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.

A developer is pitching a data center on part of a 31.4‑acre South Elgin farm owned by former county board member Mike Kenyon, raising questions about water, noise and tax revenue.

Cushman & Wakefield reports Chicago logged 21.8M SF of industrial leases through mid‑2026, driven by big‑box deals and steady rent growth. Vacancy remained around 4.8%.

Illinois Tech won a UGC Letter of Approval to open a Mumbai campus and will enroll students for fall 2026, becoming the first U.S. university to offer U.S. degrees in India.

A multi-vehicle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway near Ashland injured four people early Thursday; at least one vehicle caught fire and lanes were later reopened.

A federal judge handed former Summit police chief John Kosmowski three years after jurors found he accepted cash tied to a liquor-license transfer and tried to cover it up.