Erin McElroy

Two children with limb differences found a piece of themselves in Vivalette, the Mexican wolf at Brookfield Zoo, and hundreds of others with limb differences have joined them to visit the zoo and m…

Note: Music licensing rights prohibit us from posting Erin’s video package. CHICAGO — On any given night in Chicago, you can walk into a corner bar and hear the blues. What you don’t expect is to walk...

Artist Damon Lamar Reed and his wife Nicole have created the Still Searching Project to paint portraits of missing African American women and girls, placing them near where they were last seen, and pr...

A lot of athletes walk away from their sport but very few hear it calling them back. For the Glenview native and two-time Olympic medalist Olivia Smoliga, that voice never really went q…

LISLE, Ill. — Most kids go through phases. Dinosaurs. Fire trucks. But for one little boy in the west suburbs, the obsession has lasted years. Every Wednesday morning, 7-year-old Charlie waits at t…

Optwell’s Mindful Movement class combines physical exercise with mental challenges to strengthen neural connections and promote brain health, as research suggests that challenging the brain a…

The Prairie Chicken Project is still working to save the prairie chicken in Wisconsin, while Illinois has already lost its population due to overhunting and habitat loss.

Jon Czerwien is a Chicago firefighter and a paramedic. But his toughest gig may just be over the grill.

Kweisi Gharreau has been walking the streets of Chicago's far South Side for 34 years since his younger brother was murdered, and after years of rage, he chose to meet one of the men involved in an ac...

DES PLAINES, Ill. (WGN) – Sibling bonds can be strong, even when silent. Most weeks, the world moves too fast, but on a Monday afternoon at River Rand Bowl, the world slows to a very delibera…