A Kane County video caught a sudden burst of light Thursday, and the Adler Planetarium says it could be an exploding meteor.

Lavonne Glenn faces murder charges nearly seven weeks after Christopher Lakes was shot on North Latrobe Avenue. A motive still isn't known.

The rider allegedly blew through a stop sign on East Side Drive before hitting the truck's rear ramp and losing consciousness.

Mayor Brandon Johnson says it's unfair private scooters ride the trail while shared ones can't. Park District still won't say why.

Helen and Steve Brusky, expecting a rainbow baby in October, got a surprise assist from Aurora Health Care and a Brewers star.

A Hunter Path caller fired a gun into the air and told officers he had killed his mother — a claim police say was untrue.

Aaron Del Mar's remarks at a Springfield rally clash with the ticket's new focus on affordability, not abortion.

A federal judge sided with Oak Park over builders and gas interests, keeping its 2023 all-electric mandate alive.

Chicago Young Republicans and XX-XY Athletics rally on Madison Street at 1 p.m. Saturday, ahead of a 2:30 p.m. tipoff.

Tri-Creek families across 179 square miles in Lake County face life without school buses within two years.

Nine Bandits players hit the field in Rosemont as the AUSL swaps team standings for a four-week individual points chase.

Luis Suarez-Vasquez, 18, was arrested in Markham nearly two months after a fatal Garfield Boulevard home invasion.

Stephen Dracousis strangled his girlfriend and held her at shotgun-point for a week at Lehman's Lakeside RV Resort before a SWAT team freed her.