Rico Glass was sitting on a fire hydrant, waiting for a liquor and beauty supply store to open so he could begin his shift, when shots were fired down the block in the Woodlawn neighborhood Wednesday morning.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday tried to use Chicago Public Schools' money woes and lack of a new teacher contract as leverage, saying the state should not help the district pay for pension costs without also giving local governments across Illinois...

A high school teacher from Orland Park is accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl after offering her a ride home from the restaurant where she worked, Cook County prosecutors said.

A two-toed sloth couple at Lincoln Park Zoo have a new baby, but it will be a while before zookeepers are able to figure out the infant's sex--and figure out how to decide its name.

A judge told a 19-year-old from Indiana that he would consider a request for a new sentence, months after ordering the teen to register as a sex offender in both states and refrain from having a computer or smartphone because he had consensual sex ...

A Berwyn man charged with murder in connection with the death of his 10-month-old great-niece was ordered held without bail Wednesday, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.