A loud boom and possible transformer explosion cut power to more than 5,000 people in East Chicago while Dyer runs its wastewater plant on generators.

A red SUV tore into the East 63rd Street station Tuesday, the fourth South Side gas station hit this summer alone.

Chicago police swarmed West 50th and Racine Monday evening after a car reportedly plowed into a building, badly damaging a second vehicle.

Denise Jones is self-funding three Humboldt Park shows of “Beyond the Door,” a play built from her own addiction and incarceration story.

Police say Cornell Carpenter was found near the Babe Ruth Field on East 173rd Street. His killer may be driving with a damaged front end.

Chicago gets a warm, breezy Tuesday before afternoon storms and a cooler, mostly sunny midweek stretch.

Nearly 200 Teamsters walked out over lunch breaks and burn-day pay, but the preserves stay open.

Armando Gonzalez Vargas tried to flee before hitting a barrier, police say. A 26-year-old passenger, Carlos Vasquez, died at the scene.

Video from Sunday's Cubs-Cardinals game shows a man in a Kenny Lofton jersey pulling back a young woman as she reached for a home run ball.

Seven teams roll into Wintrust Financial Campus this weekend, plus a free clinic lets locals try the sport themselves.

The Lake County mother got her boy to safety near Independence Grove before the river pulled her under.

Platinum Homes wants to tear down two Clark Street storefronts near Sunnyside for a four-story building with rooftop decks and 13 bike spots.

A silo painting and an alley-length mural headline Valparaiso's third Mural Walk, timed as a boost after last week's storms.