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 ...

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 Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced ...

A new WalletHub study found that the Chicago Metropolitan Area had the worst year-over-year inflation of 23 major cities. Chicago also had some of the worst inflation over the past few months.

A study revealed that the 2024 Chicago Marathon boosted the local economy by $683 million, marking a 22% increase in economic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The RTA’s projections paint a grim picture: Without immediate state or federal intervention, the Chicago metropolitan area could lose 40 percent of its transit services by 2026. Rail lines would ...

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 ...

In the first quarter, the average asking rent for industrial properties in the Chicago metropolitan area was 3.4 percent higher than it was during the same time last year, though this growth rate ...