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WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on a City Council vote advancing a proposed payment to settle lawsuits over the conduct of a former Chicago police officer.

Former U-S House Speaker Dennis Hastert died this weekend at age 84. He was the longest-serving Republican in that post and one of the highest-ranking politicians to go to prison. He pleaded guilty to banking violations designed to hide secret payments to an accuser.

Bears legend Otis Wilson, who wears a Super Bowl XX championship ring earned with the 1985 Chicago Bears team, was stopped by security from entered an elevator at Soldier Field.

The high school district serving Highland Park and Deerfield is promising disciplinary action and education following multiple incidents involving antisemitism, racism and anti-gay slurs over the past several weeks.

Aurora Mayor John Laesch is opposing a proposed text-based health care program that his office says would automatically enroll residential water customers and add at least $18 to their bills each billing cycle.

A 51-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting during a fight inside a home in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood on Sunday, according to Chicago police.

Chicago police say the off duty officer shot a man twice after he approached the cop's vehicle and struck him in the face in the City's Little Village neighborhood near 24th and Rockwell.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on an expansion of Chicago's mental health crisis response teams

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Chicago Cubs who challenged a building owner across from Wrigley Field who was selling tickets to see games from his rooftop but without sharing revenue with the Cubs.

​The state of Indiana has passed a bill that would offer the Bears up to $1 Billion in incentives to relocate their stadium project, and the Bears recently said their "sole focus" for a new stadium involves two sites in Hammond. ​After spending time with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday, Governor J.B. Pritzker's office issued a statement saying the governor was {quote}: "glad to participate in a productive meeting focused on keeping the Bears in Illinois and protecting taxpayers". The Bears still own the land at the former Arlington Racetrack in Arlington Heights which they purchased with plans of building a stadium there.

City Colleges of Chicago teachers and staff traded classrooms for picket lines to announce a planned strike date. Ahead of a City Colleges Board of Trustees meeting at Herald Washington College Thursday, chants competed against the rain and construction.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on the beginning of "early voting" at two "super-sites" in Chicago's Loop.