Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting on the city's Southwest Side early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Two men were fatally wounded in a triple shooting overnight on the North Side in the Edgewater neighborhood, Chicago police said. Officers responded about 1:20 a.m. Saturday to a call of a person ...

Like Pope Leo XIV, who turns out to be a regular South Sider who follows the White Sox, the Dolton house where he grew up is ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is from southeast suburban Dolton. Throughout Thursday, people from all over Chicago slowly drove ...

The alleged shooter of a Wednesday night killing around the Cradock neighborhood in Portsmouth has been identified but is at ...

“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...

Chicago is a city bursting with art, deep-dish pizza, iconic architecture — and yes, a reputation for crime that makes some ...

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

Over the last three years, the city of Elgin has replaced 2,500 lead service lines going into residents’ homes at a cost of ...

Pope Leo XIV and his family have a long history on Chicago's South Side. Long before Robert Prevost was elected by his fellow Cardinals, he was a friend to a South Side family. Among the many things ...

Pope Leo XIV has been with Augustinian order almost since childhood, wanted to be one of their priests since he was 13 ...