Mercy Hospital survived the Civil War and the Great Depression and treated patients during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It is a safety-net hospital, serving the poor on the city's South Side.

Chicago's oldest hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, frustrating city and state officials who pledged to keep the safety-net hospital open. The hospital plans to cease all ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 20 people have been shot, three fatally, in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said. A woman was killed in a South Side shooting on Friday night ...