Suzanne Le Mignot

The Chicago man accused of burning a cross in Grant Park​ last week made his first court appearance on Thursday, as a judge denied prosecutors' request to keep him locked up until trial.

In Englewood, their Juneteenth celebrations were joyous and lively but the true meaning of the holiday was never far from top of mind.

Two weeks after an EF-2 tornado ravaged Merrillville, Indiana, high school students came together to revitalize their community.

The 1893 World's Fair was hosted by Chicago just a couple decades after the entire city burned down, and it put the city back on the world map.

Residents of a troubled apartment complex in Chicago's south suburbs said they have been suffering with no air conditioning in the midst of a dangerous heat wave.

Black men are much more likely to die from prostate cancer than the general population. A group of Chicago-area researchers is working to close that gap by targeting which men get a critical blood test that screens for the disease.

Nine inches of rain fell in just 48 hours over the July 4th weekend in North Aurora, Illinois, and days later, the village hall was still cleaning up.

While Keith Burton survived his father's alcohol addiction and violence, he would later watch addiction nearly destroy his son.

Homeowners with lead service lines fill five 1-liter jugs to see if the water tests for high levels of lead.

A Chicago woman is sharing her story of being harassed and followed by an aggressive man demanding her phone number in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood.