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One person is in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody following a police pursuit late Sunday morning in St. Charles.

It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026.

CHICAGO (WGN) — Another notable name has joined the growing crowd of candidates seeking to become Chicago's next mayor. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced his intentions to run for Mayor of Chicago during the upcoming election cycle. “The hardworking people of Chicago deserve a government that works just as hard as they do,” Giannoulias [...]

A new state program is now in effect to help Illinoisians who lost food assistance benefits after Congress implemented new work requirements.

José Fermin hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1, avoiding a three-game sweep. Matthew Liberatore pitched six shutout innings and George Soriano (4-3) worked one inning for the win as the Cardinals used a four-run ninth to snap an eight-game losing streak against Toronto. St. Louis won for the fifth time in 17 games since the All-Star break, and scored more than three runs for the first time since a 7-0 win over Cincinnati on July 25.

A Granite City, Illinois, man appeared in Madison County Circuit Court last week and admitted committing child sex crimes with an underage girl and fathering a child with the victim.

A woman previously accused of causing a crash at a busy Shrewsbury intersection is facing a new charge after the other driver involved in the crash died.

Marcel Hartel scored in the 72nd minute and St. Louis played Real Salt Lake to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.

Community members gathered Saturday evening in Ferguson to rebuild a memorial in memory of Michael Brown Jr.

East St. Louis community members held a prayer vigil Saturday in memory of five family members killed in a mass shooting last month.

One person was killed in a north St. Louis crash Saturday afternoon, police say.

A man charged in the shooting death of a teenager in Cahokia Heights last weekend has now been arrested, according to St. Clair County jail records.

Cardinals left-hander Quinn Mathews (0-1) allowed two runs and six hits in five-plus innings. Mathews walked three and struck out three.

A deer spotted wearing a collar around its neck in Forest Park has some St. Louisans wondering why that's the case. Turns out, it's part of a wildlife research project to understand how they live and use the park.

One man was injured in a shooting Friday evening in north St. Louis County, police say.

A Missouri man is accused of traveling to Illinois and killing his ex-wife inside an Illinois home.

One consumer who spoke with WGN-TV said she worries the tax hikes will never end.

The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 are temporarily closed on Saturday near Natural Bridge Road in St. Louis County as crews work to clear the scene of a vehicle crash.

The Illinois Attorney General's Office has charged a Mascoutah High School cafeteria worker with three counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

Police are investigating after a driver struck a pedestrian overnight in Ferguson.