Chicago gets a breezy Saturday with a slight storm chance, followed by dangerous lake conditions late tonight and Sunday. A cooler, mostly sunny stretch arrives next.

Police say the man in his 50s appeared to be intentionally on the tracks before a freight train struck his car in Lake Forest.

Some Waukegan homes are over a century old, and the city says nearly 9,000 connections may still carry lead.

A muralist who once did homework help at New Life Community Church now covers its wall in pinks, greens and blues honoring the neighborhood that raised her.

Villa Park, Oak Brook and Wheaton residents got an unwelcome 10 a.m. jolt Friday — the county's second false alarm in three days.

The tavern-pizza spot swapped West Town for a Halsted Street room connected to Parson's by an arched doorway.

Officers Salas and Serrano scaled a Grant Park breakwall to save a 59-year-old man who could not swim to shore.

Chanay Walton says her Maplewood Avenue gatherings are just family parties. The city says otherwise, and wants a judge to make her stop.

Gurnee's Fright Fest marks 35 years with seven scare zones and a maze pulled straight from The Blair Witch Project.

Jennifer H. Milner walked out of her Ford Bronco unharmed after it tore into the building's south side — no one inside was hurt either.

A century-old house near the Diversey CTA stop sold for $1.3 million before its teardown permit cleared in weeks.

City planners cleared a 14-unit expansion along the Chicago River, pushing the North Center project's total value to $43 million.

A woman was found lying in the street on West Van Buren before midnight; the driver never stopped.