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Allergy season runs from April through October and for weeks already, pollen counts have been high in the Chicago area. More>>
In Englewood, Altgeld Elementary is shutting down, but staying open. Wentworth Elementary is moving there and taking over, making everyone unhappy about something. More>>
Jenn Gibbons embarked on a two month trip around the perimeter of Lake Michigan to raise money for the non-profit organization she founded for breast cancer survivors called Recovery on Water, or ROW. More>>
A northwest suburban day care worker who is in prison for murdering a toddler is getting some support as she appeals her case. More>>
Members of the Board of Education will likely vote Wednesday to shut down dozens of schools, but sources tell FOX 32 News that at least a few on a list of 54 proposed closings will likely be spared. More>>
A Schaumburg Village Trustee and his wife are recovering from injuries they sustained in the tornado. More>>
Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of Moore, Okla. for survivors of a tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children. More>>
Police are looking for man who inappropriately touched a woman at a South Loop CTA station Tuesday morning. More>>
Testimony has concluded at a civil trial in Chicago pitting an 87-year-old investor against "Apprentice" host Donald Trump. More>>
A man impersonating a police officer pulled over a northwest suburban student as she was drove to school Monday, searching her car before letting her leave, Pioneer Press is reporting. More>>
People in Aurora are voicing their concerns about what children will be reading next year. More>>
Rescue crews aren't the only ones heading to help tornado victims in Oklahoma. Addison's Lutheran Church Charities sent ten comfort dogs to Moore on Tuesday, to help console victims. More>>
A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football game last fall. More>>
Police are warning Loop train riders about a recent increase in robberies on CTA trains and platforms. More>>
The legal woes of embattled rapper Chief Keef continue. He was charged with disorderly conduct on Monday, in the suburbs of Atlanta. More>>
A Moore resident thought her dog did not survive the tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City suburb. But miracles do happen. More>>
Police are asking for help to identify the body of woman or teen girl found strangled and badly burned in a Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood Dumpster Sunday night. More>>
Every time a tornado makes news, the local public cannot help but think about what happened in this area, back in 1967. A destructive storm system hit the southwest suburbs 46 years ago. More>>
A shooting near Old Orchard Mall Friday night was "not a random act," Skokie police said at a village board meeting Monday. More>>
Another protest of the Chicago Public School closings is planned for Tuesday in advance of Wednesday's school board vote on school closings. More>>
Whatever happened to millionaire candy heiress Helen Brach? More than 35 years later, it remains one of Chicago's biggest mysteries. More>>
Drinking and college: Two words that seem to go together when teens graduate from high school. More>>
Chicago Public School officials are making a new round of promises about the safety of students who will be forced to transfer next fall. More>>
A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office. More>>
A crooked Chicago cop who joined forces with drug dealers was sentenced to 18 years behind bars Monday. More>>
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock ‘n' roll, has died. He was 74. More>>
Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage. More>>
A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured Sunday when a neighbor's dog jumped a fence and attacked him in his Roseland neighborhood backyard. More>>
Police are seeking the public's help in locating the suspects in several armed robberies in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood in May. More>>
United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them. More>>
A church was discovered vandalized Saturday on the Southeast Side by a deacon preparing for morning service. More>>
Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has been appointed to head the board of a government-supported nonprofit that promotes Chicago as a tourism and convention destination. More>>
An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence. More>>
Five people died and six others were taken to hospitals Monday after the van they were riding in left a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times, Illinois State Police said. More>>
When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left. More>>
Chicago teachers, parents and students are hitting the streets for a third and final day of citywide marches in protest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to close dozens of schools. More>>
Transit officials said the first rush hour of CTA's five-month Red Line construction project went smoothly Friday morning. Mayor Emanuel also stopped by to thank commuters for taking the project in stride. More>>
Twelve people have been charged with misdemeanor offenses after police responded to groups of teens running through traffic on North Michigan Avenue and elsewhere on the Gold Coast. More>>
The derailment of an Amtrak City of New Orleans train on the Near South Side Sunday morning led to delays and a couple cancellations for trains on Metra's Rock Island District line. More>>
A woman was found dead near a bus stop at O'Hare International Airport Saturday, authorities said.
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It didn't seem right to Clinton Shepherd that the birthplace of the Ferris wheel didn't hold the record for the longest Ferris wheel ride. More>>
Clinton Shepherd, Pier Park Operations Manager, is trying to set a new world record for the longest time riding a Ferris Wheel. He was stationed at Navy Pier Thursday, preparing for this weekend's marathon event. More>>
Five people have been killed and at least 18 others wounded — including a 12-year-old boy left in critical condition — in shootings across the city since Friday night. More>>
Four people were injured in a crash on the Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side Sunday morning.
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A 23-year-old woman was killed and four others were critically injured when two cars crashed into a building in the Far South Side Washington Heights neighborhood early Sunday. More>>
A little boy who was found alone near Douglas Park on the West Side Sunday morning has been reunited with his family.
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One number in Saturday night's Powerball drawing was the difference for a dozen Illinois players between being $10,000 richer and living the life of a multi-millionaire - whose ticket was purchased in Florida. More>>
It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday. More>>
A mentally handicapped woman who went missing Friday from the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side has been found and returned home. More>>
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart says there is an outbreak of lice and scabies at the county jail and the hospital serving jail detainees. More>>
So much for those dreams that many Illinoisans had, of enjoying the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with an extra couple hundred million dollars. More>>
Storm clouds are over the White House and President Obama's second term agenda is in danger of getting sidetracked. More>>
FOX 32 has uncovered new information about the rape kits discovered last February, gathering dust in a police station in south suburban Robbins. More>>
We all know Chicago has great pizza and now a survey of the country's food experts proves it. More>>
On Friday, the current Chicago Teacher's Union President Karen Lewis announced that she has been re-elected and says she won with 80 percent of the vote. More>>
Three teenagers have been charged with sexual assaulting a 12-year-old girl last year and posting a video of the attack on Facebook. More>>
Emergency crews rescued two people from a boat that capsized in Lake Michigan Friday afternoon near the Woodlawn neighborhood. More>>
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge say a 63-year-old Chicago man conducted a fictitious business that defrauded people in at least four states. More>>
The state poison center is starting to get calls about a dangerous new synthetic drug called 2C-E. More>>
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday. More>>
Donald Trump got his chance this week to speak to jurors at a civil trial in Chicago and now the 87-year-old woman who sued him gets her turn. More>>
An outbreak of lice and scabies at the Cook County Jail prompted sheriff's police to issue an isolation order for some inmates. More>>
Four people were hospitalized Friday afternoon when an elevator they were in at a Near North Side parking garage dropped five stories. More>>
A man who tried to rob three women with a knife in the River North area Thursday night was apprehended by police who spotted him downtown soon after the crimes. More>>
Two people were killed in a south suburban fire early Friday, authorities said. More>>
A DePaul University student will spend the next 145 days in jail for his role in a deadly beach brawl in 2011. More>>
A 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting Thursday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, authorities said. More>>
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge say a 63-year-old Chicago man conducted a fictitious business that defrauded people in at least four states and they are now looking for additional victims. More>>
The Powerball jackpot has jumped again! An incredible $600 million is up for grabs, and officials expect it will increase even more before Saturday night's drawing. More>>
An elderly man was hospitalized after he was knocked to the ground and robbed of his wallet at a Loop CTA subway station Thursday morning. More>>
Nine stops on the south branch of the CTA's Red Line – from Cermak/Chinatown to 95th/Dan Ryan - will be shut down starting Sunday for a five-month $1 billion reconstruction project. More>>
Police are warning businesses in the River North area of a spate of burglaries, mainly at night, over the past couple weeks, including one night this week when businesses were targeted. More>>
Chicago police take on Chicago firefighters this Sunday in the "Battle of the Badges" Football Bowl! EJ Zbikowski of the Chicago Blaze explained who benefits from their charity game against the Chicago Enforcers. More>>
The Chicago Police Department says a woman who claimed she was robbed of cash and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands on the Mag Mile earlier this week, made the whole thing up. More>>
Two high school students took yearbook photos that will not appear in the yearbook because the photos show their pregnant bellies. More>>
Imagine how embarrassed you'd be if your neighbors and friends learned you'd been accused of illegally downloading adult porn films. More>>
An elderly woman was the latest victim of a Mag Mile robbery when a group of men stole some very expensive jewelry and cash. More>>
He's known for his age, size and lyrics. Now, rapper Lil Mouse is accused of threatening to kill a boy nearly half his age. More>>
A person sent us an email about an Instagram account filled with risqué pictures of women riding the Chicago Transit Authority's trains and busses. More>>
Mayor Emanuel will celebrate two years in office by unveiling "Elevate Chicago" on Thursday, a series of construction projects to improve Navy Pier and McCormick Place. More>>
A 2012 Proviso East High School graduate and former basketball standout was shot in the head in Maywood overnight and is in critical condition at Loyola Hospital, according to friends and police. More>>
Look out McGriddles, there's a new fast food breakfast in town. Taco Bell is currently testing out the Waffle Taco as a possible breakfast item in at least one Southern California location. More>>
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge are warning residents of the resurgence of a computer-generated phone scam that targets debit card owners. More>>
The west suburban city of Batavia is looking to restrict tattoo parlors from opening in the downtown area, the Aurora-Beacon News reports. More>>
DNA samples from a body found in the Des Plaines River have been sent to the Illinois State Police Crime Lab to determine whether it is that of a west suburban boy allegedly beaten to death.
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It's pool weather, but before you jump in, you might want to think about what's in the water. More>>
State police say a dozen people -- including five children -- are injured after a school bus carrying special needs children rolled over on a highway near Indianapolis. More>>
Police are looking for a south suburban man they consider "armed and dangerous" who is suspecting of shooting a man in the South Side Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. More>>
A funeral Mass was held Thursday for the dead newborn boy found earlier this month inside a cooler at a south suburban recycling plant. More>>
A Geneva family is celebrating after finding a winning lottery ticket worth nearly $5 million in their cookie jar. More>>
The Chicago Farmer's Market opened for business in Daley Plaza on Thursday, offering fresh fruit, vegetables, plants and flowers to anyone who stops by the downtown set-up. More>>
Illinois' unemployment rate improved slightly in April, dipping to 9.3 percent compared to 9.5 percent in March. More>>
Since National Dog Bite Prevention week begins next week, Good Day Chicago wants to help you learn how to protect yourself in the event of a dog attack and the proper way to say hello to a pup you don't know. More>>
The jackpot for the multi-state Powerball lottery game has jumped more than $100 million, and now stands at an estimated $475 million. More>>
A car stuck on the Metra Electric Line tracks on the South Side has led to delays of a few trains on that line Thursday morning. More>>
A motorist was taken in serious condition to a hospital after crashing into a school bus on the West Side Thursday morning. More>>
You've likely seen or heard about claims of a super belly fat buster in one pill, but are they too good to be true? More>>
It was check-mate for nearly a dozen Cook County inmates Wednesday as they took on Russian detainees in an online chess tournament. More>>
The largest Chicago police recruiting class in nearly a decade is one step closer to hitting the streets. More>>
You may soon be able to bet big bucks on poker and other casino-style games all on your own computer. More>>
A pitbull that had already attacked one person in the South Side Englewood neighborhood Wednesday morning was shot dead by a Chicago Police sergeant as it attacked a 16-year-old boy on his way to school. More>>
Controversial magazine covers have been happening a lot lately as publishers are struggling and controversy often sells. But, the June issue of Allure magazine is a different case. More>>
Oscar Mayer announced five new hot dog innovations Monday, all created to answer the hot dog hankerings of anyone and everyone. More>>
A state regulatory board indicated it plans to reject a plan to build a Muslim-friendly surgery center in the southwest suburbs, the Elgin Courier-News is reporting. More>>
Brushfire season has come early to Washington. The Obama administration had been trying to stamp out persistent complaints over Benghazi. More>>
A Chicago federal judge is scolding Donald Trump and an attorney questioning the developer-turned-TV personality to stop their verbal "boxing match." More>>
Attorneys for the Chicago Teachers Union filed several federal lawsuits Wednesday, arguing the closing of 53 elementary schools discriminates against African-American children and those with disabilities. More>>
A truck driver was seriously injured when the semi-truck he was driving overturned on the exit ramp from the outbound Eisenhower Expressway to Route 83 North. More>>
Two rookie officers on foot patrol fired at a teenage gunman who was later arrested — a demonstration of the police department's latest crime-fighting strategy in action, officials said Tuesday.
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A 32-year-old bus driver for a far north suburban school district has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor, though the victim was not a student who rode her bus, according to police. More>>
A 27-year-old West Side man with a tattoo on his face that reads "10 District Cop Killa" has been charged with making phone calls threatening to kill police officers and bomb a police station. More>>
The Chicago Department of Public Health is using billboards showing pregnant teen boys in their new campaign to prevent teenage pregnancies. Good Day took to the streets to see if they got the message across. More>>
Are you feeling lucky? You might want to stop at a convenience store on your way to work. The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $360 million, the third largest in the lottery's history. More>>
A former Maine West High School soccer coach has been charged with multiple misdemeanor counts involving the battery and hazing of players on his team. More>>
A woman was killed in a crash with a garbage truck as she pulled out into traffic in west suburban Geneva on Wednesday morning. More>>
A 38-year-old woman accused of dragging a Chicago Police officer from a vehicle while speeding away from a traffic stop Monday night has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, police said. More>>
The first of four Chicago families has won a $45,000 energy efficient home makeover from ComEd, in their Smart Home Showcase contest. Jennifer Montague explained how far Leticia Gonzalez's essay will take her. More>>
Three Chicago non-profits have joined forces to create Primelife Home Improvement. CEO Chris Roller explained how the project helps seniors live comfortably and safely in their own homes. More>>
Now trending online: A hero who can tell quite a story. More>>
The uncle of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev arrived in Massachusetts on Sunday to arrange for his burial. More>>
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