Chicago fire crews responded to a building collapse Monday morning on the city's South Side.

The Chicago area could experience severe storms Monday evening on a day when many students head back to school.

There are unwelcome house guests, and then there's this -- a mountain lion strutting through the front door of a La Verne, California home.

Amanda Puck with Mariano's joined ABC7 with some easy lunch ideas for your kids that are budget friendly too.

Democratic lawmakers from Texas just arrived at O'Hare Monday to head back to the Lone Star State.

Air Canada suspended plans to restart operations Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return to work order.

"You're dealing with a major hurricane. The intensity is fluctuating. It's a dangerous hurricane in any event," Richard Pasch of the National Hurricane Center said.

Tartick said that he's been watching this season of "Bachelor in Paradise," and he has some advice for whoever wins the show's $500,000 prize.

Chicago Public School students will begin their first day of the new school year Monday.

CTA Red Line service in the Loop has been disrupted by a medical emergency Monday morning.

A man and a four-year-old boy were injured in a hit-and-run in the West Ridge neighborhood Sunday night, Chicago police said.

In the second of two lawsuits challenging practices at the facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz," civil rights attorneys are seeking a preliminary injunction to ensure that detainees at the facility have confidential access to their lawyers, which they say hasn't happened. Florida officials dispute that claim.

For years, the ABC7 I-Team has been reporting on a controversial CPD tactic that critics call "pretextual traffic stops," or stops for minor traffic violations turning into drivers handcuffed and vehicles searched, moments after pulling them over.

Summer break is coming to an end Sunday for more than 300,000 Chicago Public Schools students. Meanwhile, the school district is still facing a $734 million budget gap.

A missing Sacramento mother and her 8-month-old daughter were found dead inside a submerged vehicle, just over a month after they were last seen.

The Chicago Police Department is searching for a high-risk missing 94-year-old man who is diagnosed with dementia.

A historic season came to a close Sunday for the Clarendon Hills Little League team.

Texas House Democrats in Illinois are now getting ready to head back to the Lone Star State. They spent time at Saint Sabina Church Sunday on the city's South Side.

A 6-year-old boy was shot in the finger Sunday in Humboldt Park, Chicago police said.

Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87.

Since Steven Weisberg's arrest on Friday afternoon, four more teenage girls who worked at the ice cream shop have made reports to police.

A driver is facing DUI charges after hitting an Illinois State Police squad car in DuPage County on Sunday morning, injuring himself and an ISP trooper, officials said.

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds.

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A teenage boy was shot to death in the west suburbs on Saturday night, police said.