Fatal Crash Slows Traffic On Edens Expressway
The two left northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway near Wilson Avenue were closed to traffic Saturday morning just before 9 a.m. due to a fatal traffic crash.
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The two left northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway near Wilson Avenue were closed to traffic Saturday morning just before 9 a.m. due to a fatal traffic crash.
One person is dead after a crash on the Tri-State Tollway in Lake County Sunday afternoon.
A New York City man was charged Tuesday in a crash that left two people dead on the Tri-State Tollway in the north suburbs.
All northbound lanes were shut down on a stretch of the Bishop Ford Freeway early Sunday afternoon due to a serious crash.
Crews are responding to a fatal crash on I-94 in Indiana.
Lanes are closed after two serious crashes on I-94 at 87th Street.
A suspect is in custody, following a standoff with Illinois State Police in Skokie, which prompted police to shut down part of the Edens Expressway for more than three hours.
Omarr L. Hill, 42, was charged with aggravated DUI and is currently in police custody awaiting his bond hearing.
Part of a Lake County highway now honors an Illinois state trooper who died in the line of duty.
He hit the windshield of a 2019 semi truck and bounced onto the truck's cab. The 47-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities say a semi crashed and exploded and ignited other vehicles on Interstate 94 in southeastern Wisconsin.
Two semi-trailer trucks crashed early Friday on I-94 near Burns Harbor, Indiana; spilling cocoa powder, lithium batteries, and other materials on the expressway.
Illinois State Police are investigating a reported expressway shooting near I-94 and I-57 south.
Five vehicles were involved in what police are calling a "serious" crash on Edens Expressway in Northbrook Sunday afternoon.
Four people were taken into custody following a police chase that ended in the northwest suburbs.
ISP Acting Director Brendan Kelly addressed the media Saturday, hours after Trooper Gerald Ellis, 36, was fatally struck on I-94.
Illinois State Police Trooper Gerald Ellis was fatally struck Saturday by a wrong-way driver on I-94 in Green Oaks.
If it smells like bacon in Northwest Indiana there's a very good reason.
Illinois State Police responded to a party bus shooting early Saturday morning on I-94 at 147th St.
Police said no drugs or alcohol were involved or played a role in the incident.
A semi hit a bridge overpass late Thursday in northwest Indiana after the driver forgot to lower its trailer, causing extensive closures overnight on I-94.
Icy road conditions closed the Indiana Toll Road and caused multiple crashes Thursday morning in Gary.
A south suburban man died three days after a single-car crash Saturday on I-94 that also left at least two others injured near the Chinatown neighborhood.
Two lanes of the northbound Bishop Ford Freeway are shut down after a semi truck lost its load during Wednesday's morning commute.
The crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a car was traveling north in the southbound lanes of I-94 near 159th Street, according to Illinois State Police. Three other vehicles were also involved in the crash.
Video from the scene captured firefighters pulling a person from a car that appeared to have slammed into a wall at the exit.
Fire officials say both victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
It will be Mr. Trump's first visit to the Chicagoland area since 2024.
Illinois kept it competitive despite Smith's monster game.
Chicago pulled within a point of fourth-place Charlotte in the Eastern Conference.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is demanding the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration reject President Trump's call to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex."
With an unprecedented budget, ICE spent billions in a rush to expand its detention network, wasting millions in the process, the Government Accountability Office found.
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Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
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.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
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.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
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.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
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Illinois State Police say the person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Wendy Baptisme, 36, of Chicago, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of first-degree murder.
It will be Mr. Trump's first visit to the Chicagoland area since 2024.
Video from the scene captured firefighters pulling a person from a car that appeared to have slammed into a wall at the exit.
Fire officials say both victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Two people are in custody after a 1-year-old girl was shot and critically injured inside an apartment on Chicago's South Side, a police source said.
The suspect was taken into custody minutes after the shooting after a witness called 911 and reported gunshots coming from a basement.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
Illinois kept it competitive despite Smith's monster game.
Chicago pulled within a point of fourth-place Charlotte in the Eastern Conference.
Chicago will be the final AL wild card and will play on the road against the AL West winner in a three-game Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday.
Notre Dame has won 14 straight and will start October with a perfect record for the first time since 2021.
Munetaka Murakami homered twice to increase his season total to 35, and the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 as they tried to gain ground in the AL Central.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A Mundelein, Illinois, high school teacher and volleyball coach appeared in court Wednesday morning on charges of making an unauthorized video recording of a minor.
