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The Illinois Tollway Monday night will hold its first public hearing over proposed rate hikes that could be the largest in state history....

Another heat wave will hit the Chicago area this week, but this one will be different than before. NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Alicia...

Northbound lanes on I-57 in the south suburbs were closed early Monday morning for a reported shooting investigation, with state pol...

Police arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting that left one person injured and prompted a SWAT team response on Saturday night, au...

Five people have been killed and two others injured in what authorities described as a mass shooting targeting a family in East St. Louis, I...

The congregation at St. Sabina Church was filled with emotion one day after the Archdiocese of Chicago announced it had received an allegati...

At least three people were injured in a shooting on Chicago’s Near West Side Sunday morning, with one woman suffering severe injuries. A...

The search is on for three boaters missing after their pontoon boat capsized on a western Wisconsin lake Saturday. According to the Pepi...

The state of Illinois has chosen its official state bird, fish and a host of other creatures, and now the state has an official bee. Und...

Chicago police are investigating after a woman’s body was found in a garbage can in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.According to auth...

Authorities are investigating a serious crash that has closed a major roadway in suburban Aurora Sunday morning.According to updates fro...

A shooting in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood left two men injured, one critically. According to Chicago police, the two men were st...

A civilian oversight agency is investigating a shooting involving Chicago police officers in Grant Park overnight Sunday. According to t...

A search involving police K-9s and drone teams in a west suburb ended when the suspect was located in a marsh in the area and taken into cus...

Police are investigating after a person was shot at a suburban car festival on Saturday. Scoop Waukegan closed early on its second day a...

St. Sabina senior pastor Father Michael Pfleger vehemently denied an allegation that he sexually abused a minor at St. Sabina decades ago af...

St. Sabina’s senior pastor Father Michael Pfleger was asked to step aside after the Archdiocese of Chicago received an allegation that he se...

A huge crowd of adorable shih tzu’s and their owners gathered in Chicago’s popular Lincoln Park on Saturday for a meet up event. The mee...

My Block, My Hood, My City held its fourth annual “Downtown Day” on Saturday, giving youth from the South and West Sides of Chicago a chance...

Scores of people in the United States have been sickened by a parasite commonly linked to contaminated fresh produce that can cause weeks of...

The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky on Saturday with the first pick of the MLB amateur draft.A 6-foot-2 right-...

Following a surge in e-bike popularity, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is encouraging parents to do their research before buy...

Residents in nearly a dozen Illinois counties that were hit hard by storms earlier this year may be eligible for tax relief, including Cook...

A portion of Interstate 94 in northwest Indiana reopened on Saturday morning following a four-vehicle crash involving an impaired driver, au...

A gorgeous weekend is on tap with an extended stretch of dry weather, pleasant conditions and highs in the mid-80s.The day began on a co...