Chicago IL

Late Saturday into Sunday, a sharp, chemical-like smell rolled across parts of the Chicago area, triggering a wave of 911 calls and a whole lot of confused suburban sniffing. Residents from multiple towns reported what they described as a burning-electrical or chlorine-type odor, while fire and police agencies...

An estimated 1 in 3 Chicago transit workers is behind on paying municipal bills.

Police were investigating after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in Chicago's Bronzeville community this weekend.

A nine-time convicted felon died after being found hanging in the Cook County jail just two days after a judge found him guilty of escaping electronic monitoring and killing a man. Marvin Flanagan, 33, was pronounced dead on December 20, a week after correctional staff discovered him hanging in a jailhouse shower in...

ILLINOIS — A pedestrian was killed late Sunday night in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 57 in suburban Chicago, according to state police. The Illinois State Police said the crash occurred just before midnight in the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 at the ramp to 147th Street in Harvey. Authorities reported that...

(The Center Square) – An Iowa state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would establish a committee to study the potential transfer of one or more Illinois counties to Iowa. State Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, proposed House File 2141 , the Iowa-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Act. Last year, Indiana...

An Illinois State Police squad car was struck and damaged on Route 53 in Chicago's northwest suburbs.

The smell of coffee hits before anything else. Not fancy coffee. Real coffee. The kind that belongs to a Chicago morning and doesn’t apologize for it. On the corner of Ravenswood and Balmoral, near Andersonville, Pauline’s carries a very specific kind of Illinois comfort. This is Midwest breakfast doing what it does...

Chicago police are investigating a deadly shooting on the city's West Side.

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County has launched a pilot for e-Citation, a major modernization initiative that allows traffic citations to enter the court system electronically, improving efficiency and reducing delays for court users across Cook County. E-Citation...