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An Evanston high school varsity baseball team will not play in the playoff tournament this weekend after a group of students, including team members, allegedly "sexted" risque photos to each other. More>>
Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison Illinois sponsors high school bracket racing every Wednesday night. More>>
Chicago Public Schools' Safe Haven program was spared despite massive and historic school closures city wide. More>>
We all know drinking and driving is dangerous, but one study says texting while driving is just as bad. More>>
The bill that would raise the speed limit on Illinois highways to 70 miles an hour is in the fast lane to Governor Quinn. More>>
A Lake County jury has convicted James Ealy of strangling his former boss during a 2006 robbery at the north suburban Burger King restaurant where he once worked. More>>
Chicago firefighters responded to a call of a boat on fire Friday and police ended up hauling a man away. More>>
The concealed carry bill passed the Illinois House in a 85-30-1 vote Friday afternoon. THe compromise plan now goes to the State Senate for a vote. More>>
Does Chicagoan Jennifer Hudson have a new job at an old, familiar place? More>>
Several military families were honored in Orland Park on Friday, and got to meet country music superstar Tim McGraw. Five of those families are from the Chicago area, and they were excited to meet him. More>>
Police are asking for the public's help finding an easily confused man who went missing this week on the South Side. More>>
A fire at a senior citizen high-rise in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood left an elderly woman critically injured Friday afternoon. More>>
The tornado that struck Oklahoma on Monday took a devastating toll in the number of lives lost and property destroyed. More>>
Jacqueline Goldberg, 87, lost her $6 million lawsuit against Donald Trump on Thursday. Goldberg's attorney, Shelly Kulwin, spoke with FOX 32 News about the verdict in the Chicago condo trial. More>>
Two men suffered graze wounds when they were shot Friday morning near the Roosevelt Red Line station in the South Loop. More>>
CTA Ventra payment card holders who use the card's controversial debit features won't be charged for talking to public transit customer service operators or using the cards for cash ATM withdrawals. More>>
Hawthorne Scholastic Academy Principal Nate Petrini spent the night on the roof of his school after losing a bet with his students. He challenged his students to a read-a-thon, and they answered the call. More>>
A man tried to abduct a child from a North Side elementary school Wednesday afternoon, police said. More>>
The Chicago Bears will retire former head coach Mike Ditka's No. 89. The Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end's number will be officially retired during halftime at the Bears' Monday Night Football game Dec. 9. More>>
Even though the Chicago Board of Education approved the largest public school closure in American history this week, the fight is not over. Opponents will get their day in court. More>>
Some aldermen have questions as a City Council committee gets ready to hold a hearing on Mayor Emanuel's proposed changes to the Chicago parking meter deal. More>>
Former Chicago Bears lineman and FOX contributor Dan Jiggetts is an advocate for preventing the sale of high capacity ammunition magazines in Illinois. He's also working on Rocky's Law with Governor Quinn. More>>
Would you be on a show where you and your co-workers get to see each other's salaries, then vote on who should be put up for firing? More>>
As the country looks at the relief efforts in Oklahoma, Illinois is training for the same kind of disaster. The Illinois National Guard prepares every year for disaster events. More>>
Things are going to be very busy at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport this weekend. Many travelers will also hit the roads for Memorial Day, and they'll pay the price at the pump. More>>
Key legislators predict the Illinois House will vote Friday to permit Illinoisans to carry concealed, loaded firearms. More>>
An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday - she lost. More>>
Three males were stabbed in the Belmont Cragin area Thursday night on the Northwest Side. More>>
A cell phone video posted online reportedly shows a Dunbar Vocational Career Academy staff member pushing a female student down the stairs. More>>
A couple accused of murdering a 1-month-old boy and allegedly dumping the body in the Des Plaines River pleaded not guilty to the crime during a Thursday court hearing in Maywood. More>>
Police are warning Brighton Park and McKinley Park residents of an increase in armed robberies this month in the South Side neighborhoods. More>>
The Senate has approved a plan that would ban the use of cell phones while driving. More>>
Thieves have struck a Streeterville area construction site a handful of times over the past week, taking tools and construction materials, police said. More>>
The Obama administration has picked a private attorney and former federal prosecutor to head the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced Thursday. More>>
A Wisconsin high school senior is this year's winner of Google's annual "Doodle 4 Google" contest. More>>
Six elementary students were taken to hospitals as a precautionary measure after the inflatable playground equipment they were enjoying at a northwest suburban school tipped over. More>>
BREAKING UPDATE: The jury reached a verdict in the Donald Trump condo trial on Thursday afternoon. The verdict will be read at 2:15 p.m. and the Dirksen Federal Building. More>>
Illinois legislation allowing public possession of concealed guns has passed the House Judiciary Committee. It was a compromise backed by Speaker Michael Madigan. More>>
Antwone Price had just moved into a new house in the south suburbs, and he was talking about finally marrying the woman he'd been with for several years — the woman with whom he shared a baby girl. More>>
A 25-year-old man has been cited for driving the wrong way on the Chicago Skyway after a head-on crash with a pickup truck Thursday morning that sent four people to hospitals. More>>
Mayor Emanuel spoke out for the first time since Chicago's historic school vote on Thursday, in a one-on-one interview with FOX 32 Political Editor Mike Flannery. The district voted to close 50 schools.
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Solemn Oath Brewery in Naperville is one of the hottest local breweries in the area, and is featured in the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild's Chicago Craft Beer Week 2013.
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Enter the DNA diet; a diet plan said to be tailored to your genetic response to food and exercise. More>>
Imagine your car sinking. What do you do? How do you get out? You only have seconds to react. More>>
Three schools in three different cities perform a live concert, streaming online for the world to see. More>>
Parents at Manierre on the North Side are pleased that their school will remain open. More>>
A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard has been charged with planning to commit an act of violence at the school. More>>
The Chicago Board of Education made its final decision Wednesday afternoon - to close 48 Chicago Public Schools in June, with one school delayed a year and to save five others. More>>
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused on abstinence. More>>
Students at a Wilmette school are breaking records, but it has nothing to do with academics. More>>
Jurors have withdrawn to begin deliberations about whether Donald Trump cheated an 87-year-old who claims the "Apprentice" star cheated her in property deal. More>>
Police are looking for a man who tried to lure two teenage boys to a car this month on the Southwest Side. More>>
Legislation increasing the speed limit on interstate highways in Illinois to 70 mph is headed to Gov. Pat Quinn. More>>
The Will County Courts website is suffering from a hack attack, the Herald-News is reporting. More>>
Police are looking for a man who tried to lure two teenage boys to a car this month on the Southwest Side. More>>
Protesters of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's plan to close dozens of city schools have been removed from a school board meeting in Chicago and from the State Capitol in Springfield. More>>
A woman was reportedly hospitalized after being rescued from the Chicago River near the Michigan Avenue bridge Wednesday morning. More>>
A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard has been charged with planning to commit an act of violence at the school, DuPage County prosecutors announced Wednesday. More>>
Though at least five ambulances and Fire Department personnel were dispatched to Midway Airport when a 737 reported a cracked windshield, the plane landed safely Wednesday morning. More>>
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP Business Writer It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways. More>>
A one-of-a-kind Chicago Public School is doing very well amid the controversy surrounding CPS closures, and the final Chicago Board of Education vote on the plan scheduled for Wednesday. More>>
A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening. More>>
State Rep. Lou Lang abruptly and surprisingly ended his sponsorship and potential future involvement in gambling-expansion legislation Tuesday.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he'll take his political lumps for his controversial school-closing plan. More>>
A woman robbed a Lake View bank Tuesday afternoon on the city's North Side. More>>
Illinois Sen. Donne Trotter has apologized for remarks that compared a member of Gov. Pat Quinn's cabinet to a Nazi. More>>
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is supporting Penny Pritzker as President Barack Obama's choice for commerce secretary. More>>
Illinois' congressional delegation has asked President Obama to add 16 Illinois counties to the list of those eligible to receive disaster aid after last month's flooding. More>>
Allergy season runs from April through October and for weeks already, pollen counts have been high in the Chicago area. More>>
In Englewood, Altgeld Elementary is shutting down, but staying open. Wentworth Elementary is moving there and taking over, making everyone unhappy about something. More>>
Jenn Gibbons embarked on a two month trip around the perimeter of Lake Michigan to raise money for the non-profit organization she founded for breast cancer survivors called Recovery on Water, or ROW. More>>
A northwest suburban day care worker who is in prison for murdering a toddler is getting some support as she appeals her case. More>>
Members of the Board of Education will likely vote Wednesday to shut down dozens of schools, but sources tell FOX 32 News that at least a few on a list of 54 proposed closings will likely be spared. More>>
A Schaumburg Village Trustee and his wife are recovering from injuries they sustained in the tornado. More>>
Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of Moore, Okla. for survivors of a tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children. More>>
Police are looking for man who inappropriately touched a woman at a South Loop CTA station Tuesday morning. More>>
Testimony has concluded at a civil trial in Chicago pitting an 87-year-old investor against "Apprentice" host Donald Trump. More>>
A man impersonating a police officer pulled over a northwest suburban student as she was drove to school Monday, searching her car before letting her leave, Pioneer Press is reporting. More>>
People in Aurora are voicing their concerns about what children will be reading next year. More>>
Rescue crews aren't the only ones heading to help tornado victims in Oklahoma. Addison's Lutheran Church Charities sent ten comfort dogs to Moore on Tuesday, to help console victims. More>>
A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football game last fall. More>>
Police are warning Loop train riders about a recent increase in robberies on CTA trains and platforms. More>>
The legal woes of embattled rapper Chief Keef continue. He was charged with disorderly conduct on Monday, in the suburbs of Atlanta. More>>
A Moore resident thought her dog did not survive the tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City suburb. But miracles do happen. More>>
Police are asking for help to identify the body of woman or teen girl found strangled and badly burned in a Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood Dumpster Sunday night. More>>
Every time a tornado makes news, the local public cannot help but think about what happened in this area, back in 1967. A destructive storm system hit the southwest suburbs 46 years ago. More>>
A shooting near Old Orchard Mall Friday night was "not a random act," Skokie police said at a village board meeting Monday. More>>
Another protest of the Chicago Public School closings is planned for Tuesday in advance of Wednesday's school board vote on school closings. More>>
Whatever happened to millionaire candy heiress Helen Brach? More than 35 years later, it remains one of Chicago's biggest mysteries. More>>
Drinking and college: Two words that seem to go together when teens graduate from high school. More>>
Chicago Public School officials are making a new round of promises about the safety of students who will be forced to transfer next fall. More>>
A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office. More>>
A crooked Chicago cop who joined forces with drug dealers was sentenced to 18 years behind bars Monday. More>>
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock ‘n' roll, has died. He was 74. More>>
Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage. More>>
A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured Sunday when a neighbor's dog jumped a fence and attacked him in his Roseland neighborhood backyard. More>>
Police are seeking the public's help in locating the suspects in several armed robberies in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood in May. More>>
United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them. More>>
A church was discovered vandalized Saturday on the Southeast Side by a deacon preparing for morning service. More>>
Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has been appointed to head the board of a government-supported nonprofit that promotes Chicago as a tourism and convention destination. More>>
An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence. More>>
Five people died and six others were taken to hospitals Monday after the van they were riding in left a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times, Illinois State Police said. More>>
When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left. More>>
Chicago teachers, parents and students are hitting the streets for a third and final day of citywide marches in protest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to close dozens of schools. More>>
Transit officials said the first rush hour of CTA's five-month Red Line construction project went smoothly Friday morning. Mayor Emanuel also stopped by to thank commuters for taking the project in stride. More>>
Twelve people have been charged with misdemeanor offenses after police responded to groups of teens running through traffic on North Michigan Avenue and elsewhere on the Gold Coast. More>>
The derailment of an Amtrak City of New Orleans train on the Near South Side Sunday morning led to delays and a couple cancellations for trains on Metra's Rock Island District line. More>>
A woman was found dead near a bus stop at O'Hare International Airport Saturday, authorities said.
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It didn't seem right to Clinton Shepherd that the birthplace of the Ferris wheel didn't hold the record for the longest Ferris wheel ride. More>>
Five people have been killed and at least 18 others wounded — including a 12-year-old boy left in critical condition — in shootings across the city since Friday night. More>>
Four people were injured in a crash on the Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side Sunday morning.
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A 23-year-old woman was killed and four others were critically injured when two cars crashed into a building in the Far South Side Washington Heights neighborhood early Sunday. More>>
A little boy who was found alone near Douglas Park on the West Side Sunday morning has been reunited with his family.
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One number in Saturday night's Powerball drawing was the difference for a dozen Illinois players between being $10,000 richer and living the life of a multi-millionaire - whose ticket was purchased in Florida. More>>
It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday. More>>
A mentally handicapped woman who went missing Friday from the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side has been found and returned home. More>>
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart says there is an outbreak of lice and scabies at the county jail and the hospital serving jail detainees. More>>
So much for those dreams that many Illinoisans had, of enjoying the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with an extra couple hundred million dollars. More>>
Storm clouds are over the White House and President Obama's second term agenda is in danger of getting sidetracked. More>>
FOX 32 has uncovered new information about the rape kits discovered last February, gathering dust in a police station in south suburban Robbins. More>>
Chicago police take on Chicago firefighters this Sunday in the "Battle of the Badges" Football Bowl! EJ Zbikowski of the Chicago Blaze explained who benefits from their charity game against the Chicago Enforcers. More>>
Two high school students took yearbook photos that will not appear in the yearbook because the photos show their pregnant bellies. More>>
The first of four Chicago families has won a $45,000 energy efficient home makeover from ComEd, in their Smart Home Showcase contest. Jennifer Montague explained how far Leticia Gonzalez's essay will take her. More>>
Three Chicago non-profits have joined forces to create Primelife Home Improvement. CEO Chris Roller explained how the project helps seniors live comfortably and safely in their own homes. More>>
Now trending online: A hero who can tell quite a story. More>>
The uncle of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev arrived in Massachusetts on Sunday to arrange for his burial. More>>
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