ABC 7 Chicago celebrates Juneteenth with the half-hour special, "Our Chicago: In God We Trust…?" June 14 & 15.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and fined $2.5 million for trading ...

ABC7 celebrates Juneteenth with a half-hour special hosted by Anchor/Reporter Cheryl Burton on Saturday, June 14 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 15 at 11 p.m. on ABC7. The special will stream on Saturday, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday defended Illinois’ sanctuary laws before a House committee hearing and blasted the Trump administration for “abuses of power” amid a crackdown on ...

A body has been exhumed in Salem, Illinois, in hopes of identifying the remains of a train wreck victim who died in 1971.

A controversial tent city for migrants that never opened will cost state taxpayers $1.3M despite not being used and Gov. JB Pritzker’s pledge that the state wouldn’t be on the hook.

Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the Loop Thursday evening to protest immigration raids in Chicago. Leaders are preparing for even more protests on Saturday for "No Kings Day." ...

A judge imposed sanctions on the Illinois contractor who distributed politically damaging text messages when Kalus ran for governor in 2022.

Southern Baptists meeting in Dallas will be asked to support banning pornography and reversing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ...

Republicans in Congress have called New York Gov. Hochul and other Democratic governors to the Capitol to question them over sanctuary policies.