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Most of us are just trying to make it through this Friday, but Nancy Rossi in Wheaton has made it through more than a century of them! She’s turning 108 today, and Lauren Scafidi is live in studio to share her secrets to a long life.

Now to an exclusive report on a tragic hit-and-run happened on I-290.  A pregnant mom, just shy of 30, died in the road.  The suspect was found hours later. He's charged, but not in police custody and the family wants to know why.

A Chicago man charged in the death of an 88-year-old woman on the city’s South Side is her son, and prosecutors say he hid her body inside their home after a fatal attack last month.

A lot of Chicago school parents are confused right now.  There's a dispute about whether classes are on this Friday or cancelled so teachers can go to may day protests.  Paris Schutz is reporting.

The Artemis II crew is almost home after ten days out around the moon, farther than anyone's been before.

Captain Neil Krueger, an Elgin native, is playing a key role in the U.S. Navy’s recovery of NASA’s Artemis mission, as astronauts prepare to splash down off the California coast. He explains the years of training, what happens after splashdown and how a massive joint team is working to safely bring the crew home.

A joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Chicago Police Department led to the arrest of two individuals accused of stealing mail from a North Side apartment complex. On April 6, 2026, authorities took Jasmine Larkin, 38, and Eddie Boykin, 45, into custody near the 1100 block of West Winona Street after a postal customer reported suspicious activity.

State Rep. Nabeela Syed (D-Inverness) talks about her bill that is looking to eliminate costly rental fees across Illinois.

Pastor Eric Mock of Rivers Edge Bible Church in Pecatonica and the Slavic Gospel Association talks about traveling to Ukraine, where he witnessed widespread destruction, deep hardship and local pastors risking their lives to bring food, medicine and hope to people in need. He also shares how the trip changed his perspective and why small acts of kindness can mean everything in the middle of war.

Greg Richmond, Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago, issued a statement condemning Chicago Public Schools’ abrupt decision to end federally funded IDEA services for more than 800 Catholic school students with disabilities two months before the school year ends.

Shedd research biologist Dr. Melissa Youngquist joins ChicagoLIVE to talk about spring wildlife activity across the Chicago area, from frogs and turtles to birds and snakes. She explains why this is such a critical time for animals on the move and how people can help protect them as they cross roads and return to their habitats.

Orphe Divounguy from Zillow explains how weaker hiring, rising inflation and low inventory are shaping a sluggish but steady housing market.

Supervisory Special Agent Michael Zoufal of the FBI detailed a federal operation in Chicago Lawn that led to the arrest of two alleged gang members and the seizure of eleven firearms, ammunition, and twenty machine gun conversion devices.

ChicagoLIVE carried a Wisconsin press conference laying out new evidence that challenges a Skokie woman’s claim that she was detained for nearly two days by ICE and immigration officials.