Building Uninhabitable After Fire On Chicago's South Side
Heavy flames and smoke were billowing out of a pallet yard on Chicago's South side Monday night.
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Heavy flames and smoke were billowing out of a pallet yard on Chicago's South side Monday night.
Firefighters spent several hours overnight battling huge flames at a southwest suburban recycling plant.
Someone poured a flammable material on a small bonfire in the 1800 block of Marci Court, while several people were standing around the fire pit.
The fire started around 9:15 a.m. on the third floor of a 3-story building near Spaulding and Bryn Mawr.
There's no word on what started a fire in Waukegan that left more than 100 people without a home.
Members of the Environmental Protection Agency are testing for pollution in the water.
Two people escaped a fire Wednesday afternoon at a home in the Park Manor neighborhood, and firefighters rescued a cat.
Approximately 200 firefighters battled the flames at a historic building on Jewelers Row overnight, and helped rescue two people trapped inside.
Authorities say a man has died in custody while awaiting trial on murder charges in a 2016 Chicago apartment building fire that killed three children and an adult.
A fire broke out at a multi-unit apartment building on Chicago's West Side.
The fire started around 3 p.m. on the balcony on the 34th floor at 545 N. Dearborn St., according to the Fire Department.
"I think she saved the house. She saved me, possibly saved my dog."
Firefighters put out the flames quickly but the blaze smoldered for another three hours.
The fire started shortly after 5 a.m. at a two-flat near Richmond and Walton streets.
Chicago Fire Department investigators confirm several propane tanks exploded.
Two people were killed, and two others were injured in a house fire in the South Austin neighborhood Thursday morning.
The fire started around 6:15 a.m. in a vacant building near 70th and May streets.
Investigators don't yet know the cause of the blaze.
Gary police said 33-year-old Kristen Gober left her three children home alone on March 24 while she spent the night drinking at a neighbor's apartment.
When his apartment filled with smoke, 8-year-old Monty Spencer quickly went to the window to shout for help. Moments later, he jumped four stories to safety, escaping a blaze that killed two neighbor children in Gary, Indiana, on Sunday.
One person was hospitalized with injuries and they may have been inside the house when the fire broke out.
Fire Department officials said there were flames on all three floors of the building in the 2400 block of West Gunnison Street.
A man in his 70s was found dead after firefighters put out a garage fire Monday morning in the LeClaire Courts neighborhood.
At least two people were injured, one of them critically, in an apartment fire Friday morning in the East Side neighborhood.
"Firefighter Michael Manchester had medical emergency where he went down and he was unconscious."
The man charged with murder murder in the fatal shooting of Chicago OEMC employee Da'J Flowers in February, will make his first court appearance Friday morning.
A man and woman were injured in a drive-by shooting near an apartment on Chicago's West Side on Thursday night.
The Lincoln-Way East High School board voted to allow six students accused of racially harassing students from Homewood-Flossmoor to withdraw.
An unusual charge on an insurance letter led a woman to a bizarre medical office where mountains of unopened mail pile up and no employees have ever been seen.
One year since a Humboldt Park restaurant owner was detained by federal immigration agents and later deported to his native Pakistan, his family said they are still raising awareness of his case and the impact his separation has had on them.
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson's revised renter protection ordinance got the backing of a key City Council committee, a group of aldermen advanced a dueling proposal, setting up a potential showdown next week.
Two months after Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling retired, some members of the City Council are pushing to hold off on appointing a permanent replacement until after next year's mayoral election.
Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks reversed course on a House resolution to require congressional approval for continued military action against Iran, citing open-ended war concerns ahead of competitive midterm races.
A City Council committee on Wednesday backed Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposal to increase protections for Chicago renters, after he dropped a key provision opposed by landlords, but the mayor's critics plan to press on with a competing proposal.
Illinois' senior senator, the Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, opened Tuesday's oversight hearing by accusing the director of turning the bureau's powers against President Trump's political opponents.
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.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
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 future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
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.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
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.
Riot Fest 2026 is back in Chicago, kicking off Friday afternoon in Douglass Park in the city's North Lawndale neighborhood.
Texas quarterback Arch Manning is apologizing for his "insensitive comments" reacting to a fake AI video showing Steve Sarkisian hitting reporter Holly Rowe.
Spend Fitness Friday with Yoga Six in Naperville.
Darreon Plummer, who is charged with murder for the fatal shooting of Chicago OEMC employee Da'J Flowers in February, will make his first court appearance Friday.
The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case that resulted in a mistrial has broken his silence.
Six students from Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort, Illinois, accused of racially harassing students from Homewood-Flossmoor, are now leaving the school.
An unusual charge on an insurance letter led a woman to a bizarre medical office where mountains of unopened mail pile up and no employees have ever been seen.
The man charged with murder murder in the fatal shooting of Chicago OEMC employee Da'J Flowers in February, will make his first court appearance Friday morning.
A man and woman were injured in a drive-by shooting near an apartment on Chicago's West Side on Thursday night.
One year since a Humboldt Park restaurant owner was detained by federal immigration agents and later deported to his native Pakistan, his family said they are still raising awareness of his case and the impact his separation has had on them.
The village of Grayslake is touting a new massive data center, but neighbors say they weren't given an opportunity to make their voices heard before the project was approved.
A Cicero woman is suing Uber and a driver after the driver allegedly sexually assaulted her. She and her boyfriend said Uber hired him despite the driver having a criminal background.
Both hospitals were supposed to be placed in receivership, but after five hours of closed-door negotiations on Tuesday, it is still unclear what the future holds for both hospitals.
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.
Munetaka Murakami hit his team-leading 32nd home run as the Chicago White Sox tied with Cleveland for first place in the AL Central with a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers.
Chicago Bears starting right tackle Darnell Wright returned to practice in a limited fashion on Thursday, a day after missing practice with a knee injury, but it's the defense that's getting some renewed focus after a rough opener against the Panthers.
The Chicago Blackhawks opened training camp with three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane back on the roster, bolstering their own hopes of returning to the postseason.
Armstrong homered to lead off the third, breaking Billy Williams' franchise record set in 1970.
Petey Halpin hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning, Parker Messick struck out eight and the Cleveland Guardians moved into first place in the AL Central with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Inside the home, owned by Eugene Horsch and connected to his father, R.C. Horsch, authorities have found a trove of digital images, a so-called laboratory of chemicals and a small marijuana grow operation.
Three girls have been charged with threatening a school in the west Chicago suburb of Addison, with two of them making a video depicting a shooting at the school, authorities announced Wednesday.
A Zion man has been charged in the shooting death of another man in July in north suburban Ingleside.
Chicago police on Wednesday were looking for a man who attacked and beat another man and ordered his dog to bite the victim in the Edgewater neighborhood.
Shots were fired during a fight early Wednesday morning on busy Lincoln Avenue in Chicago's Budlong Woods neighborhood.
