Downers Grove police said at 4:36 p.m., they were called to the BNSF tracks in the 1400 block of Gilbert Avenue — about four blocks west of the Forest Avenue crossing and close to downtown ...

Good morning, Chicago. Primary elections were held last night in Chicago’s suburbs, and several well-known names were on the ballot.

Located across the Chicago River from the northwest corner of the Loop (and directly west of The Magnificent Mile), the River North district was once a thriving industrial area. Now, all of the ...

with one other Chicago suburb and one downstate location making the cut. Westchester, a western suburb near the border of Cook and DuPage counties which was ranked at No. 40, boasts a livability ...

Letonia Robinson has spent two years searching for an affordable home. She’s not alone — rents in Chicago are rising faster ...

The northbound #49 and #X49 buses, which normally stop at the CTA station, will now stop farther south at the corner ...

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases ...

A man and woman were shot in what was believed to be a domestic incident in northwest suburban Mount Prospect, Illinois ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A construction worker is dead and another is injured after coming into contact with an electrical current at a West Side construction ... working to secure the area.

An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas, officials said, marking the first fatality from the disease in the ...

Swiss cement giant Holcim Ltd. is weighing a move to downtown Chicago for the planned spinoff of its North American ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Architecture critic Lee Bey joined ABC7 Chicago Friday to talk about the latest big stories in and around the city. A $7 billion plan to massively transform the area around the ...