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In a quiet backyard in the northwest Chicago suburb of Barrington, patience, art, and nature are coming together in the form of a bonsai greenhouse.
One person was dead, and all lanes of westbound Interstate 80 were blocked near Joliet around midday on Monday, after a wrong-way crash involving a car and a semi-trailer truck.
Anyone looking to get out of the heat in the coming days can get lost in the cosmos at the Adler Planetarium.
A somber memorial was held Monday morning at Church of the Holy Family in the Little Italy neighborhood, as the Chicago Fire Department held its 91st annual Memorial Day Parade and Mass to honor fallen members of the department.
A man from Chicago's far north suburbs died this weekend after an encounter with a live while he was trimming trees.
A woman who was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver in the Humboldt Park neighborhood earlier this month has died.
The Chicago Transit Authority is in search of transit-loving artists and entertainers.
Burglars struck a liquor store in the South Chicago community on Chicago's South Side in a crash-and-grab early Monday morning.
A man was expected in court Monday on charges that he shot and killed a family member last week in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
This Memorial Day, events were held all around the Chicago area to honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces who died in the line of duty.
A man plunged from an overpass in Grant Park in downtown Chicago and died Sunday evening.
Rafael Devers hit San Francisco's third grand slam in a seven-day span, a tiebreaking, fifth-inning drive that led the Giants over the Chicago White Sox 8-5.
The chief of police in New Chicago, Indiana, stood accused Sunday of selling a pawn shop a gun that was being held as evidence and then trying to have it bought back, among other allegations.
A beloved United Airlines pilot stationed in Chicago received a very special sendoff into retirement this weekend.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson got a warm sendoff Sunday as he prepares for a trip to the Vatican.
On Saturday, the United States began imposing 50% tariffs on hundreds of Canadian goods after negotiators failed to reach an agreement, prompting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to promise new retaliatory tariffs.
Police in west suburban Oak Brook used a new tool aimed at limiting high-speed chases to catch a fleeing van while responding to a burglary call overnight.
Tests were completed, but the results aren't being shared as signs point to the first full week of classes being interrupted.
Border patrol officers seized more than 1,000 pounds of the illegal stimulant khat at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in two busts last week.
A new study of former NFL football players who died between 2016 and 2021 and donated their brains for research found that 25% of them had CTE, a progressive degenerative brain disease that is found in people with a history of repetitive head trauma.
Three Chicago City Council members announced they have negotiated a revised parking meter deal with New York-based Stonepeak Partners to the benefit of the city.
The Legislative Ethics Commission has appointed David Risley acting legislative inspector general effective the day following the Sept. 30 resignation of his predecessor.
The Kennedy Center board, which is filled with President Trump's allies, is set to vote Tuesday on a new plan to close the center for two years of renovations.
President Trump has thrown his support behind Darren Bailey, the Republican candidate for Illinois governor.
Attorney Bill Quinlan on Tuesday became the latest candidate to announce a run for mayor of Chicago in 2027.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
A Concealed Carry License holder shot an armed person during an attempted robbery in Orland Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
The nurses on Tuesday were rallying in support of colleagues they said were fired for trying to unionize. Lauren Victory reports.
The Illinois winner of the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot last month has come forward to claim their prize.
A Concealed Carry License holder shot an armed person during an attempted robbery in Orland Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
Three Chicago City Council members announced they have negotiated a revised parking meter deal with New York-based Stonepeak Partners to the benefit of the city.
Chicago's Divvy bike and scooter sharing service recorded its busiest summer ever this year, the Mayor's office announced Tuesday.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham outlined the traits she wants in the WNBA's next commissioner — someone who values players, communicates openly, and can unite a diverse league.
The Legislative Ethics Commission has appointed David Risley acting legislative inspector general effective the day following the Sept. 30 resignation of his predecessor.
Chicago police crime data show 255 reported crimes in the last two years on the two blocks where the former Hard Rock and Rainforest cafés sit vacant. Neighbors have been calling the city about the alley between them for six years.
A three-year effort by the Cook County Sheriff's Office to help bring down crime on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago appears to be working.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham outlined the traits she wants in the WNBA's next commissioner — someone who values players, communicates openly, and can unite a diverse league.
Connor Bedard has been named the 37th captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, capping a busy offseason for the young center.
Chicago has won three of four and moved one-half game ahead of idle Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox, who lost 102 games and finished last in 2025, won the opener of the showdown series to push their lead over the Guardians to 1 1/2 games.
Providence Catholic High School in southwest suburban New Lenox has fired football coach Tyler Plantz, despite the team's 4-0 start to the season.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert after a man groped a woman on a CTA Red Line subway platform downtown.
A $30,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person who shot and killed a 911 dispatcher in the Back of the Yards neighborhood last week.
A 15-year-old girl returned to court Monday to face murder charges, after authorities said she was one of a few people responsible for pushing a man out of a moving Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train.
An 85-year-old man from Crown Point, Indiana, was arrested this past weekend on accusations of shooting his wife.
Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
