A recent study revealed that the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon boosted the Chicago Metropolitan Area economy by $683 ...

A rare dust storm swept in from the southwest and enveloped the Chicago metropolitan area Friday evening, darkening the sky and creating eerie images. Visibility dropped to near zero and winds ...

The Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars. With ...

The first time was on May 7, 2023, but that warning did not involve the Chicago metropolitan area. Friday's warning was the first dust storm warning that included the city itself. The dust storm ...

Mere days before the end of the legislative session, Illinois state representatives filed a transit reform bill Wednesday that would alter the governing structure of the Chicago area public ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued an Air Pollution Action Day for June 5 due to elevated particle pollution ...

It turns out the aphorism isn’t that far-fetched: On Wednesday evening, parts of the Chicago metropolitan area faced tornado warnings, only to see plummeting temperatures just hours later and an ...

Even before steady and often heavy rainfall began falling across the Chicago area on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District was urging people to cut down on their water use ...

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) that services the Chicago metropolitan area, including northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin, recently issued a dire warning. The RTA is grappling ...

The Chicago metropolitan area is experiencing a revival that’s swept through all of the Midwest, which had suffered for years from the exodus of manufacturing jobs that gave the region the ...