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The state’s flagship university is growing again. Enrollment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign now tops 61,000 students thanks to a freshman class that grew to 9,332. That’s about 200 more students than last year, based on numbers from the tenth day of classes.

Chicago police have released photos of a man they're looking for in connection to an attack on a CTA red line train in Edgewater. The images show a man wearing a security cap with a blue jacket over a yellow work vest and dark pants. Police say just before 7pm on August 25th, while a redline train was in the 1100 of West Granville Avenue, the suspect approached a passenger, maced the victim and th...

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on the latest multi-million dollar payment proposed to settle claims of police misconduct.

Citing the need for students to learn without relying on AI, the University of Chicago Law School is banning electronics in the classroom. First year law students will not be allowed to use laptops, phones and other electronic devices in class starting this fall.

This week, 52-year-old Eric Neuman was sentenced to 18 years in prison for Aggravated Arson. The DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin says Neuman sent texts to his soon-to-be ex-wife, threatening that he would cause an explosion in their home. Later that month, Neuman placed gasoline containers and propane tanks in their house and garage, and started a fire that caused an explosion that se...

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on new information around the city of Chicago's attempt to buy back the city's parking meters.

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on a report from a Chicago-Cook County task force looking into violence against women.

Ravi Kapadia, who most recently lived in New Jersey, pleaded guilty last year in U.S. District Court in Chicago to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States and bring in jewelry from other nations by using false documents. ​Last month, a judge in Chicago sentenced Kapadia to ten months in federal prison, and to pay restitution to the United States. Kapadia was found guilty of evading mor...

WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on new pressure to boost funding for public education in Illinois.

Fake AI flowers are back, and they’re blooming into a costly scam. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau’s Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

More than 100 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are taking part in an adventure-filled club this summer.

Several days of heavy rain have filled parts of Chicago’s Deep Tunnel system for the first time ever. Now the city is turning to more local projects to stop flooding that devastated parts of the west side in 2023.

Divers found three children ages 6, 7 and 10 in the overturned, sunken 25-foot boat, more than 30 feet deep. All children were wearing properly fitted life jackets, according to preliminary investigation. ​The Lake Geneva Fire Department said the seven other people on the boat on July 3rd were rescued, and all ten people were from Batavia, Wheaton and Fontana, Wisconsin. The National Weather Servi...

Last week’s heat wave was deadly for four people in the Chicago area. The Cook County Medical Examiner has ruled heat stress played a role in the deaths of three people in Chicago and one man in Evanston.

This week's Made in Chicago highlights Mend Atelier in the West Loop, ​which specializes in repairing and restoring designer bags and shoes.

It was 25 years ago today that 10-year old Tionda Bradley and her three-year old sister Diamond disappeared after leaving their South Side apartment to go to a store and then a playground. Officials and family still don't know what happened to them.

The city of Aurora's Public Works Department is still working around the clock following historic rainfall and storm damage over the weekend.