Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined WGN Evening News to discuss several big political stories from the week. This week’s topics include the looming partial government shutdown, AG ...

Mainly clear and mild by February standards. Winds: Southwest 5-10 mph. Near 30 degrees coldest outlying areas to the middle ...

Ilia Malinin wound his way through the tunnels beneath the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night, trying in vain to explain — or even just understand — exactly went wrong in an ...

Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds, a document released Friday shows, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly ...

Surveillance video captured the moment burglars broke into a Lincoln Park business, one of multiple smash and grab burglaries ...

Lavonte Harvey, a 23-year-old letter carrier in Chicago, went viral for singing while on his route, and a GoFundMe was ...

Schools in the western suburbs are scrambling to find alternate sites for proms and school events after the Matrix Club Banquet Hall in Naperville abruptly closed its doors this week.

Some school districts in the U.S. dropped plans for class pictures after widespread social media posts linked a billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein to the photography ...

Figure skater Ilia Malinin finished in eighth place in the men’s figure skating final in Milan on Friday after falling twice during his routine. In hockey, the United States women’s ...

Most of the more than 270,000 people employed by Homeland Security are deemed essential, meaning that they stay on the job even during a shutdown. For the fall 2025 shutdown, more than 258,000 DHS ...

For decades, Chicagoans have been able to show their city pride with an image of the skyline on their Chase debit cards; but ...

Fire crews are currently working the 1100 block of N. Central Ave. SkyCam9 flew above the scene, capturing firefighters on ...