The police department from Chicago, Illinois, is criticized online after an employee sues it for a suspension related to an anti-Trump post. Read More

A commercial vehicle hit a bridge on the Edens Expressway Thursday evening in the north suburbs, shutting down all southbound lanes and two northbound lanes, Illinois State Police said. Read More

Illinois and Chicago are suing to block a Trump rule tying legal immigrants' use of public benefits to green cards. Read More

Battle lines have formed over a Chicago alderwoman's plans to regulate last-mile delivery facilities and ban subcontracting practices. Amazon Teamsters rallied outside City Hall on Tuesday to demand ... Read More

Chicago and Illinois are filing legal challenges to a Trump administration rule set to take effect Friday that would give the federal government broader power to deny green cards to immigrants who ... Read More

Illinois State Police are investigating a deadly crash Monday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. Read More

Two people were hit and injured by a car while outside of their vehicles Saturday afternoon on Interstate 90 in the north suburbs, Illinois State Police said. Read More

A bridge over Interstate 290 in Chicago was blocked on Friday by a crumpled semi-truck trailer, video showed. Around 12:40 p.m., video posted to social media showed a semi-truck that appeared to have ... Read More

While construction on the towering Bally's Chicago hotel has stalled amid a dispute with the city over video gambling terminals, a more modest hotel is going up by the new Hollywood Casino Joliet - ... Read More

The University of Illinois Chicago reported its highest enrollment numbers in school history for the second consecutive year, recording over 37,000 students. Read More

A 6-year-old student has died after being hit by a school bus in Frankfort, Illinois. The crash occurred around 3:24 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Sept. 8, according to multiple outlets including CBS ... Read More

A six-month-old Chicago boy died in a single-vehicle rollover crash Sunday evening in the south suburbs. Eight people were riding in the car when it crashed around 6 p.m. on Sunday while driving along ... Read More

The infant and seven other people were inside a car traveling in the northbound lanes near 147th Street in Harvey when the vehicle flipped over on Sunday evening. Read More

Although a recent report on financial red flags said Chicago is on a path toward insolvency, Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon says Chapter Nine bankruptcy might not ... Read More

Ramp closures are scheduled to begin, weather permitting, at the interchange of Interstate 80 and Chicago Street (U.S. Route 52 / Illinois Route 53) in Joliet. Read More

A child was left in critical condition Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle near 20th Street and Honore Avenue in North Chicago, according to fire officials. The crash happened around 3 ... Read More

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

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