In the summer of 1925, the speed limit on country roads was raised -- to 35 miles an hour. Sheriff Paul T. Beardsley warned ...

Befitting this weekend’s sweltering temps — and the official start of the summer solstice — we bring to you this photo of the Burlington Park lagoon taken in the 1890s.

An Extreme Heat Watch goes into effect Saturday morning for Cook County and Chicago, when temperatures and humidity will cause the heat index to reach up to 105 degrees.

As of the end of 2023, Chicago’s police pension fund held just 21.7% of the assets needed to meet its current and future obligations. Depressingly, that status was slightly worse than the 21.8% ...

The partner was the only person who fired a weapon, and the “gunfire unintentionally struck Officer Rivera,” city police said in a statement Friday. An autopsy showed she was shot in the back.

Startup founders Godard Abel and Chris Shutts have racked up another big payday, selling Logik.io to software giant ServiceNow for nearly $500 million. ServiceNow didn’t disclose terms of the ...

Krystal Rivera, 36, died after being shot in the back by a fellow Chicago Police officer. On route to the hospital the car transporting her crashed and caught fire (Chicago Police Department) ...

The Goddard Hotel, also known as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Hotel, at 1639 Prospect St. is directly associated with the railroad history of North La Crosse.

As power prices skyrocket, ComEd is offering financial assistance to some of its 4 million customers who can’t pay their electric bills. The utility is offering individuals grants of $500 each ...

Pope Leo XIV is a man of the cloth, and some of the ancestral threads woven to make the world’s first U.S. and Chicago pope are stained in blood, scandal — and even glitter with celebrity.

Selected at the ten-spot in the 2025 NFL Draft by Chicago, the tight end out of Michigan will be given all the chances in the world to thrive—and he’d better make some noise, or else there ...

Trio dines and dashes on $200 bill at Chicago restaurant; owners reject payment and file police report instead By Simran Singh Jun 20, 2025 12:28 PM IST Read this news in brief form ...