Chicago’s commercial real estate market broke records this year but not in a good way. Countless landlords defaulted on loans due to the rise of remote work, high interest rates and a tough lending ...

CHICAGO — As the new year looms, pressing issues that dominated headlines in Illinois in the year 2023 range from significant strikes to devastating storms and drastic changes in the sports scene.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Violence in Chicago saw a dramatic decrease this year. Some organizations are working hard to make sure that trend continues in 2024. Just five years ago, Cedric Hawkins was walking ...

The Chicago Police Department on Tuesday is expected to release a comprehensive report detailing year-end crime statistics for city of Chicago, with preliminary numbers showing a more than 20% ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbot began busing migrants to Chicago long before Mayor Brandon Johnson was sworn into office. More than 26,000 new arrivals have come to Chicago since last summer, according to the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police have released updated numbers on crime. The department said that in 2023 officers solved a higher percentage of murders across the city. The homicide clearance rate ...

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Chicago experienced tornadoes in February and March, multiple rounds of severe storms in April, flash floods in July and September, and a lack of snowfall to end 2023. Here’s a look at the most ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- For months, the CBS 2 Investigators have been looking at data on auto thefts, and probing into why recovering stolen vehicles has become so difficult. Lately now, there has been a ...

A verdict has been reached in the trial of a man accused of shooting and killing Chicago Police Officer Andrés Vásquez-Lasso. Steven Montano, 21, was found guilty of first-degree murder and all other ...

After falling dramatically amid the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in Chicago climbed back to the point of being near pre-pandemic levels in 2023, the Chicago Department of Public Health announced ...