The IRRESISTIBLE Breakfast Destination Everyone Talks About in Downers Grove, IL
The Baked Apple Breakfast Co. Locals talk about The Baked Apple Breakfast Co. as if it is their weekend ritual. They come for big plates of comfort food, hot coffee, and a menu filled with stuffed French toast and apple favorites that feel both familiar and exciting. Regulars say the...
Brookfield Village Board unanimously approves two zoning variances
The Brookfield Village Board has unanimously approved two zoning variances, allowing property owners relief from standard setback and green space requirements. The first variance, at 4125 Dale Avenue, allows a front yard setback of 12 feet 9 inches instead of the required 25 feet. The Planning and Zoning Commission rec
This Hidden Illinois Trail Is A Horseback Rider’s Dream Come True
Most folks think they need to drive halfway across the country to find a proper horseback riding trail, when one of the best equestrian experiences in the Midwest is hiding right here in Willow Springs at the Palos Orange Trail. Listen, I get it. When you think “Illinois,” you probably...
City Working ‘Tirelessly’ To Fix Storm Damage, Mayor Says, As Thousands Await Restored Power
CHATHAM — Chicago experienced unprecedented levels of damage after Wednesday and Thursday’s onslaught of severe thunderstorms, with power restorations expected by the end of the weekend and clean-up efforts expected to take over a week, city officials said Friday. The storms uprooted trees and destroyed infrastructure
Woman catches apparent tap to pay scammers on video in Streeterville
They approach you, claim they need money for a loved one's funeral, and then disappear with thousands of your dollars. Now, new video is giving Chicago police and Chicagoans a closer look at the tap to pay scam.
10 Chicago Soul Food Restaurants Serving Sunday Favorites Seven Days a Week
Sunday dinner isn’t supposed to happen only once a week—and Chicago’s soul food scene proves it. Across the city, cooks are frying chicken to golden perfection, simmering collard greens for hours, and serving mac and cheese so rich it could steal the spotlight from the main course. One bite can feel like a family reuni
Illinois leading U.S. in tornadoes with 140 so far in 2026
Thursday night's tornado outbreak in the Chicago area continues a concerning trend of increasing tornado frequency in the Upper Midwest.
Water Tower Place in Chicago is Remembered Better Than It’s Visited
Water Tower Place is a 74-story tower and vertical shopping mall at 835 North Michigan Avenue on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, open since 1975 as the city's first enclosed downtown mall. Ask a Chicagoan about it, and you'll hear the old story: glass elevators going up the atrium, waterfalls on the...
Three men shot, one fatally, in West Garfield Park: police
Three men were shot, one fatally, on the city's West Side on Friday night, Chicago police said.
Chicago crime: 3 shot, 2 fatally in South Side drive-by, police say
CHICAGO - A drive-by shooting on Chicago’s South Side left two men dead and a woman critically injured early Saturday morning. What we know: — Officers responded to the 6500 block of S. Hermitage Ave. in Englewood a little before 1 a.m. for a call of a shooting, according to the Chicago Police Department.
