A driver was hospitalized early Thursday morning in a crash on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Chicago's northwest suburbs. Read More

Labor Day is approaching. Here's a look at how the minimum wage has risen in Illinois and Chicago in recent years. Read More

This serene state park between Chicago and Peoria is the perfect place to stop and fish, picnic, or launch a boat and enjoy views of the Illinois River. Read More

Illinois State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash Monday involving a vehicle carrying ICE agents on a ramp off Interstate 55 in Chicago. Read More

Illinois State Police were called Monday after a semi-trailer truck spilled a load of concrete bricks onto Interstate 290 in Itasca. Read More

An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears. Read More

Did you hear tornado sirens go off overnight across the Chicago suburbs under perfectly calm skies? In the quiet of the night, many in DuPage County were woken up about 3 a.m. Tuesday to tornado ... Read More

According to ABC7 Chicago, Bolingbrook police approached a vehicle in the 1000 block of South Weber Road on Friday intending to arrest two people inside it. As officers moved in, the driver turned ... Read More

Severe storms brought low visibility to parts of the Chicago area on August 11, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued tornado warnings for the region. X user Ultimate SHIB / @Diaz2Shib captured ... Read More

The crash happened around 11:05 p.m. and involved an ambulance, a pickup truck and two passenger cars, Illinois state police said. Read More

Police in the southwest Chicago suburb of Lockport were investigating a crash-and-grab burglary at a pizzeria early Thursday. Read More

Shaw Local identified the Mazda's occupants as a 31-year-old Chicago woman who was driving, a 58-year-old Chicago man, and a 1-year-old infant. The two adults were airlifted to Javon Bea Hospital in ... Read More

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Two suburban Chicago women are facing felony charges after prosecutors say a traffic stop turned into a 104 mph chase. Read More

A Chicago-area man is facing felony charges after a crash last week killed three people, including a 4-year-old girl. Read More

MILLBROOK, Ill. - Three people, including a 4-year-old girl, were killed and several others were injured after a multi-vehicle crash on an Illinois highway Friday night that investigators say began ... Read More

One person was killed and multiple others are injured after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 94 Friday evening on Chicago's South Side, according to Illinois State Police. Read More

One person was killed and two others were critically injured in a five-vehicle crash involving a wrong-way driver on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Friday evening, authorities said. The Total Traffic and ... Read More

Police said the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when it left the roadway and struck a train box car on Chicago's Southwest Side. Read More

All lanes of Interstate 80 in Chicago's south suburbs reopened on Monday evening after downed power lines fell on the roadway, shutting both eastbound and westbound traffic for hours. Illinois State ... Read More

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Approximate location where gunfire rang out Monday morning on I-57. COOK COUNTY, Ill. - One person was injured in a shooting on Interstate 57 in Chicago's south suburbs early Monday, according to ... Read More