Chicago IL

Chicago’s food scene is huge, right? It can be tough to figure out where to actually get good food. Forget the tourist traps for a minute. I’m talking about the places locals actually love. These spots have been tried and tested, earning that unofficial “local seal of approval.”...

Seven people suffered minor injuries in a two-car crash late Saturday night in Hermosa on the city's Northwest Side, according to police. All were taken to Stroger Hospital and listed in good condition.

Bed Bath & Beyond is returning through a partnership with The Container Store at select Illinois locations.

In the recreation yard at 2700 S. California Avenue on Friday afternoon, there were women of all ages seated at plastic dining tables. There was live music and speeches. There was celebration and contemplation. There were burgers and hot dogs, flowers and pink tablecloths. What was missing were the kids.

Chicago may be famous for deep-dish pizza and Italian beef, but one local restaurant is earning statewide recognition for something entirely different: barbecue. Many diners and food lovers are calling Smoque BBQ the best barbecue destination in Illinois thanks to its slow-smoked meats, classic sides, and no-frills approach to authentic BBQ. Quick Guide Location: Chicago, ... Read more

The family of 26-year-old Krystal Cruz says their world has been turned upside down after she was shot and killed while driving through Chicago’s Back of the Yards on Tuesday afternoon. Relatives identified Cruz as the victim and said she leaves behind four young daughters. Her grandmother called the loss devastating but said the family will push through the difficult days ahead...

For the first time Walgreens is revealing some of the specific financial problems that prompted it to close a longtime location on Chicago's South Side.

Cruz, 26, leaves behind four young daughters after she was shot and killed while driving her brother and his friend, who were also wounded, home from school in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on May 4.

Chicago police are investigating a triple shooting involving a teenager on the city's South Side.

It was the kind of spectacle only the nineteen eighties could produce. On a chilly April evening in nineteen eighty six famed journalist Geraldo Rivera stood poised to blast open a sealed room in the basement of Chicagos Lexington Hotel. Promising to finally solve the riddle of the Al Capone vault the two hour live television special drew an estimated thirty million viewers eager...