Chicago IL

A fire left a home in north suburban Lincolnwood damaged Tuesday morning.

Last week, we talked about the “mixed-use monster” Justin Ishbia is plotting for the 47-acre Amtrak yard. It’s a beautiful vision — a stadium campus on the South Loop, skyline views, and maybe even a blessing from Pope Leo XIV, who reportedly told Ishbia he’d love to throw out a first pitch if the “palace” ever gets...

Evanston’s City Council agreed on the need to better enforce its rental housing laws Monday night while disagreeing on whether new measures are actually needed, ultimately voting unanimously to advance new fines for offending landlords to a final vote next month. Councilmember Shawn Iles (3rd Ward) spearheaded the...

Bull sharks can survive in freshwater, but surviving in the Mississippi or Great Lakes is rare and often exaggerated by urban legends.

CHICAGO - The rehabilitation of the Bishop Ford Freeway is expected to begin on Tuesday with lane and ramp closures in Chicago and the south suburbs. The work is expected to cause traffic delays over the next several months, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Construction will take place in...

Chicago musician Chance the Rapper (born Chancelor Bennett) has won $35 in a five-year legal battle against his onetime manager, Pat Corcoran (formerly known as Pat the Manager). On Friday, a Cook County jury dismissed Corcoran’s claims that the Coloring Book artist owed him $3.8 million in unpaid royalties and...

Brookfield police on March 12 were dispatched to the 3300 block of Arthur Avenue after a woman complained that she witnessed a man touching himself sexually in the parking area near Leo’s Liquors, but they did not arrest anyone. The complainant, who called police around 2:30 p.m., said she...

Once a gospel record store, New Sound Cafe in Chicago's Austin neighborhood is filling a need for local meeting spaces. What to expect: Across from the Austin Green Line stop and on the Oak Park border, the cafe's sleek design with exposed brick, modern pendant lamps and a mosaic tile floor invites more lingering...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — All six of the shooting victims from Sunday’s shooting in Normal are in stable condition, according to police. “The Normal Police Department continues to actively investigate the shooting incident that occurred on March 22, 2026. The most recent information obtained in this investigation...

DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A Chicago man’s fate has been decided after he was convicted of murdering a two-year-old girl in Danville, and it’s exactly what the girl’s family wanted. 32-year-old Dantrail Johnson received a 60-year prison sentence on Monday for murdering two-year-old Cali Sago in August of 2022. The...