The hazy skies in the Chicago area are the visible sign of the poor air quality Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires ...

As Chicago Public Schools face a $734 million budget shortfall, some local officials are holding a public hearing over the ...

Lollapalooza returns to Chicago's Grant Park on Thursday. The four-day festival runs from July 31 to August 3. Gates open at ...

Also around the area this weekend, Death Cab for Cutie plays the Chicago Theatre, Train arrives at Ravinia Festival and there ...

A 2-year-old boy was killed and others were injured after a vehicle crashed into an Illinois restaurant Wednesday, in what ...

The Chicago Cubs acquired Michael Soroka, 27, who is on an expiring contract after signing a one-year, $9 million deal in ...

When he died at 45 of bile duct cancer and liver failure on Nov. 1, 1999, the city mourned. His public memorial brought ...

"Parade," Death Cab for Cutie and an Akira Kurosawa movie festival are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Pastor Corey Brooks will walk from New York to Los Angeles to raise $25 million for underserved youth to promote a message of ...

A dog's nonchalant reaction to her home flooding, caught on a security camera, has left the internet in stitches.

Local Illinois comedians suggested that CBS canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" could lead to more jokes about ...

According to its YouTube channel it is “Earth’s strangest Pro Wrestling show!”, about which there can be little doubt.