Chicago Gas Prices Hit Highest Level In History
The average price of gas continues to jump ever closer to $5 per gallon, with prices up 18 cents per gallon in the last week.
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The average price of gas continues to jump ever closer to $5 per gallon, with prices up 18 cents per gallon in the last week.
Police in the northwest suburbs are warning people about someone who has been trying to impersonate them.
The Lake Forest community was reeling Monday, after three Lake Forest High School students were killed by Metra trains in the past three months, all apparent suicides.
A woman who allegedly kidnapped her daughter from the Chicago area more than two years ago was behind bars in Dallas, Texas, Friday.
Inspector shakedowns of businesses in Chicago have been legendary over the years, but now a new twist to that theme.
A story out Friday morning is sure to cause grumbling among those who use the Illinois Tollway system.
The unusually warm weather this past winter has not had much of an impact on water levels for growing crops, plants and grass, according to a climatologist.
A new report says overtime pay for people who work for the Illinois Tollway system was nearly $4 million last year.
New court papers suggest Chicago Police may have left out key information in a report about an incident involving a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley in which another man died after being punched.
National Democrats are putting a circle around Illinois as one of the key states that could tip the scales, and allow the Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives.
As many as 140,000 college students could be denied financial aid, as a state-operated source of funds has gone dry much earlier than usual.
If you think you don't need to wear sunscreen because it's not summer yet, you're wrong.
A 17-year-old woman was arrested for stealing an iPhone from a passenger on the CTA Red Line over the weekend after police used the "Find My iPhone" app to track her down.
Police in Northwest Indiana say a jewelry store thief may have left something behind that could lead police to capture him and his accomplices.
This St. Patrick's Day weekend will be one of bacchanalian revelry for many, and police are warning those who partake to bring a designated driver.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a crack about the purported Chicago tradition of voting early and often Friday, as he campaigned at a restaurant in Rosemont.
A lawsuit is being filed Thursday against Illinois State Police and the Village of Westchester for the handling of a woman's drunken driving arrest last September.
Today's a day when math-lovers and dessert-lovers can agree. It's "Pi Day," and several area bakeries and restaurants are celebrating with sales on pies.
Police are looking for two men who got into a shootout last night with an off-duty Chicago police officer in the Northwest Side's quiet Edgebrook neighborhood.
It's time for buying Easter baskets for children, but the outspoken Rev. Michael Pfleger would liked some changes in the items being included in some of baskets.
This is Good Samaritan Day, and the OnStar motorist helpline has put out a list of cities it says had the most Good Samaritan calls in 2011.
A flight from Boston to Chicago was diverted to Buffalo, N.Y., Monday morning, after authorities received a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax tied to a domestic dispute.
Both U.S. Senators from Illinois, and Gov. Pat Quinn, are unhappy with the decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny disaster aid to Southern Illinois counties ravaged by tornadoes.
A forensic anthropologist determined Monday that some bones that turned up in Gary, Ind., over the weekend were not human after all.
