The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

More than two dozen cars Monday morning were stranded on I-294 with flat tires and lanes were expected to be closed for hours ...

Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could ...

According to the Storm Prediction Center, the entire Chicago area Monday was at a marginal risk of severe weather, which ...

It’s the first time since 2014 that fewer than 200 killings were recorded in Chicago between January and June, data shows.

Several public beaches in the Chicago area are either closed or under advisory because of high levels of bacteria, Illinois ...

Two motorcyclists were killed after they crashed into each other in south suburban Cook County on Friday night.

Regional animosities have existed in Illinois since before it was admitted to the Union in 1818 as the 21st state, and only ...

Chicago is poised to close the first half of the year with its steepest statistical drop in recent memory, with fewer than 200 homicides in the first six months of a calendar year for the first ...

Rich Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony in Oak Brook to become the first African American ...

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is the front door to the criminal justice system, and Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos has pledged to keep that door open to all ...

THURSDAY’s ANSWER: Gov. JB Pritzker made the first large contribution to jumpstart the Better Government Association’s ...