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50 years after a Downers Grove teenager was killed, Will County investigators are renewing their appeal for information, saying even details previously shared with authorities could help solve the case.

An Illinois woman has been sentenced to 31 months in federal prison for commissioning and distributing videos depicting the torture of monkeys.

A CTA janitor was fatally stabbed Thursday while trying to protect a coworker at the Damen Green Line station, according to his union, prompting renewed demands for stronger security for transit employees.

​In a letter dated October 7th, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Cameron Hamilton stated that assistance for Illinois' affected counties was “not warranted".

​Reacting to FEMA's letter, Governor J.B. Pritzker said President Trump should "never play politics" with storm victims' homes, businesses, and infrastructure.

Illinois’ request was for individual and public assistance for the storm-damaged counties of Champaign, Cook, Ford, Fulton, McLean, Tazewell, Vermilion, and Will.

Governor Pritzker says the State of Illinois will appeal FEMA's decision.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on the city of Chicago's changes designed to improve safety in school crossing zones.

A non-profit that serves people with intellectual and development disabilities is expanding its reach with a second retail store in Chicago.

The Planet Access shop on West Division has racks of warm clothes, shelves of handcrafted housewares and vibrant paintings on the walls made by artists in the Visibility Arts program run by Search360.

Police have arrested a homeless man for the attack on a young woman in Arlington Heights in June.

36-year-old Jeff G. Gaspard has been charged with felony aggravated battery for allegedly choking the 18-year-old as she walked home near Lake Arlington the night of June 7.

​In a letter sent out to colleagues this week, workers at the Presidential Center allege that Obama Foundation leadership has responded to employees' concerns about heavy workloads and benefit rollbacks with “vague responses”.

​Union organizers say Obama Workers United will represent more than 2-hundred-50 workers at the presidential center in Chicago, at the Obama Foundation’s offices in Washington, D.C., and remote workers across the U.S..

The union's organizing committee’s letter to colleagues quotes directly from a letter by then-President Obama in 2016 where he wrote: “If I were looking for a good job that lets me build some security for my family, I’d join a union."

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Obama Foundation said wrote: “We are deeply committed to the fundamental right of workers to organize and make their voices heard."