A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of some charges Wednesday in a mixed ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy ...

When she was a kid hungering for ice cream, Ida Nelson would trudge to the local gas station or perhaps to a food & liquor ...

Maplewood, a suburb of St. Paul, became an enclave for Black families despite decades of racist real estate practices in Minnesota.

Overview: As the Chicago Department of Public Health rolls out an ambitious action plan, Trump’s Project 2025 playbook ...

The City of Chicago had originally planned to clear out the homeless encampment in Gompers Park by the end of February, but that timeline is now changing.

Lorraine Hansberry was a Chicago playwriting legend. Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist.

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, a self-taught Chicago historian who rose to fame on TikTok, is the new brand ambassador and chief of ...