Special Reports

Severe weather can take a toll on your home in more ways than one. One of the most common is damage to your roof. In a Fox 32 special money saver report, Dawn Hasbrouck shares details on how to spot it and avoid some scams.

July is National Make a Difference to Children Month and to help promote it, seven Chicago restaurants are teaming up to make a positive impact. They are donating a portion of their sales to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. In a Fox 32 special report, Sylvia Perez shares where you can dine and give back at the same time.

Buying Delta-8 weed at a gas station or head shop is akin to buying drugs off the street?consumers have no way of knowing exactly what's in it. Like marijuana, Delta-8 gets users high. Unlike marijuana, it exists thanks to a loophole in federal law and is sold without any kind of testing or regulation. One Illinois resident said she wishes she knew that before she bought it. Delta-8 not only altered her consciousness, it changed her life.

Go behind the lens for stories that are truly Chicago. FOX 32's talented photojournalists show you some of their amazing work in their own words.

Last year was one for the record books for the Chicago area when it came to tornadoes and severe weather reports. In a FOX 32 Special Report, Chief Meteorologist Emily Wahls examines how 2024 is stacking up.

This summer marks four years since Martin Urbina was brutally stabbed to death in broad daylight just steps from a playground in a Cook County forest preserve. The Cook County Sheriff?s Office is asking for the public?s help in solving the case.

The medical community in Chicago and across the state are on alert for yet another dangerous contaminant that's being added to the street drug supply.

Every 17 years, millions of cicadas emerge from the ground, creating a symphony of buzzing that heralds one of nature's most remarkable cycles.

Jack Fielding, a high schooler at Lyons Township High School in Western Springs, runs a camp to help kids learn valuable skills.

PAWS Chicago celebrated its 3rd annual Giving Day on Thursday. The summer fundraiser is critical because the warmer weather brings in not only puppies and kittens who need homes, but also at-risk, injured and sick homeless pets.

Thursday was National American Eagle Day, a day to celebrate the majesty of nature and a symbol of America. In tonight's FOX 32 Photographer Showcase, our Michael Majewski takes us to Wisconsin for a look inside a bald eagle's world.

Chicago is two months away from the start of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In a FOX 32 Special Report, Paris Schutz talks one-on-one with the Chicago Secret Service on how preparations for the event are going.

W.G.N Flag & Decorating Co., a family-owned business since 1916, is giving FOX 32 Chicago an inside look into how the city's flags are made, from start to finish.