CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — As more than a dozen states are restricting abortion, there are several states expanding abortion access such as Maine, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Nevada, and Illinois. Last month, Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker...

CHICAGO — Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law last Wednesday that protects a woman’s “fundamental right” to abortion. The legislation, called the Reproductive Rights Act, would require all private health insurance plans...

CHICAGO — Lea Salonga yet again wowed her fans recently as she sang with her full band, in her two-hour concert at the Copernicus Center in Chicago. When the 48-year-old singer broke her tibia in January...

CHICAGO — Chicago was the first stop of the “Father & Son” US concert tour. On Friday, die-hard fans of Piolo Pascual and his son Inigo gathered at the Copernicus Center, and sang along with OPM hits including Inigo’s...

CHICAGO — “We can and we will build trust between our people and our brave police officers so that the communities and police trust each other, not fear each other,” says Chicago’s mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot. 56-year-old...

CHICAGO — 13-year old Hannah Espino Savella, a seventh-grade student from Elgin, Illinois, was named the Money Smart Kid essay-writing contest winner by The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She beat over 1,500 students between fifth...

AURORA, IL — The 39th mass shooting of 2019 took place, in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday — just a day after the 11th anniversary of the mass shooting in Northern Illinois University. Aurora, the second largest city...

CHICAGO, IL — Winter storm Jayden is now being felt across the Midwest. Temperatures dropped to dangerous, sub-zero levels today and the wicked weather could force wind chill to go down to 50 degrees below zero...

NORTH AURORA, IL — The fifth worst November snowstorm in Chicago area history hit Sunday night. The blizzard, with winds blowing at 50 miles per hour, and with an official snow total of 7.4 inches caused over...

CHICAGO — A day after the Chicago Cubs ended their championship aspiration with the wild-card loss to Colorado Rockies, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Wednesday that Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell has been suspended...