Mega Millions jackpot swells to $942M; Hopes are high in the South Loop

Customers headed inside the BP station in the South Loop Friday to purchase what they believe will be the winning Mega Millions ticket. 

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to nearly $1 billion before Friday night's drawing
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Are you feeling lucky? The Mega Millions jackpot is getting big again and there's another drawing tonight. Lottery players are busy buying tickets before the draw and one of them could be worth $940 million.

Historic mural restored at Chicago's Second Presbyterian Church

The theme of the New Year’s Day service at Second Presbyterian Church was a call to parishioners about renewal in their lives. Titled “A New Heaven and a New Earth,” it could have been about the historic church itself.

Chicago man charged with shooting at passerby following South Loop car crash

A Chicago man is facing a felony charge after shooting at a passerby who was checking out the scene of a Thursday morning car crash in the South Loop.

Gunfire breaks out after semi crash in the South Loop
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A driver involved in a car crash shot at a passerby who was checking out the scene Thursday morning in the South Loop neighborhood.

Passerby shot at by driver involved in South Loop car crash

A driver involved in a car crash shot at a passerby who was checking out the scene Thursday morning in the South Loop neighborhood.

Chicago police warn South Loop residents of recent robberies

In the past few months there have been multiple robberies in a specific part of the South Loop neighborhood. 

Week in Review: Chicago teacher killed • Winning $1M lotto ticket sold • Fatal 7-car wreck on Thanksgiving

The wife of a Chicago teacher killed in a traffic crash is seeking justice after charges were dismissed in the case, a winning $1 million Powerball ticket was sold in suburban Chicago, a northwest Indiana man has received one of the most prestigious recognitions in country music, and a wrong-way driver caused a deadly seven-vehicle wreck on the Kennedy Expressway Thanksgiving night. These are the top stories from FOX 32's Week in Review.

South Loop parking garages targeted in series of car thefts

Chicago police are warning people who use parking garages in the South Loop about a recent rash of stolen cars.

Driver killed, 6 others injured in crash on Michigan Avenue
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A driver was killed and six other people were injured in a car crash on Michigan Avenue on Chicago's Near South Side on Sunday night.