Not everyone was reporting the dangerous air quality levels, though. The Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow is a go-to ...

A warmer day is ahead in the Chicago area. A rainy start to the day on Wednesday, with highs near 75 degrees. Thursday brings highs in the mid-70s with a partly sunny sky. The chance for showers and ...

Football is fabled for cold-weather games, like 'The Ice Bowl" in Green Bay. But in high school, spring sports are the ...

Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

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He was given less than six months to live. Today, Shorty'A posts to 50,000-plus followers as his Bulls try to get out of the ...

Chicago faces a cold, cloudy day today, but temperatures will gradually rise through the week, peaking near 80 degrees Friday ...

I grew up in the Chicago area and moved back to the city in 2022 shortly after graduating from college. As a Reuters ...

A center of high pressure will be positioned across southern Illinois on Saturday, resulting in plenty of sunshine for the ...

That water droplet then refreezes, forming sleet or freezing rain. The Chicago area will likely have to bear at least two more days of colder-than-normal temperatures, but highs should finally ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi wipes his face during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in ... was played in genuinely freezing temperatures.

Lakefront coho and Illinois' inland trout opening on Saturday lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.