Seven of the teenagers were shot near the Chicago Theater in the city's Loop, just hours after the city's tree lighting in Millennium Park.

A 59-year-old city of Chicago employee accused of threatening a state senator was ordered to be held in custody Wednesday.

The Minnesota Wild are on a six-game winning streak following a 4-3 overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. Matt Boldy scored the game-tying goal in the middle of the third period before Kirill Kaprizov lit the lamp with the game-winner in the second minute of OT.

Nearly half a million dollars in gas and groceries will be available this weekend as part of the latest giveaway from Chicago businessman and philanthropist Dr. Willie Wilson.

An extra-alarm fire was raging Thanksgiving Day at a strip mall in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. As witnessed on scene early Thursday afternoon, the fire destroyed the Dollar Tree at 2517 W. Cermak Rd., and spread to another store in the strip mall.

According to Chicago police, a repeat offender who was awaiting trial for an unrelated attack and was not being held in jail set a woman on fire aboard a train.