The Chicago Fire plan to build a privately-funded soccer stadium in the South Loop.

A new mural on the north side of the Prudential Building in the Loop by a Dutch artist aims to raise awareness for environmental and social justice.

Necropsies will be performed on four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched recently on a building at the University of Illinois at Chicago and were found dead last week.

Illinois lawmakers pass a bill aimed at reforming the public defense system.

ComEd customers across northern Illinois are now feeling the impact of a summer electricity rate hike that went into effect this month, with average bills increasing by about 10 percent.

The Bank of America Chicago Half Marathon took thousands of runners through the West Side this morning.

The race started and ended in Garfield Park, taking runners through Douglass and Humboldt Parks this morning.

A pickup truck was stopped at 4 a.m. for a moving violation.

Park Ridge Police discovered methamphetamine in the vehicle and arrested the driver and the passenger.

A 19-year-old U.S. Navy Sailor is behind bars in Illinois, accused of shooting 10 people in South Carolina.

Shawon Shamarion Williams was arrested Thursday afternoon in Lake County.

An Illinois woman is arrested in connection with a decades-old Wisconsin murder.

David Vanderzee suffered five gunshot wounds to the head at his home in the Town of Randall, Wisconsin in September 2003.

A man from suburban Justice is going to jail for big-time felony theft.

He was found with stolen retail merchandise valued at more than $500,000.