The first ComEd bills with a massive baked-in supply rate increase are hitting home for Chicago-area customers, and after a record heat wave in June, they may be in for some sticker shock. The spike ...

Before becoming the Vatican’s VIP, Leo XIV was better known around these parts as Bob Prevost. Here’s a tour of his local ...

The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It’s the headstone of the ...

The mall was once the cornerstone of one of the city’s preeminent shopping, dining and entertainment districts. Now, the ...

Despite fan sentiment favoring a switch at left tackle to rookie Ozzy Trapilo, the Bears still have Braxton Jones and here's ...

In the studio and onstage, Byron Gregory backed giants of soul, jazz, funk, and more—including Ramsey Lewis, Ruby Andrews, and Tyrone Davis.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three people were shot on Saturday in an overnight drive-by shooting, Chicago police said. The shooting happened at about 12:57 a.m. in the 8500-block of South Marquette Avenue, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A young boy was shot while riding in a drive-by shooting on Friday night, Chicago police said. The shooting happened in the 3700-block of W. 59th Place at about 9:35 p.m. in the West ...

CHICAGO - A 6-year-old boy was shot and injured on the city’s Southwest Side on Friday night. The shooting happened in the 3700 block of W. 59th Place in the West Lawn neighborhood, according to the ...

The spike in the wholesale cost of electricity, which ComEd buys at an annual auction and then passes on to its customers, ...

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death at a railyard on Chicago's Far South Side. According ...

Illinois basically has two regions: Chicago and “downstate.” Dense Chicago is reliably Democratic, whereas downstate skews ...