DETROIT (WLS) -- Michigan State Police found a surprise guest during a drug raid near Detroit. Detectives found tan alligator ...

LISLE, Ill. (WLS) -- It's almost time for a holiday favorite. "Illumination: Tree Lights" returns to the Morton Arboretum in ...

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested over the weekend on the city's North Side. She is ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- The driver of a now-mangled Lexus hit a semi-truck in the north suburbs on Tuesday morning.

HAWTHORN WOODS, Ill. (WLS) -- A body was found over the weekend, after a fire Saturday destroyed a large home in the northwest suburbs. Lake Zurich fire officials and the Lake County Coroner's Office ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Bears are considering an alternative to their proposed stadium on the city's lakefront. It's the ...

After a four-day break, the defense geared up to begin cross examination on Tuesday morning in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.

The mayor asked CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign because he refused to secure a short-term high interest loan to pay for a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Red Line trains are running on the elevated tracks from the North Side to downtown, after an unauthorized person on the tracks in the Loop, the CTA said Tuesday afternoon. Red Line ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A local teacher is sharing the true story of a Nazi guard who settled in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, becoming a school custodian there, and what happened when his dark past was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- One year after the worst CTA train crash in recent history, a passenger talks about what he went through that fateful morning.

Authorities have released the name of the Chicago man who was shot to death outside Hillcrest High School Saturday afternoon.