Lexi Sutter

Next month, crowds of people, politicians and protestors will make their way to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, and Chicago police officers are getting a taste this week of what security around a convention is like.

Some stories of Chicago's history aren't widely known, while others you may have heard before - like what happened to the former Merril C. Meigs Field.

Today, Sir Kellogg is undergoing MagnaWave pain relief therapy and munching on carrots. Just five days ago, he was fighting for his life.

A volunteer group has kept busy by pulling Divvy bikes from Lake Michigan, because of the danger they can pose in the water.

There were no heroic rescues or rising waters visible, but the flooding that occurred in April 1992 in Chicago's downtown did serious damage.

More than 800 pounds of waste were dumped on a passing boat as a bus went over the Kinzie Street bridge

Members of Chicago's Pilsen community turned out at a vigil in remembrance of a star high school athlete who had been gearing up to start his senior year but was fatally shot one week ago.

Ald. David Moore announced Tuesday a group of leaders raised more than $2 million to help pay for the technology

The famed gangster was gunned down in July 1934, but his legacy lives on

Multiple leaders said the new program is not about profit but about creating safer streets for everyone.