Ulises “Miguel” Segura Dorantes, 53, was identified as the man whose body was pulled from the Fox River in South Elgin, and an autopsy confirmed he drowned before being found Tuesday ...

In 1957, Esau Jenkins and Septima Clark founded the Citizenship Schools to empower African Americans with education and political power, which eventually became the foundation for the Civil Rights ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) – Memorial services for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson have been announced. Jackson will lie in repose at Rainbow ...

Governor JB Pritzker delivered his annual budget address in Springfieldon Wednesday. The speech focused on themes of affordability, empathy, and taking on the Trump Administration. The governor told ...

Increasing cloudiness, breezy through the evening, unseasonably mild. Winds: Southwest/south 15-30 mph, subsiding to 5-10 mph overnight. Low: 40. THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy, ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — City Hall and Daley Plaza honored the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Wednesday with a silent but powerful tribute: flying their flags at half-staff. Inside council chambers, a ...

A Nevada couple visiting Disneyland was treated for minor injuries after a tree fell in the park Tuesday night.

H.B. Reese created the chocolate and peanut butter cups nearly a century ago. His grandson is now accusing The Hershey Company of altering the recipe.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King’s assassination, died Tuesday at ...

The U.S. and Canada are moving on to the semifinals at the Olympics. Each needed extra hockey to get through the quarterfinals. Quinn Hughes scored in overtime to put the ...

U.S. hockey star Hayley Wynn is competing in her debut Olympic Games in Milan as one of 61 players from the Professional Women’s Hockey League represented in the 2026 tournament.

A child and an adult were rescued from Lake Michigan Thursday at Chicago’s Belmont Harbor. According to fire officials, the two fell into the water. A bystander jumped in to the ...