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Illinois lawmakers pass a bill aimed at reforming the public defense system.

ComEd customers across northern Illinois are now feeling the impact of a summer electricity rate hike that went into effect this month, with average bills increasing by about 10 percent.

The Bank of America Chicago Half Marathon took thousands of runners through the West Side this morning. The race started and ended in Garfield Park, taking runners through Douglass and Humboldt Parks this morning.

A pickup truck was stopped at 4 a.m. for a moving violation. Park Ridge Police discovered methamphetamine in the vehicle and arrested the driver and the passenger.

A 19-year-old U.S. Navy Sailor is behind bars in Illinois, accused of shooting 10 people in South Carolina. Shawon Shamarion Williams was arrested Thursday afternoon in Lake County.

An Illinois woman is arrested in connection with a decades-old Wisconsin murder. David Vanderzee suffered five gunshot wounds to the head at his home in the Town of Randall, Wisconsin in September 2003.

A man from suburban Justice is going to jail for big-time felony theft. He was found with stolen retail merchandise valued at more than $500,000.

Police have identified a suspect wanted for the stabbing deaths of a woman and a girl in a townhome last night in the northwest suburbs. Streamwood police are looking for 25-year-old Jalonie Jenkins and consider him armed and dangerous.

A man is facing a list of charges after a police officer stopping in for a drink thwarts a West Chicago gas station holdup.

Chicago officials are safely preparing for summer. The Office of Emergency Management and Communications held a summer safety and water demonstration at Navy Pier to highlight the importance of preparedness.

The Man Charged with Beating his Mother to Death is set to Appear in Court Wednesday.

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is warning Illinoisans to keep on the lookout for text message scams claiming to be from the “Illinois State Department of Motor Vehicles”.

This week's "Made in Chicago" feature highlights a woman-owned business that brings Chicago's famous flavors to potato chips.

Local Expert Weighs in on New COVID-19 Variant

A moment of silence was held during Aurora's Memorial Day Parade, honoring a former Grand Marshall.

Local activists speak out against the proposed earmarking of nearly a billion dollars to build new prisons in Illinois.

A Northwest Indiana Army veteran is taking a walk on Memorial Day. By himself. With a purpose. Aaron Suarez, who was a Sergeant in the Army, is walking 11 miles from a veteran's memorial in Whiting to a memorial in Munster. 11 is significant because it's half of 22. That's the number of veterans who take their own lives ever day.

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A local specialist is shedding light on the brain condition that led singer Billy Joel to cancel concerts. full 51 Fri, 23 May 2025 23:09:44 +0000 mcmmQxArDv4tZco2fyLctOQAvqIVgzPh news Chicago All Local news A local specialist is shedding light on the brain condition that led singer Billy Joel to cancel concerts. A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False

A chef has found a way to connect Chicago school children to nature and to help them learn more about themselves full 48 Fri, 23 May 2025 19:25:39 +0000 vUZEiye109rM9BJYSXeD7ufU5SBMAFJH news Chicago All Local news A chef has found a way to connect Chicago school children to nature and to help them learn more about themselves A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False

A bar crawl is giving people a chance to learn about the history of a neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side in a different way. full 48 Fri, 23 May 2025 18:10:08 +0000 Qgi8sbqsahiXQP6huIph2rWroU7goOxs news Chicago All Local news A bar crawl is giving people a chance to learn about the history of a neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side in a different way. A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News

Friends and family of a long-time classical pianist and teacher from Chicago's south side are appealing to the public to consider being a kidney donor for the 88-year-old woman.

A report from the Chicago Teachers Union is highly critical of charter school operators in the city for a variety of reasons full 35 Fri, 23 May 2025 02:36:02 +0000 LYYhxKP5p5OFAE9VUl5p6gzWSBntIXN1 news Chicago All Local news A report from the Chicago Teachers Union is highly critical of charter school operators in the city for a variety of reasons A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News Fals

A major medical provider is expanding services on Chicago's South Side full 30 Fri, 23 May 2025 02:00:18 +0000 wYTZu4xwR9bTGSzsmElMe5bOgUiquBnA news Chicago All Local news A major medical provider is expanding services on Chicago's South Side A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News False https://player.amperwa

Intuit Art Museum's grand re-opening welcomed city leaders and the art community to it's expanded renovated space, now two buildings in West Town at Ogden Milwaukee. WBBM Newsradio's Mallory Vor Broker reports.

WBBM's Nancy Harty reports from the Albany Park apartment building where Elias Rodriguez, the man who is suspected of killing two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., reportedly lives.

Waukegan piping plovers Blaze and Pepper now have four eggs on a private beach.

Two students at a Kane County high school have achieved perfect scores on the A-C-T

Federal prosecutors accuse a southwest suburban businessman of swindling investors

A family of ducks has been reunited, thanks to a group of fast-acting strangers on Chicago's Far Southwest Side Tuesday morning. WBBM Newsradio's Terry Keshner reports.

WBBM's Carolina Garibay stops by Alcala's Western Wear in West Town on the morning of Beyoncé's last Cowboy Carter show in Chicago to catch last minute shoppers looking for outfits.

The 52-unit development at 3601 West Chicago will be called "The Ave". The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments will be for households that make 30-percent to 60-percent of the Chicago area's median income.

Cook County leaders are rolling out a new way to make forest preserves more accessible. WBBM Newsradio's Andy Dahn reports.

City of Chicago becomes a Purple Heart City. Story by Mike Krauser.

An Illinois group that supports immigrant rights is criticizing a U-S Supreme Court decision that could clear the way for the Trump Administration to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants full 48 Tue, 20 May 2025 20:20:13 +0000 4ygsIsWFtLISXmPwB0EDIdabFpz1qJET news Chicago All Local news An Illinois group that supports immigrant rights is criticizing a U-S Supreme Court decision that could clear the way for the Trump Administration to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc.

A cat missing for five years was found on Chicago's North Side and is now home with its owner

Parents at a north suburban Catholic school say they were blindsided by an announcement that it's closing in two weeks. Still reeling from the news, students and parents gathered outside St. Alphonsus Liguori in Prospect Heights, holding homemade signs and chanting before class Monday morning.

A circus-themed regional production of Andrew Lloyd Weber's feline-full musical has garnered national attention, even inspiring some to travel across the country to get their paws on tickets.

Cook County is building a facility to help people on Chicago's South Side and in the south suburbs properly dispose of hazardous household waste

The mayor of south suburban Dolton is NOT ruling out the village buying the childhood home of Pope Leo.

A 15-year-old Michigan boy who was missing for 9 days was found safe on Friday evening in Chicago. WBBM's Mike Krauser reports.

It's one of the largest and longest running square dance clubs in Illinois. This weekend, it's celebrating a major milestone and what's become a tradition for many students and their families.