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A James Beard Award-winning food writer who was found dead in Chicago in early May suffered a seizure in the shower and drowned, according to results of an autopsy completed on Wednesday.
ComEd rates are about to drop again, and the Citizens Utility Board is warning you to think twice and do your homework before going with an alternative supplier.
As her daughter recovers from brain surgery, a young mother makes a plea for those who shot her this weekend, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
Curtis Thompson Jr. pleaded guilty in December to taking a $7,500 cash bribe from an undercover FBI informant at a 2013 Christmas party at the alderman's office. He pocketed the Christmas card full of cash after helping the informant land the alderman's essential support for a liquor license in the 21st Ward.
This summer's Taste of Chicago is featuring 19 restaurants that are new to Taste. WBBM's Steve Miller has a preview of one newcomer.
Citizen advocates have called for changes in a state law allowing local school boards to use big pay raises to boost the pensions of retiring teachers.
A senior at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights has been awarded a college scholarship for her moving essay about losing her brother to suicide after he returned from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Think of your biggest public transit pet peeves... As it turns out, the Chicago Transit Authority is well aware of them, attacking each and every slight you can think of in their latest advertising campaign.
In an effort to reduce the number of traffic congestion and crashes at one of the most accident-prone intersections in the city, work was scheduled to begin Thursday to reconfigure the six-corner intersection of Damen, Elston, and Fullerton avenues.
A tornado was the likely cause of the storm damage on Tuesday in south suburban Summit.
For anybody who spends just a few moments traveling the expressways around Chicago, it should come as no surprise that the most common job in Illinois, and the nation for that matter, is: truck driver.
Traffic safety experts were warning parents of young drivers about the increased risk of crashes this summer.
An attorney for a suburban Chicago man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-affiliated fighters in Syria says her client intends to change his plea to guilty.
The next couple weeks could be a bit of a roller coaster ride for mosquito activity in the Chicago area.
Instead of starting summer break after class on June 3, the more than 16,000 students in Waukegan Public School District 60 will be hitting the books until June 17.
