In a press conference Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the historically low crime rate in February, was due in part to a new strategy that places additional police in “hot zones” across the city. 

Gwendolyn Patton of Pink Pistols says the group changes the perception that gay people are easy victims. "We teach queers to shoot then we teach the rest of the world we’ve done it. Becuase then they may think twice about using them as a target."

A Curious Citizen’s question becomes your ticket to our multimedia playground, where you can relive the sometimes joyful, sometimes disturbing, and often unnerving stories of a Chicago amusement park.

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago unveiled a gender identity clinic on Friday. It will be the first of its kind in the midwest, and among only a handful across the country.

The Heartland Alliance’s Social Impact Research Center released a report today that suggest nearly a third of Illinois residents live in or near poverty.

 Illinois gun sellers say the state lawmakers' debate over gun control boosts business. 

Illinois may lose some clout in the U.S. House as the new session of congress starts.