Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

Mayor Eddie Melton is focusing on delivering long-neglected basic services and addressing infrastructure needs in Gary, ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is urging state lawmakers to fund a $200 million program to help taxpayers who’ve ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Behind-the-scenes staff acrimony mirrors public tension betwee Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Chicago resident Vashon Tuncle joins ‘The Ingraham Angle’ to express support for Trump border czar Tom Homan in his battle ...

Leslie Knox was a young girl in the 1960s when her Detroit-area city was accused of destroying neighborhoods to get rid of ...

With his help, the bustling community Hodge once knew is starting to come back, and he said his 10 years as mayor have flown by.

The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that ‘sanctuary’ laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Illinois and Chicago, arguing that their immigration policies interfere with federal enforcement efforts.

A Chicago Police Department spokesperson told WTTW News in a statement the department does not “utilize quotas” for traffic ...

A medical jet crashed in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, leaving seven dead and injuring at least two dozen others. Here's ...