An industrial laundry in the Fillmore Center has grown into a 160+ employee operation, prioritizing West Side hires and planning expansion after new hospital contracts. Community partners say the jobs are changing lives.

Hot, humid Saturday with storms possible and dangerous Lake Michigan conditions tonight.

Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward after a string of pre‑dawn burglaries hit more than a dozen Southwest Side businesses.

The Illinois State Police’s new podcast revisits an unidentified woman pulled from the Skokie River in 2003 and spotlights DNA genealogy as investigators seek tips.

A fatal collision between a motorcycle and a pickup closed lanes on I-294 near 31st Street Friday, killing one person and triggering an extended ramp closure.

A sedan plowed into a Burbank house early Friday, lodging inside the front room and displacing a family. Police are searching for the driver.

A Kane County judge convicted Zahmeir Andrews of first‑degree murder in the 2023 North Glen Circle shooting that killed 19‑year‑old Edwin Varela.

CoStar reports Amazon has a deal to buy 1237 W. Division, Chicago's five‑story vertical warehouse — a high‑profile infill project that has been largely vacant since delivery.

A new IEPI analysis says Rebuild Illinois nearly doubled the economic payoff, creating jobs and boosting tax receipts across the state.

A 27-year-old woman was arrested after a man was shot during an argument in a North Lawndale home; the victim was taken to Mount Sinai in serious condition.

A vintage 17‑story office tower at 70 E. Lake Street has been sold and is set to be converted into apartments, adding to downtown Chicago's wave of office‑to‑residential reuse.

Evanston's council advanced a five‑story, 30‑unit development at 1103–1105 Emerson despite objections from century‑old Ebenezer A.M.E. Church; city conditions were added. Neighbors remain unconvinced.

The Cook County inspector general says a report found Commissioner Samantha Steele offered a job to her primary opponent and recommends ethics retraining. Steele denies the claim.