Illinois

We’re back up into the 80s to end your weekend, well above the normal conditions for this time of year.

A crash on Interstate 290 in Chicago involving four cars left a person dead and several others injured early Sunday morning.

Two people were seriously hurt in a fire at an apartment fire on Chicago’s South Side overnight.

Chicago is expected to see another warm day in the 80s Sunday before showers and possible severe thunderstorms move into the area early next week.

A touching tribute Saturday evening in DeKalb for two young women killed last week when their car was hit by a wrong-way driver. One of those killed was a star sprinter for the UIC track team.

The mother of a teenager murdered in her home is frustrated that prosecutors gave not charged person she believes killed her daughter.

A car crash in Highland Park is under investigation after Route 41 was closed to traffic at Park Avenue on Saturday afternoon.

Chicago police are warning of a string of armed robberies in the Portage Park and Logan Square neighborhoods within a 20-minute span.

A 55-year-old man was injured in a shooting in East Garfield Park on Saturday, according to Chicago police.

Cicero police are searching for a suspect connected to a fatal shooting during a large fight on Friday.

A Cook County Sheriff’s deputy was injured after a suspect stole his squad car and hit him near the county’s jail on Saturday morning.

The City of Chicago’s population grew to more than 2.73 million people in 2025, an increase of more than 5,000 since the previous year, according to the latest estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau.