1973: Illinois Gov. Dan Walker signed the Illinois Lottery into law, marking the 10th state in the contiguous United States ...

Police say a domestic battery call turned into a seven-hour standoff in Chicago's northwest suburbs.

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...

Were gambling regulators in the right to revoke a video poker license from the west suburban Steak N Egger restaurant, whose operator once testified under immunity at a mob gambling trial? The gaming ...

Markham officials initially refused to provide CWB Chicago with reports or videos related to the arrest, but they reversed ...

Five Chicago-area hospitals were among the 156 hospitals nationwide to earn "Top Hospital" designation by the Leapfrog Group.

The girl, whose name has not been released, was the passenger in a car involved in a multi-vehicle crash on I-55 in ...

Bears Care, the Chicago Bears charitable organization, has donated $25,000 to River Bend Food Bank.

Illinois sports betting operators are already paying higher state taxes, but Chicago’s revised budget keeps a city tax on the ...

Chicago police are asking for witnesses and videos after a woman was killed in a Logan Square crash.

Authorities say a construction worker was seriously hurt after a pickup slammed into a work truck in Chicago's northwest ...

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker ...