Strong storms bring hail, damaging wind, flooding rain to Chicago area
Tinley Park saw golf-ball-sized hail and Orland Park saw ping-pong-sized hail, according to the National Weather Service.
Robbers hold up West Town bar and its customers at gunpoint, shoot at owner
The Irish Nobleman Pub has had four people quit since Saturday, saying they don't feel safe working there anymore.
Robbers force people to unlock phones, banking apps at gunpoint in Bucktown
There were four different robberies of this variety with five victims within a period of less than half an hour in Bucktown Thursday morning. One of them was caught on video.
Chicago and Cook County make preparations for cicada invasion
"This would be a cicada hotel. This would be what they look for."
DNC protest organizer says pro-Palestinian marches won't stop until "Palestine is truly free"
"The intensity of these protests will probably slow down if Israel and the United States accept the terms of the Palestinians," protest organizer Hatem Abudayyeh said.
Political consultant worries 2024 Chicago Democratic National Convention may repeat 1968
Activist groups planning protests for the convention filing for an injunction Tuesday, on top of the lawsuit they've filed in federal court against the city's blocking of their protest plans.
Proposed new agency would combine Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Pace
A unified public transit system, state lawmakers and other stakeholders said Monday, would be more sustainable, reliable and safe.
Bullet holes riddle Valparaiso, Indiana neighborhood after shootout with police leaves man dead
On Thursday afternoon, 20-year-old Caden Mura was shot and killed after police said he fired at officers.
Cook County sheriff's task force uses all means to bust organized retail theft in Chicago
The task force isn't only responding to thefts on retail strips such as the Magnificent Mile or making arrests. They are working directly with businesses.
How to protect your trees from cicadas, according to arboretum experts
Illinois is the center of emergence, which means there will be more cicadas than anywhere else in the country.
Climate change putting popular piping plovers at risk of extinction
Their numbers dropped to only 13 pairs in 1990, but with the help of organizations like the Piping Plover Group, there are around 70 nesting pairs in the Great Lakes today.
Chicago area Muslim women's athletic group is about much more than sports
ChiTown Muslimah Athletics is a women's Muslim athletics group for women 23 and over.
Chicago police investigate 15 armed robberies in 4 days on North, Northwest sides
Each time, four to eight armed men took the victims' cell phones and other possessions at gunpoint, and then drove off.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's allies stall effort to keep ShotSpotter in place in Chicago
Aldermen were set to vote Wednesday on a measure to require a full City Council vote before removing ShotSpotter from any wards, but two allies of the mayor moved to delay the vote.
Family sues CPD officer, River North bar after woman killed in alleged DUI crash
Officer Tangie Brown has been charged with driving drunk when she struck and killed Maria Schwab, of Texas, outside the House of Blues.