The Northman’s ninth annual Oktoberfest spans three weekends on the Chicago Riverwalk, with Hammerschlagen and 16-inch pretzels on tap.

Julian Casares, 19, and Hector Hills-Montejano, 20, allegedly rammed a state trooper's car with two guns inside the vehicle.

The tire giant is eyeing a second DeKalb site too, as Pilot operators hope to open a travel stop by year-end on I-88.

A Friday morning fire on West 66th Street sent one person to the hospital in critical condition.

Begyle Brewing and Dovetail Brewery's fall bash aims for 4.5 million total meals donated as Chicago food insecurity climbs.

Fourteen dance companies take the stage as the festival opens at the Logan Center before closing with Andalusian flamenco on Oct. 11.

A witness who heard gunshots from a basement called police; the two victims were taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

A renovation permit clears the way for work to begin converting 212 E. Ohio's upper floors into apartments while the ground-floor restaurant stays put.

DeKalb gave up a chunk of Challenger Drive so a wire manufacturer can grow its plant on Peace Road.

Three armed robberies since late July targeted women walking alone in Little Italy for their jewelry, CPD says.

Dozens of officers gathered in a Glen Flora Avenue parking lot Wednesday night after three people were shot.

Decaying Midwest says an SUV driven by a man claiming to be a guard also drove into his friend, who was riding a scooter outside the shuttered Southwest Side mall.

Dr. Joseph Gonzalez brought rocket-engineering experience to a University of Illinois classroom, and he's not done reaching for space.