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George E. Johnson, who redefined African American style and culture while leading a revolution in Black-owned business, has died at his Chic...

A Midwest theme park says it will be home to the fastest and tallest water roller coaster in the United States beginning next spring. Ac...

As the Chicago Cubs prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their 2016 World Series win, two of the famed champions will also be celebr...

Major country music artists will be heading to Chicago for the city’s annual Windy City Smokeout this week. Big name acts like Lainey Wi...

he family of a woman who choked to death in a state-licensed Rolling Meadows group home is filing suit claiming that its operators failed to...

A 7-ton glass security desk designed by the late renowned architect Frank Gehry for the Inland Steel Building is now up for auction online,...

Beginning this week, Navy Pier visitors can get free rides on the attraction’s iconic Centennial Wheel on Wednesday nights. The offer co...

Cyclosporiasis is rapidly spreading in the Midwest, including in Illinois, and while it is known for causing “explosive” diarrhea,” that’s n...

Noah Kahan is currently playing to sold out crowds everywhere he goes, and he’ll bring that tour to Chicago’s Wrigley Field next week. K...

Chicago Cubs pitcher Justin Steele is trying to make his way back onto the team’s roster from multiple injuries, and a young fan sent him th...

A Midwest waterpark known as the largest in the U.S. is set to debut a new kind of experience for families that is “unlike anything else” be...

The bicyclist killed in a hit-and-run in far northwest suburban Hampshire this week has been identified. Twenty-seven-year-old Ebony Cal...

The 2027 Chicago mayoral election may still be months away, but the field of candidates is already getting crowded after another campaign an...

Another candidate has entered the 2027 Chicago mayoral race. Chicago-area cardiologist Dr. Lisa Nee announced her campaign for Mayor of...

The City of Chicago Department of Water Management and the Metropolitan Water District of Greater Chicago Tuesday are set to unveil two gian...

An NBC Chicago photographer spotted a coyote wandering along Michigan Avenue near Millennium Park in broad daylight – and it’s not the first...

Multiple families in Joliet said they are buying water at grocery stores, showering with water from jugs and still paying their full water b...

Nearly one-third of Illinois’ counties have voted to potentially explore creating a new state separate from Cook County, and seven more coun...

Service on Metra’s Union Pacific-West line was halted on Monday evening after a train struck a person near Lombard, officials said.The t...

A major area on the roads near O’Hare Airport in Chicago will soon be relocated. Officials announced that closures would be in place Mon...

For the first time since the tragic boating incident that left three children dead over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in Lake Geneva, o...

Some of the people on board a boat that capsized during a “sudden and severe” storm over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in Lake Geneva w...

Cases of a parasitic infection that causes “explosive” diarrhea are now soaring in the Midwest, with an unusually high number reported in pa...

Prosecutors in downstate Cumberland County revealed the shocking details behind the discovery of a dismembered body in Lake Mattoon last mon...

Users who had accounts in a Delta Dental healthcare portal between a certain time frame could be eligible for a class-action settlement....