Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

With local organizations’ support this time around, a less-dense development project may be coming to what is currently rural ...

The map also showed purple for "very unhealthy" across much of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, where the Air Quality Index numbers of 250 and were common, though conditions started to ...

Republicans see LaHood, 56, as an ideal candidate for a blue state. While supportive of President Donald Trump ’s “America First” agenda, his centrist image and “downstate” connection ...

Population growth is far from even across the U.S. Some cities are experiencing significant increases, directly driven by ...

Tucked away in the northwest corner of Illinois, about 100 miles from Chicago’s hustle and wallet-draining lifestyle, sits Freeport – a city where your retirement dollars can perform gymnastic feats ...

The baked potatoes at Al’s aren’t famous because they’re trendy or because they’ve been heavily marketed – they’re famous because they’re genuinely outstanding, and word of mouth has spread that ...

In February, the Illinois EPA found that the Chicago metropolitan area hadn’t met the Biden-era federal air quality standards from 2021 to 2023, the most recent three years of data.

Chicago’s plight mirrors transit disasters nationwide. Philadelphia’s SEPTA proposes 45 percent service cuts and a 9:00 p.m. rail curfew. San Francisco and New York face similar shortfalls.

Parades, commemorations held for Memorial Day across Chicago area In honor of Memorial Day, cities nationwide hosted ceremonies and events to remember fallen service members. Parades and ceremonies ...

Jalonie Jenkins, 25, has been identified as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old woman and 10-year-old girl in a Chicago suburb.