Dana Rebik

Posted: Updated: CHICAGO – Cook County officials are spreading holiday cheer to children undergoing treatment at Stroger Hospital, giving

On Chicago’s Northwest Side Monday night, community members came together to make sure children in need have a present to open on Christmas.

MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana (AP/WGN) — An Indiana man convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other people is set to receive a lethal injection by early Wednesday in the state's first execution in 15 years, and his wife spoke with WGN News just hours before his scheduled execution.

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — For more than three decades, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has been in charge of the Electronic Monitoring Program (EM), which was put in place to prevent jail overcrowding. …

BERWYN, Ill. — A triple homicide suspect in Central Illinois was shot and killed late Wednesday night by police in Berwyn. Just before 11:40 p.m., Berwyn police responded to a report of a male with…

BERWYN, Ill. — A suspect in a triple homicide in Central Illinois in was shot and killed late Wednesday night by police in Berwyn after authorities said he broke into a home and fatally shot two dogs.

CALUMET CITY, Ill. – A lawsuit against the Calumet City clerk will move forward after an effort by a group of aldermen to dismiss it failed Monday night.

CHICAGO — Several wildfires continue to burn in Southern California, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate and leaving thousands without homes, including a Chicagoland native. “As I was sitti…

Spokesman Armanda Tejeda said the shelter had a dozen crew members out responding to urgent calls.

A worker at the Barack Obama Presidential Center was rescued Wednesday after falling several stories down a ventilation duct, a fire department source told WGN.