When a new list ranks the best places to live in Illinois, you can't help but wonder, did your hometown make the cut, or are ...

An air quality alert has been extended for the Chicago area as “unhealthy” levels are expected to continue into the start of the weekend with wildfire smoke lingering in the area. The poor air ...

As of early Thursday, the air quality for much of northeast Illinois, including multiple suburbs to the north and some to the ...

Haze from Canadian wildfires is seen over Lake Michigan as a person runs along the shoreline Monday in Chicago. Wildfires ...

The Department of Justice said Monday it would launch an investigation into the City of Chicago over its hiring practices. Officials said the probe would determine whether local leaders are ...

Multiple Chicago suburbs ranked on U.S. News & World Report's "250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2025-26," with four Chicago area communities scoring high in metrics like good home value, strong ...

The Chicago Bears aren't the only ones who think Arlington Heights looks good. U.S. News & World Report put the northwest suburb ... next highest-ranking Chicago suburbs on the U.S. News list ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has touted his administration as the "most diverse." The U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the city of Chicago after Mayor Brandon Johnson touted the ...

People who work in the Loop are often looking for a quick and affordable lunch. Some CBS News Chicago colleagues noticed there used to be lots of McDonald's locations in downtown Chicago.

At one point, before the Great Recession, a noted Chicago regional planning ... such as to northwest Indiana, due to property taxes. Some south suburbs have the highest property tax rates in ...

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said Monday that it was opening an investigation into the city of Chicago after Mayor Brandon Johnson's comments Sunday highlighting prominent ...