Chicago

A man’s body was pulled from Lake Michigan Thursday morning east of Lincoln Park on the North Side, according to police.

The Chicago Teachers Union is on strike on Thursday in the nation's third-largest school district.

Bobbie Blake was last seen about 8 a.m. at a bus stop in the 10500 block of South Western Avenue, Chicago police said.

Two men have held up at least three Gresham businesses in October, according to Chicago police.

The family of a pregnant woman who was fatally struck by a truck last month in River North has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and his employer.

Five people were wounded Wednesday in shootings across Chicago, including a 17-year-old girl who was shot in Gresham on the South Side.

Chicago teachers went on strike Thursday, marching on picket lines after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation's third-largest school district in a dispute that canceled classes for more than 300,000 students. 

Sanniyah Jones was last seen Tuesday in the area of Central Avenue and Washington Boulevard, police said.

He's at the center of a growing federal corruption investigation, but former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis has just started collecting a pension of nearly $100,000.

Chicago's inspector general says police department detectives conducted an "incompetent and incomplete" investigation into the suspicious death of an officer.

Boxer Patrick Day died Wednesday, four days after sustaining head injuries in a fight with Charles Conwell.

Chicago parents and community groups are scrambling to prepare for a massive teachers' strike set to begin Thursday, prompting the city to preemptively cancel classes in the nation's third-largest school district.

Chicago's public schools will be closed Thursday as the city's 25,000 teachers are set to go on strike . A strike in the nation's third-largest school district would mean no classes for more than 300,000 students. Like most workers threatening to walk off the job, the teachers want a raise. But money is only part of the story.

Fearless shoppers in the market for a Chicago-area home may be intrigued to learn that the house built on the land where the bodies of 29 of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s victims were found is up for sale.

Rochelle Higgins was last seen Tuesday evening in the 1000 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, according to Chicago police.

Parents and community groups are scrambling to prepare for an expected strike by Chicago teachers that prompted city officials to preemptively cancel Thursday's classes in the nation's third-largest school district.

A person escaped an armed robbery attempt Wednesday on the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus on the South Side.

Several burglaries have been reported recently at businesses in the South Side neighborhoods of Morgan Park and Beverly, including two burglaries at a men’s streetwear store.

Four people were shot Tuesday in Chicago, including a person who was killed in Garfield Park on the West Side.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is pushing two options for a Chicago casino. One calls for a casino owned by both the city and the state, the other calls for a privately-owned casino.