Two men, one from the Chicago area, the other from Maryland, met for the first time in west suburban Maywood, three years after one of them made a life-saving donation of bone marrow to the other.

On Tuesday, Pilsen Community organizers gathered in front of St. Paul Catholic Church to announce El Grito Chicago will now be held there on Monday, September 15th.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports the Johnson Administration is pursuing a proposed change to city ordinance that would clear the way for the installation of more speed enforcement cameras on Chicago streets.

The Bears open strong before getting chased down by division rival Minnesota.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports Chicago Bears executives have told season ticket holders they plan to build their new stadium in Arlington Heights.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports President Trump and Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson shared competing views on crime in the city.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports the man shot and wounded while walking to synagogue in October 2024 testified today at a City Hall hearing on anti-Semitic attacks in Chicago.

The Great Chicago Bed Race, hosted by the Chicago Furniture Bank, is set for Sunday, Sept. 28, outside Midwest Coast Brewing on the Near West Side. The inaugural fundraiser will feature teams of five–four pushers and one rider–decorating twin beds on wheels and racing them head-to-head down Walnut Street.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is expanding its HIV prevention services to include a new long-acting medication that requires only two injections a year. The treatment, called Yeztugo, was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is now available at all 13 Planned Parenthood health centers across the state.

A Chicago man has been charged after police say an argument inside a South Loop business ended in gunfire that killed another man.