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UNITED STATES — A developing spring weather pattern is set to bring severe thunderstorm risks across the Great Lakes region from Monday night into Tuesday, with major cities from Illinois to New York in the potential impact zone. Forecast data shows storms beginning around sunset Monday and continuing through...

Grocery shopping is usually something to get through, not something to look forward to. This place flips that expectation almost immediately. The first few steps inside feel familiar in a comforting way, like walking into a store that actually cares about what it puts on the shelves. In Illinois, finding that kind of...

There’s a corner in Forest Park where time moves a little slower and breakfast tastes a little better. Louie’s Grill occupies that sweet spot between nostalgia and necessity, serving up morning meals that remind you why people used to actually look forward to breakfast instead of just grabbing a protein bar on the...

Chicago police are asking for the public's help after an elderly person was attacked on a Chicago Transit Authority platform in the Lakeview neighborhood last Saturday, authorities said. The assault happened on the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue near the Belmont CTA station, and police have not released any details...

Five Buc-ee's locations are expected to open this year, with even more on the way.

Did you see these interesting clouds formations in the west suburbs today?. Rita Boserup sent these photos to us from Glen Ellyn and said, “we joked that the aliens were coming.”. These clouds are actually called “fallstreaks” or sometimes referred to as “hole punch clouds”.

Robert Nicholas Brown, of East Chicago, is charged in Lake County after police say he was involved in a burglary at a local metal business where copper wire and tools were stolen. According to a probable cause affidavit, the investigation began after the owner of Northwest Metals LLC, located in...

A 75-year-old Chicago man called 911 the night of March 7, identified himself, and told the operator he had just murdered his girlfriend of 25 years and her sister. When asked why, he allegedly replied, “They got on my m*********ing nerves.”. William Wallace, a concealed carry license holder, is...

A man is in custody after he allegedly crashed a scooter and then fired shots at Chicago police on Saturday night. According to authorities, officers on patrol in the 6400 block of South Green in the Englewood neighborhood saw a man operating a motorized scooter on a sidewalk at approximately 7:49 p.m.

A Chicago man is being detained after prosecutors said he tried to carjack a Lyft driver during a terrifying encounter that was partially captured on video by a passing driver’s Meta glasses. At about 5:30 p.m. on March 13, the 37-year-old female Lyft driver picked up Eli Brooks, 27,...