Extreme cold has moved into the Chicago area, and while an official advisory has expired, wind chills are still making it feel like temperature are well below zero degrees.

As freezing Arctic winds started to blow into Chicago, bringing the coldest weather in seven years, city officials and ...

Chicago has released new numbers on homelessness, and they show far more people without housing than previously thought.

Chicagoland faith leaders are opening warming centers and shelters to provide hot meals and warm places to sleep for those in ...

The annual "point-in-time" count determines how federal funds are distributed and can influence local policy, though some ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago is trying to count the number of homeless people on the streets right now. The federal government mandates that this be done each January for cities to qualify for ...

An Elgin, Illinois man’s “slumber parties” for homeless people during extreme cold have been shut down by city officials who say it violates code. Screenshot from NBC Chicago He calls them “slumber ...