A Chicago woman is accused of keeping her mother’s dead body in a freezer for nearly two years while living in a nearby apartment

The body of a 96-year-old woman has been found inside a freezer in a garage behind a northwest Chicago apartment building

Flames poured from the windows of the 15th floor, where the fire began, before wind spread the blaze to the 24th floor.

Chicago leaning into Boaty McBoatface controversy, allowing residents to vote to name six of Chicago’s snow plows.

The worker died at the hospital after he was trapped under several feet of debris for 45 minutes, authorities said.

Fire officials say a worker has died after a Chicago building partially collapsed, trapping him beneath debris

Peter Salvino, a Ph.D. candidate in Northwestern's interdepartmental neuroscience program, was reported missing on Sunday by his family.

Students at a Chicago high school are planning a classroom walkout Monday afternoon to protest gun violence just days after a shooting near their campus.

Chicago street artist, founder of "Poetry by Boots" Kimberly "Boots" Brown, advocates to spread uplifting messages on all 50 state sidewalks to help others suffering from heartache and mental health.

The family is alleging workers failed to properly secure their child to the wall with a harness and rope.

A 3-year-old was among the injured.

Five men were shot, three fatally, early Sunday when gunfire erupted at a Chicago intersection taken over by a drag-racing caravan of more than 100 cars, police said.

About 100 street racers took over an intersection in a caravan of vehicles.

A 13-year-old boy was among six people killed in unrelated shootings across Chicago over weekend that also left 23 people with bullet wounds, according to police.

The attempted kidnapping caught on camera in Chicago’s West Loop showed a woman nearly abducted in broad daylight.

At least eight people were injured in an explosion at a residential building in Chicago and the cause is still under investigation.

Fire crews responded to an explosion at a residential building in Chicago Tuesday morning.

The "mass casualty" incident occurred at Central and West End avenues in the city's South Austin neighborhood.

Here is a look back at the history of this beloved annual event in Chicago.

Seven people, including five kids, were killed in a head-on crash in Illinois on Sunday, state police said.

American Heritage Award Creative Writing Contest winner, Elin Seiler, 10, discusses her poem about hope in America.

Two people are dead after a gunman opened fire into a crowd hitting several people.

Life expectancy in the Windy City dropped by nearly two years from 2019 to 2020.

Life expectancy in Chicago fell by nearly two years during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic -- in line with national trends, a new report finds.

The family of Irene Chavez, who died by suicide in Chicago police custody, has alleged officers neglected Chavez's "mental health needs."

Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability released videos and documents related to the death of Irene Chavez, a woman who died while in police custody.

Quilen Blackwell, founder, and president of Southside Blooms, says behind all the flowers, the group is all about preserving human life.

The city has invested over $10M in violence reduction strategies.

The city’s police union has defied Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate requiring all city workers to report their vaccination status or face disciplinary action or risk losing their jobs.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city is prepared to deal with any fallout related to the vaccination requirement.

A battle pitting the mayor of Chicago and the superintendent of the police department against some officers defying a vaccine mandate heads to a courtroom on Wednesday.

The crane collapsed at a construction site and crushed at least one car. Some commuter train services were temporarily suspended.

Newly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park in Chicago.

Former President Barack Obama reflected on the gun violence that has plagued Chicago, saying reducing gun violence is a "generational project."

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced an anti-gang ordinance that allows the city to sue alleged gang leaders.

How two sisters created “loving lunches” to help Chicago's homeless population.

At least eight children and teenagers were shot in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend.

The superintendent of police addressed the issue of violence against Chicago's youth during a press conference Monday.

In Chicago, at least 52 people were shot between 6 p.m. on Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday, nine of them fatally, according to the Chicago Police Department.

A family in Chicago is suing the Chicago Police Deptartment after officers pointed firearms in the direction of their kids during an alleged wrongful raid.

Steve Winters and Regina Evans are suing the Chicago Police Department over a 2019 mistaken raid where officers burst into their apartment, guns drawn, looking for possibly armed suspects nearby.

Police said the suspect was killed after aiming a gun at officers.

Fifty-five people were shot across the city leaving seven dead.

Annette Nance-Holt discusses her historic role and how she plans to lead the department.

Chicago's top cop unveils new gun violence fighting plan after 56 shot, 11 killed in one weekend.

Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown announced that a 50-person team will work with the ATF to help rid the city of illegal guns.

4 children, 2 adults wounded in Chicago drive-by shooting at party

A 28-year-old man suspected of shooting three law enforcement officers in Chicago on the city's South Side has been arrested.

Authorities are questioning a potential suspect after a shooter opened fire on an unmarked vehicle carrying two federal agents and a Chicago cop.

Officials say two Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and a Chicago police officer were shot in an unmarked car on Chicago’s South Side.