The Chicago Bears’ trenches will be shorthanded on Sunday. On Friday’s injury report, the Bears have designated defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, right tackle Darnell Wright and linebacker TJ Edwards ou...

ORLAND PARK, Ill. – Orland Park residents won’t have to travel far to take care of things like driver’s license renewals, vehicle registration, or road tests. What we know: A temporary Secretary...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. – The votes are in – the Bookfield Zoo Chicago is proud to announce the name chosen by the public for their new axolotl is Sir Mix-O-Lotl. What we know: The public was invited t...

Pete Crow-Armstrong made Chicago Cubs history on Friday. With a fourth-inning home run, Crow-Armstrong became the second member of the Cubs franchise’s 30-30-30 club. What we know: When Crow-Armstrong...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – During a training exercise on Thursday, the Naperville Fire Department found a car submerged in Lake Osborne and reopened a 22-year-old cold case. What we know: Just before 11...

  (Cary Fire Protection District) UNINCORPORATED CARY, Ill. – The driver of a garbage truck is recovering after being extricated from his cab following a rollover crash in unincorporated Cary Fr...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. – A former Waukegan police officer charged in the 2020 shooting death of a 19-year-old man has been found guilty in a separate case. What we know: Dante Salinas, 42, of Gurnee, wa...

CHICAGO – A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the driver who fatally struck an 84-year-old man in Chicago’s Douglas neighborhood in July. The backstory: Mel...

article Provided by the Illinois Lottery MT. CARMEL, Ill. – A $5 Illinois Lottery scratch-off ticket has transformed the lives of a Mt. Carmel resident and his wife. David Sharp purchased the wi...

CHICAGO – Mexican-American journalist Maria Hinojosa compared Latino children in the U.S. to Jewish children during the Holocaust, saying some fear abduction and death like Anne Frank. During MS...