Two new wildfires caused evacuations in southern Douglas County, as hot, dry weather continued across the area.

"Each year at the start of autumn, my thoughts turn to the mid-1950s, during the 'golden age of giant bug movies' featured at ...

A century ago next Sunday, Chicagoans’ necks craned skyward looking for a single-engine Douglas World Cruiser bearing their ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced a change in DMV facility operating hours across the state next ...

Homebuyers and investors are breaking records in areas like Pinecrest. Andre Hakkak, a portfolio manager at White Oak, set a ...

The construction period would be about four years,” Moody said. “It will employ about 130 full-time positions with another 20-30 contractors.” ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the ...

The court that Gov. Ron DeSantis built is finally going to have its say on the congressional map that the Republican governor muscled through the Legislature more than two years ago.

When is the eclipse: exactly when to see the "Harvest Supermoon Eclipse" partial lunar eclipse on September 17-18, 2024 from ...

Riot Fest co-founder Mike Petryshyn on the importance of community and culture as Riot Fest returns to Chicago next weekend ...

Playground,” Powers’s new novel, aims to do for the oceans what “The Overstory” did for trees, shaking us out of our human ...

The roll call of aldermen convicted of corruption includes a father and son charged nearly 30 years apart, the two most powerful aldermen over the last five decades and a self-styled good government ...