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A New Jersey man is accused of attacking at least two semi trucks with an axe in northwest Indiana Friday, Indiana State Police said.

MOUNT GREENWOOD — The closure of a section of a major roadway in Mount Greenwood surprised drivers Monday morning, and officials now say it could last two weeks. On Monday, the railroad crossing on 111th Street near Sacramento Avenue was closed as crews from CSX performed work along the tracks.

Bed bugs: tiny, terrifying and apparently VERY good at hitchhiking. One Washington city just landed in the Top 30 worst cities for bed bugs.

On the South Side of Chicago, tucked along a busy stretch of Western Avenue, sits a chapel that quietly holds one of the city’s most touching traditions. Once a month, folks gather to honor St. Rita of Cascia with a novena, and near the end, a first-class relic is brought out for everyone to see.

At Streetsblog Chicago, we try to do writeups of every case in which a person walking, biking, or riding an e-scooter dies in a traffic crash on our city’s surface streets. We often hear about these cases through Google searches for sustainable transportation-related news stories, which appear in our daily Today’s Head

Three years after becoming a first-time homeowner, a Chatham woman has achieved another life's dream, becoming a teacher after graduating from Chicago State University.

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — Every year, thousands of people across Illinois ask a judge to let them start over with a new name — some are getting married, others are trying to leave a painful chapter behind. But a WGN Investigates review of one Cook County case is raising new questions about changes in […]

JCPENNEY is planning a major move after closing its longtime store at Ford City Mall. The retailer plans to open a new location in a former Big Lots store nearby. It means JCPenney will still be in the area to serve local loyal customers. According to the Chicago Tribune, the...

Garth Brooks made good on a promise to a young Indianapolis fan Saturday night at Allstate Arena, performing “Cold Like That” while Austin sang along from the front row.

A $30,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person who shot and killed a 911 dispatcher in the Back of the Yards neighborhood last week.