The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

NASCAR is expecting Chicagoans to pay for the privilege of watching stock cars race.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Justin Marks, co-owner of Trackhouse Racing, will run the Xfinity Series race in NASCAR's first-ever event on the streets of Chicago.

Jessie Wynter has just been on a trip with her boyfriend Will Young to Chicago but it didn't end too well

The Bears wrapped mandatory minicamp last week, and we're predicting what Chicago's starting offense will look like in 2023.

Four mass shootings happened from late Friday to early Tuesday, according to Chicago police. Mayor says it will take more than police ‘go get ourselves out of this rut.’

Chicago has legitimate transportation infrastructure problems. The $6.5 billion transit station proposal solves none of them.

It’s pretty obvious that civil asset forfeiture, whether federal or local, is an unethical, flawed system that violates due process and harms our already marginalized neighbors. It’s time to end it, one advocate writes.

Two 17-year-old girls and a 19-year-old man were standing on a front porch in the 3800 block of West Gladys Avenue when someone in a sedan fired shots shortly before midnight Monday, according to Chicago police.

I was a Dreamer for many years, and this month marks the 11th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. I want to honor all of the young people like me who were given the opportunity to pursue their dreams thanks to this program and assure you that…

The needless, tragic murder of Laquan McDonald, a Black teen, by a white Chicago police officer in 2014 put the city’s Police Department, and the need to reform it, in the national spotlight. McDonald’s death was a driving force behind the federally mandated consent decree that requires the Chicago Police…