Beth Lawrence is a digital producer for CBS Chicago. Beth joined CBS Chicago as a member of the newsroom assignment desk before taking on her current role. Previously she worked as an on-air reporter ...

A fire Thursday morning at a mixed-use apartment building in Chicago's Austin neighborhood that left four people dead and three others injured is being investigated as arson, according to officials.

Robert (“Bob”) B. Austin. Age 84. Lifelong Olympia Fields and Flossmoor resident. Graduate of Leavitt Avenue Grade School Class of 1954 where he was the captain and high scorer of the 7th and 8th ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman is critically injured after crashing a car into a West Side apartment building early Sunday morning, Chicago police said. Officers responded to the crash near Austin and ...

Courtney B. has lived all of her life in the Austin neighborhood. Thanks to a partnership between By the Hand Club for Kids ...

Two people are dead, and at least seven others were injured, in a series of three different shootings in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side overnight Saturday into Sunday. Social ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was shot to death on the city's West Side on Saturday night, Chicago police said. Police said the shooting happened in the Austin neighborhood's 5600-block of West Division ...

A man was fatally shot Wednesday in a parking lot on the city's West Side. The shooting happened around 6:14 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Madison Street in South Austin, Chicago police said. The ...

In each of the incidents, the suspect approached the victims while walking on the sidewalk or near an alley. The suspect brandished a handgun while demanding the victim to turn over their property, ...

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The field house at Austin Town Hall Park, which hosts “Unsung Austin—West Side Stories” Credit: Courtesy Chicago Park District Walk through the main doors of the field house at Austin Town Hall Park, ...

Peak6 Investments is moving its global headquarters from Chicago to Austin, Texas, as of Jan. 1. The financial technology company and private-equity investment firm announced the move today while ...