CHICAGO (WLS) -- From parades to fireworks, Chicago area residents celebrated the Fourth of July with friends and family on a gorgeous day. At Navy Pier, the security was tight as crowds gathered to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of people headed downtown Chicago to celebrate the 4th of July. Chicago police warned around noon that beaches throughout the city were nearing capacity and parking lots ...

In 2019, the Cox family Fourth of July celebration was underway when Harlee, then 7, lay down beside her mom, Kayla Cox, to watch partygoers set off fireworks from the road below. When someone lit a ...

*As we reported earlier, the death of 7-year-old Amari Brown has shined a light on a sad ritual that has accompanied the annual 4th of July festivities in Chicago. Since the ‘90s, gun violence has ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The annual Fourth of July fireworks show that drew more than a million people to Chicago's Lake Michigan shores has been canceled. The Chicago Park District is now in charge of the ...

The Morton Grove Days Parade has been a longstanding tradition, and it continued this year on the Fourth of July as thousands lined Dempster Street in the summer heat. Put together by the Morton Grove ...

During a bloody Fourth of July weekend, more than 50 people were shot and six killed in Chicago, a notorious hot spot for violent crime. Several mass shootings and drive-by shootings accounted for the ...

First responders and doctors in Chicago are warning about how quickly fireworks can turn dangerous. Last year, more than 150 people were rushed to Chicago hospitals with firework injuries. ABC7 ...

CHICAGO - About 30 local activists and supporters attended a peace walk Sunday afternoon following a deadly July 4th weekend in Chicago, with four people killed and 42 injured in various shootings.