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After two rain-shortened races, the NASCAR Chicago Street Race is back on the circuit’s calendar for the 2025 season, it was revealed...

What’s better than visiting one of Chicago’s famed museums? Visiting for free, of course. As some free museum days for Chicago mus...

Police in suburban Park Ridge are investigating after after shocking surveillance video showed the moments burglars drove a vehicle th...

Looking for something to do this Labor Day weekend? The Chicago area offers up music festivals, comedy and fun for the whole family....

Following the WBNA draft of star player Angel Reese, The Chicago Sky has become one of the hottest sports teams in the city — and one...

For many families, a child getting sent home early due to head lice is a common occurrence during the school year. But parents may be...

The Effie Ellis Early Learning Learning Center in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood held its final graduation in recent weeks, as the...

As travelers prepare for a busy Labor Day weekend, flight attendants announced Wednesday morning at O’Hare Airport they are preparing...

Last month the Department of Family Support and Services cleared a tent city encampment off the Dan Ryan Expressway, where about 34 pe...

A 38-year-old man was stabbed to death after attempting to rob another man inside a gas station on Chicago’s South Side late Wednesday...

Significant outages have been reported Wednesday afternoon on online discussion site Reddit, with a large spike in outages seen right...

Did you happen to buy a lotto ticket while grocery shopping at a suburban Jewel-Osco recently? If so, you may be the proud owner of a...

Notre Dame is aiming to get back into the College Football Playoff this season, but the Fighting Irish are going to face a tough road...

Illinois will now be part of a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Varsity Brands, a company that puts on cheer camp...

For the first time in decades, Illinois could adopt a new state flag — and you could be the one to design it.Last year, Senate Bil...

How long should Chicago-area residents be on the lookout for mite bites related to the region’s historic cicada invasion? Across t...

More than 20,000 ComEd customers in the Chicago area were without power Wednesday morning after extreme heat followed by severe thunde...

A parent in DeKalb is thanking Apple AirTags for helping to locate her child, who was among two kindergarten students that went missin...

A pair of suspects who were expected to turn themselves in on charges that they were responsible for the deaths of nine dogs who peris...

After intense heat brought the highest temperatures of the year to Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, severe storms are now impactin...

The deadline for NFL teams to make roster cuts has come and go, and the Bears have formed their initial 53-man roster. The key word th...

Chicago police are investigating after a man was shot and injured during an argument inside an Andersonville pizza restaurant. The...

A suburban Chicago high school has announced it would close early Tuesday “due to the weather forecast” as dangerous heat and humidity...

Poor air quality was expected across the entire Chicago area Tuesday as an “air quality alert” was issued for all of Northeastern Illi...

Tuesday’s dangerously hot weather, with heat indices of up to 115 degrees, also comes with the chance for severe storms, the NBC 5 Sto...