Fire officials say brush fire burned 8 acres of farmland in McHenry County
The fire moved quickly through a soybean field, as strong southerly winds pushed the flames through dry crop residue, creating fast-moving fire behavior, fire officials said.
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The fire moved quickly through a soybean field, as strong southerly winds pushed the flames through dry crop residue, creating fast-moving fire behavior, fire officials said.
Firefighters were seen at the Luna Park Apartments, near Wedgewood Drive and St. Paul Avenue, around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Firefighters were seen at the Luna Park Apartments, near Wedgewood Drive and St. Paul Avenue, around 1 a.m. Sunday.
The fire broke out around 2:40 a.m. in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place, near Euclid Avenue.
Firefighters battled large flames at a vacant building in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood.
Fire officials said additional fire crews have been called to help with the response.
Fire officials said the fire has since been extinguished, but they will remain at the scene to monitor hot spots.
Chicago firefighters were battling an extra-alarm blaze Friday afternoon at three homes in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Video from the scene shows firefighters battling heavy smoke and flames at the severely damaged building.
A dozen people were displaced from their homes after an apartment fire on Friday morning in Chicago's Austin neighborhood.
The fire broke out around 2 a.m. in a workers' cottage-style frame home near 60th and Elizabeth streets.
Firefighters were seen battling the blaze on a ladder and on the roof, and inside the top floor.
Police body camera video shows a family's dog leading an officer to his leash while being rescued from a house fire last week in Aurora in Chicago's western suburbs.
While firefighters battled two fires earlier this week, two officers stepped up to help two cats rescued from a smoke-filled apartment.
Video from the scene showed heavy smoke billowing from the heavily damaged roof of the house.
The cause of a 2-alarm house fire in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood is under investigation Wednesday morning.
Firefighters put out a 2-alarm house fire in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood early Wednesday morning. Video from the scene showed heavy smoke billowing from the heavily damaged roof of the house.
The Lake County sheriff said a man has been arrested and charged with arson for a house fire in Round Lake Monday.
Aurora officers saved the dog named Oakley after responding to a house fire last Thursday in the 2000 block of Whitehall Court.
Police said the 73-year-old woman was found unresponsive at the scene of the fire in the 11000 block of South Avenue N.
Chicago police said one woman was taken to St. Bernard Hospital for smoke inhalation.
Investigators say arson caused the fire at an apartment complex in Greater Grand Crossing early Tuesday morning.
A barbecue restaurant was heavily damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago.
Since the fire, there has been no service at the University Park or Richton Park stops, and there likely will not be until Friday morning.
Police said 14 people safely escaped the building, and no injuries were reported.
Woodstock Willie did not see his shadow this Groundhog Day, predicting the arrival of an early spring.
A suspected electrical fire left a house severely damaged early Monday in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
A semi-trailer truck rolled on its side in a multi-vehicle crash on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Hoffman Estates, Illinois early Monday morning.
Officials said a water main was repaired Monday morning after the latest break in the south Chicago suburb of Dixmoor.
A fire broke out early Monday in a home in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said in a social media post.
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were released from ICE custody on Sunday, a day after a federal court ordered their release.
Funding for many federal agencies expired on Saturday after Congress failed to pass half a dozen spending bills before the deadline, prompting a partial government shutdown.
The Justice Department released more new documents Friday from the Jeffrey Epstein files, more than a month after the DOJ's original deadline to do so.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said in a social media post.
Music's biggest night returned Sunday with the 68th annual Grammy Awards. Here is how to watch and stream and what to know.
Catherine O'Hara was best known for her comic performances in projects including "Home Alone," "Beetlejuice," and "Schitt's Creek."
Tim Matheson, a star of Harold Ramis’ first feature film “Animal House” and the master of ceremonies for the event at Navy Pier, joins Audrina Sinclair with a look back at the movie and Ramis’ legacy.
The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. on Haddon Avenue near Central Avenue.
In the Chicago, Woodstock Willie has yet to make his prediction as of this posting.
Ted Dabrowski is running in the Republican primary for Illinois governor. He joins Dana Kozlov to outline his policies on immigration enforcement, property taxes, education funding.
Silence can be a helpful way of recharging in today’s world. Julie Thornton, director career management at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, joins Marie Saavedra to explain how.
Woodstock Willie did not see his shadow this Groundhog Day, predicting the arrival of an early spring.
A semi-trailer truck rolled on its side in a multi-vehicle crash on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Hoffman Estates.
Officials said a water main was repaired Monday morning after the latest break in the south Chicago suburb of Dixmoor.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
Russell was the music director behind Kendrick Lamar's politically symbolic halftime show at last year's Super Bowl.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have required him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
A Lake County woman has a warning for other homeowners, after she said a contractor took thousands of dollars, destroyed part of her home, and then vanished, even leaving his tools behind.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
Bam Adebayo and Pelle Larsson each score 20 points as the Miami Heat dominate the Chicago Bulls 134-91.
The Fighting Illini, who haven't lost since falling 83-80 at home to Nebraska on Dec. 13, held the Huskers to four field goals in the first 13 minutes of the second half.
The former UIC Flames coach is back leading young men at the high school level, this time at Lincoln-Way East in the south Chicago suburb of Frankfort.
Ayo Dosunmu scored a season-high 29 points and the short-handed Chicago Bulls topped the Miami Heat 125-118 on Saturday night.
The Sacramento Kings are acquiring De'Andre Hunter from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a deal that sends forward Dario Saric and two future second-round picks to the Chicago Bulls, according to a league source.
Chicago police issued an alert on Sunday about a pattern of ATM thefts and an armed robbery that transpired on the city's Northwest Side in December and January.
Chicago police last week issued an alert about two instances of thieves swiping people's cellphones from tables at restaurants in fashionable areas.
One person has been arrested, and another remained on the loose Sunday, after a burglary on a train had police in Chicago's south suburbs asking residents to stay in their homes.
Chicago police were in a standoff Sunday morning in the South Shore neighborhood.
It was Thanksgiving Eve 2020, and Melissa Lamesch was excited about the upcoming birth of her first child. Investigators would learn there was someone who was not as enthused — the expectant father, firefighter Matthew Plote.
