ago at age 94.

Former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White said this is his opportunity to pour into the city's next generation of college students, helping alleviate some of the financial burden that comes with higher education.

A judge ordered a Chicago man to remain in jail pending his trial after prosecutors laid out chilling new details about what led up to a deadly arson attack last month at a West Side apartment building.

A pedestrian was killed in a south suburban hit-and-run crash late Friday night, police said.