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Hundreds of people in the Chicago area were left without power amid extreme and dangerously cold temperatures Friday morning. ComEd repo...

Dozens of schools, museums, libraries and even restaurants across the Chicago area will be closed Friday due to brutally cold conditions as...

Arctic air arrived overnight in the Chicago area, with wind chills expected to make temperatures feel as low as -40 degrees by daybreak Frid...

The annual polar plunge fundraiser hosted by the Chicago Polar Bear Club scheduled for Friday was canceled in anticipation of sub-zero tempe...

Attorneys alleged a Joliet police officer illegally patted down a 12-year-old girl without a reason to do so in a civil rights lawsuit filed...

The Chicago Bears’ successes during the 2025 season have led to several NFL teams reaching out for interviews with the team’s coaching staff...

This past Sunday, Emerald Miller, a 13-year-old from Griffith, Indiana died by suicide after family says she was badly bullied at school....

Some Chicagoans are ready for the brutally cold temperatures set to move into the area overnight Thursday, saying they have been through thi...

With below-zero temperatures and wind chills as low as -35 degrees in the Chicago area, getting into a bitterly cold car might be the last t...

Residents of an East Garfield Park apartment complex sat they are living in unsafe conditions, battling severe water leaks, mold and roaches...

For the first time this week, Indiana lawmakers have revealed the potential framework for a deal aimed at luring the Chicago Bears to their...

A verdict has been reached in the case of a man accused of soliciting the murder of a top Border Patrol commander in Chicago. Juan Espin...

Something new is coming to Portillo’s, and the popular Chicago-area fast casual restaurant teased the upcoming release in a cryptic social m...

The Associated Press has named Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson as one of its five finalists for NFL Coach of the Year honors.In his...

Illinois residents convicted of non-violent crimes could soon have their records automatically sealed under provisions of a new act.The...

Suburban ski jumper Kevin Bickner was named to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Olympic team Thursday morning.The Wauconda, Illinois, native wil...

It may be in the 20s Thursday, but don’t be fooled: an Arctic front headed to the Chicago area by nighttime will send temperatures plunging...

Residents in a portion of Joliet were asked to shelter in place during an “active incident” in the southwest Chicago suburb, police said....

A winter storm with “the potential to be historic” is eyeing a large strip of the U.S. and it appears Illinois and the Chicago area could no...

Some Chicago-area schools have already announced closures or shifts to e-learning for this week in advance of dangerously cold temperatures...

An extreme cold watch issued for the entire Chicago area this week has been upgraded by the National Weather Service to an extreme cold warn...

Chicago-based law firm Romanucci and Blandin released an independent autopsy of Renee Good, the Twin Cities mother shot dead by federal immi...

The restaurants and chefs named as semifinalists for the 2026 James Beard Awards were announced Wednesday and nearly every category had Chic...

The Chicago Bears thrilled the city in coach Ben Johnson’s first season.They pulled out one comeback win after another on their way to c...

Snapchat messages a Chicago man accused of soliciting the murder of a top Border Patrol commander unknowingly sent to a government informant...