Cumulatively, the average Illinois household has spent $35,255 more due to inflation since January 2021. A U-Haul moving truck outside Wrigley Field in Chicago ©U-Haul© The Center Square ...

The Homewood Fire Department responded and helped get the driver out of the vehicle, police said. Authorities towed the vehicle from the water, and no one was injured.Storms moved into the Chicago ...

Rockford, the state's largest city outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, remained Illinois' fifth-largest city. From there, another Chicago suburb, Elgin, takes the reigns at the No. 6 spot ...

Chicago officially had the worst air quality in the world for a few hours Thursday. As a haze of Canadian wildfire smoke ...

The median price of homes sold in the nine-county Chicago metro area in May was $379,900, according to Illinois Realtors. It's the highest monthly median on record and up 1.3% from the prior ...

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.

It’s unclear whether any tornadoes touched down in the Chicago metro, but Gary, Indiana, was hit. Then overnight, parts of the Chicago metro area got snow.