Some worry about power, electric bills in Chicago during heat wave
Power lines are working overtime with the heat, and some are concerned that blackouts are possible with so much air conditioning running at homes and businesses.
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Power lines are working overtime with the heat, and some are concerned that blackouts are possible with so much air conditioning running at homes and businesses.
A man was in a vehicle on busy Devon Avenue near Oakley Avenue when he got into an argument with a pedestrian that ended with the pedestrian shooting him.
A group of Chicago-area veterans traveled to New Orleans Wednesday to see for themselves a museum built in their honor.
Last month, Madigan was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery, conspiracy, and fraud charges.
In a news release, Harvey city leaders said the layoffs were necessary to stabilize the city's finances.
This study could predict national trends in life expectancy, researchers say.
Partnerships between police agencies are what DePodesta thinks is behind the 30% drop in homicides in Chicago and the 40% drop in gun violence.
UIC said Glenn Rhymes was arrested and released on the UI Health campus — only to go on to shoot two people elsewhere.
The train hit the car at the Bryn Mawr Avenue crossing, near Bryn Mawr Avenue.
Many Northern Illinois residents got sticker shock upon opening their ComEd electric bills for the month of June.
With extreme heat having settled in the area again Wednesday, the community center at the Autumn Ridge and the Park Forest Village Hall are open as cooling centers during business hours.
The Chicago Bears held their first practice of new head coach Ben Johnson's first training camp at Halas Hall Tuesday.
A graduate student who was reported missing from La Crosse, Wisconsin, over the weekend has been found dead.
Tyree Johnson, 26, and Deonte Johnson, 23, were each charged with one misdemeanor count of child endangerment.
Chicago police said a French bulldog was stolen at gunpoint in a violent armed robbery on the city's South Side Tuesday.
