Chicago Public Schools laid off more than 1,450 school-based staffers, including teachers, on Friday as it works to narrow a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson recently issued the first veto by a Chicago mayor in 19 years. But mayoral vetoes once were common. A ...

Thousands of people march to Grant Park in Chicago to rally for May Day on May 1, 2025 with organized labor and activist groups calling for protection of immigrants and fair wages.

Thousands march from Union Park to Grant Park in downtown Chicago Thursday to commemorate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day.

A judge on Thursday sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb that killed seven people, local ...

Despite city outreach, homeless encampment shows no sign of shrinking at Northwest Side park As of Wednesday, there were still more than 20 tents at Gompers Park near North Pulaski Road, but the ...

Tensions were high in Chicago's north Mayfair neighborhood Friday morning, where activists and park district officials clashed during the clearing of a tent encampment in Gompers Park.

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that pushed back Confederates.

Pitchfork Music Festival announced that it is not returning to the city next year after a 19-year run in Union Park. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch ...

On Thursday evening, protesters coalesced at Union Park just hours before Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination. Several hundred police officers and vehicles ...

On the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Pro-Palestinian protestors gathered at Union Park, where a speaking portion got underway shortly before WGN's Jenna Barnes ...

Largest planned protest of DNC week begins in Union Park as Chicago officials promise readiness Demonstrators bearing Palestinian flags and signs had gathered by noon for what is expected to be ...