Around 300 million years ago, the area now known as Chicago was a vibrant landscape filled with tropical swamps, river deltas ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Concern for poor air quality in the greater Chicago area remains as the Illinois EPA extends its alert until Thursday night.

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

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.