Both patients developed the neuroinvasive form of the disease, as Kane County logs its first human cases of the 2026 season.

The Austin firm is buying a defunct Atrium office campus days after closing a $90M deal for Stickney's bankrupt Hawthorne Race Course.

CPS canceled outdoor athletics and recess citywide Thursday, but classroom AC means no early dismissals like Detroit or Pittsburgh saw this week.

A man got out of a black sedan, opened fire on the 4000 block of South Lake Park Avenue, then sped off. Police still have no one in custody.

Mayor Brandon Johnson blames council opponents and past mismanagement as pension costs climb $160 million next year.

State police first called it a hit-and-run, then said the driver never left the scene of the fatal Dan Ryan crash near 87th Street.

A 31-year-old woman died and a man was hospitalized after gunfire hit them in a Dellwood Avenue driveway, deputies say.

Ahmedabad, India, lands at the bottom of the 72-city list, while Phoenix ranks as the riskiest U.S. metro amid record heat.

Bridget Josey, 61, carries bubble guns shaped like Nemo and a mermaid to spread joy on buses, at Navy Pier and even Lollapalooza.

Brenda Daurham's Markham home has sat with no running water since a burst pipe and a denied Allstate claim. Tyler Perry is now covering the fallout.

The Jackson Chance Foundation's fourth Chicago hospital partnership means South Side NICU parents no longer pay to be at their baby's bedside.

Marilyn Mulero, once homeless twice after her release, says the West Side center fulfills a promise she made in prison.

A pickup driver was hospitalized after hitting a Walmart semi parked with its flashers on near Beverly Road.