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, ...

ABC7 Chicago is seeking an aggressive, self-sufficient Desk Assistant who recognizes a good news story and understands what it takes to bring it to audiences on all platforms.

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 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.

The Illinois budget, passed late Saturday, boosts K-12 education funding, provides special grants for safety-net hospitals, ...

Learn more by watching this extended interview with Seacrest conducted by Shirleen Allicot, anchor for Channel 7 Eyewitness News in New York. Allicot is the host of "Protect Our Children ...

Nearly two dozens wildfires were burning in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is just north of Minnesota and North Dakota.

Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible ... from inside Illinois’ prison system for decades. 8/10/1993 All photos are off of a tv set at channel 7.