Local bassist Tony “Chicago” Russell was awarded a Creative Arts Emmy Award for outstanding music direction at the ceremony, ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” in Franklin Park when ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson says united local opposition to a federal intervention led the president to "back down." ...

Federal judges temporarily blocked Trump administration proposed changes limiting who can access the government programs for ...

In 2024, Chicago's immigrant population climbed to nearly 600,000, its highest level since 2006, according to a WBEZ analysis ...

The federal government stopped publishing comprehensive data in January after President Donald Trump took office, but ...

A day after activist and Illinois native Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a Utah campus event, students say they want a ...

As the Sun-Times and WBEZ report on this moment in the Chicago area, we’ve assembled a series of explainers to help you make ...

On an anxiety-filled day for the city, there were sporadic reports of arrests in Chicago’s Latino community as hundreds of ...

We speak with the reporter who investigated the 18 inmate deaths in 2023 — and get an update from the Cook County Sheriff’s ...

"'I love the smell of deportations in the morning,'" President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in a meme referencing the ...

O Block, made infamous by rappers like Chief Keef, has seen more shootings than any other block since 2010. But, with crime ...