MER's Music Showcase has become a staple for local music and after a long hiatus it's back. Joining us now with details on this year's lineup is singer, songwriter MER.

Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at Yale and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public on Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to diffuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas. The various actions followed the arrest last week of more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had camped out on Columbia's green, as schools struggle with where to draw the line between allowing free expression while maintaining a safe and inclusive campus.

Attempted sexual assault in Lakeview

Chicago police are searching for a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a CPD officer in Gage Park early Sunday morning. On Monday afternoon, police released photographs and a video captured by surveillance cameras showing an individual believed to be connected to the deadly shooting of CPD officer Luis M. Huesca in the 3100 block of West 56th Street while Huesca was returning home from work. Huesca would've turned 31 on Tuesday. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-police-share-photos-video-of-person-wanted-in-connection-with-deadly-shooting-of-cpd-officer/

Jurors on Monday have convicted a Chicago woman of killing her landlord and storing her body in a freezer.

By now, you know we’re about to be visited by billions of cicadas, including downstate Illinois where, for the first time in more than 200 years, two types of cicadas are emerging at the same time.

In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election.

Chicago police are searching for the person who fatally shot a CPD officer in Gage Park early Sunday morning while he was returning home from work. 

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A woman died and two children are in critical condition following a crash early Monday morning near the Calumet River.

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Local leaders are speaking out on Monday following the fatal shooting of CPD Officer Luis M. Huesca, who was killed while returning home from work early Sunday morning.