Oak Park

The runners ranged in age from 14-years-old to 85-years-old. They came from 47 states and 21 countries.

A health sciences professor has been charged with a felony hate crime after he allegedly yelled racial slurs and spit on a Black woman and her daughter outside a Jewel-Osco in Oak Park earlier this month.

An Oak Park woman who has been in prison in Bali for killing her mother is going to get out early.

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon tested positive for a "mild breakthrough" case of COVID-19 and was recovering from symptoms, his office announced Monday.

Chicago residents held a vigil Saturday to honor a 15-year-old girl who was found dead in an alley after being drugged and raped. Two suspects have since been charged with sex crimes.

After the discovery of the 15-year-old girl's body, a Chicago man has been charged with criminal sexual assault and a Chicago woman has been charged with child pornography, among other charges.

So far this year, there have been more than 120 shootings on Chicago-area expressways. That's almost as many as there was in all of 2020.

Video shows Dajuan Gates surrounded by Oak Park and Forest Park police in August of 2020. It started with him running a stop sign. After 21 minutes in handcuffs, Gates died.

It was a busy Friday afternoon in suburban Oak Park as people were shopping, eating and walking around – many without masks.

Several suburbs say their annual shows will be canceled or postponed this year, while others say the festivities will go on as scheduled.

A Cicero man is accused of falsely reporting a carjacking to Illinois State Police.

Prices are up 15.9% in Waukegan, 14.3% in Fox Lake and 11.5% in Aurora in just the past year.

A tornado ripped off rooftops and knocked down trees in the Naperville and Woodridge areas overnight Sunday into Monday. Damage was also reported in Darien, Plainfield, Burr Ridge, Portage and South Haven.

With hospitalizations and new COVID-19 cases on a steady decline, Illinois is on track to enter Phase 5 by June 11th.