Chicago’s Bishop John Siemianowski joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about Chicago’s own Pope Leo XIV, the expected direction of the Catholic Church and is the new Pope a Cubs fan or Sox ...

Alex Voigt, who has worked at the city of Aurora since 2010 and is now one of the city’s two deputy chiefs of staff, will ...

Ras Baraka, a Democrat, has aggressively pushed back against the construction and opening of the 1,000-bed detention center, ...

WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined WGN Evening News to discuss Pope Leo XIV, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s town hall ...

People in Central Illinois have been pushing the idea of high-speed rail stops since a bill was passed creating a committee ...

Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton has become a popular gathering spot. Officials are considering turning the home into a historic landmark. DOLTON, Ill. - While Pope Leo was born in Chicago, he grew ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday called for the immediate release of Newark, New Jersey’s mayor following his arrest earlier ...

The Chicago City Council passed Mayor Brandon Johnson's green affordable housing plan, to be seeded with $135 million from ...

Some small businesses in Chicago said this new way of doing business is the final nail in the coffin for their American dream ...

Changes to the nature of first-responder work reflect a bigger need for more emergency medical care than for traditional fire ...

Thirty members of the City Council signed a letter this week urging the board to stand by a resolution it passed less than ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, could give the papacy “a unique perspective,” one academic says. One ...