John Traub died at the scene after his pickup entered Route 116 west of Cullom. The semi driver was not hurt.

Kids tagged live monarchs and released them at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Flutter Into Fall, part science lesson, part farewell.

The killing marks a third deadly or near-deadly shooting on the same Near West Side block since August.

A 28-year-old man died in West Englewood as police reported four shootings across Chicago overnight, two of them fatal.

Surveillance video shows three men and a woman forcing open a dorm door, setting off fire extinguishers and stealing workout gear.

The South Side native tops a 100-plus artist lineup, capped by fireworks over Lake Michigan after his Saturday set.

Park Manor 75 says it cut staff by 80% since the overnight tow zone began, while Ald. William Hall calls it a public-safety necessity.

Bridget Fahrner drew two district notices to remedy before her August arrest on domestic battery charges involving a minor.

Dante Hughes, 18, died minutes after arriving at St. Bernard Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Detectives still don't know where he was shot.

Keante McShan, 23, pleaded guilty to murdering Cove Lounge bartender Diego Damis as he walked home from his shift in 2022.

An unidentified man died at Waukegan and Old Mill roads, the same Lake Forest crossing where a car struck a freight train weeks earlier.

No injuries were reported after a 64-year-old driver missed a parking spot on Hennepin Drive and drove straight through the storefront.

The woman was hit in the chest and back around 7:30 a.m. and died at U. of C. Medical Center. No suspect is in custody.