A downed light pole and scattered concrete bricks forced Illinois State Police to close the Eisenhower in both directions near Thorndale Avenue.

Emanda Mata faces a Class X felony after police say she shot a man on South Harding Avenue in North Lawndale.

A new framework plan pairs a footbridge over the North Slip with a gathering space honoring South Side steelworkers.

Retired Major General N.K. Dhir led the 2026 procession as grand marshal, a first for the parade's history.

A dozen fans traded punches and stomps in Section 518 as security rushed in with handcuffs at the ready.

A 33-year-old man is jailed on attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing an older man on South Kedzie Avenue.

A federal judge rejected the city's bid to slash a civil rights attorney's hourly rate, noting Chicago outspent the winning legal team by 3,000 hours.

Chicago gets a cool, sunny Monday before temperatures rise and storm chances return Wednesday.

A vehicle tore into a garage near Lowell and Payne Streets in Skokie, leaving the neighboring home damaged too.

Kelsey Flake, a Cedar Hills mother of five, moved to Chicago for a rare double lung transplant treating stage 4 cancer confined to her lungs.

Christopher Buckley’s blood-alcohol level hit 0.221% during his Michigan City arrest, records show, and he still won’t leave the November ballot.

Troopers and deputies swarmed a commercial strip near I-65 in Lowell Saturday night, but key details on victims remain unreleased.

Chicago gets sunshine and a 74-degree high Sunday, but Lake Michigan beaches are hazardous through the evening. Warmer weather arrives Tuesday before midweek storm chances.