The festivals and special events include an inaugural Juneteenth celebration in Door County and a 60th annual ...

The Illinois EPA has designated Thursday an Air Pollution Action Day for Chicagoland due to elevated particle pollution tied to the Canadian wildfires.

An air quality alert has been issued for much of the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon as Canadian wildfire smoke once again ...

Residents in northern Illinois will experience degraded air quality today as rain brings Canadian wildfire smoke south. Find out the AQI in your area.

A 16-year-old boy from North Carolina has been jailed in connection with last month’s Little River party-boat mass shooting ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

The driver of a GMC Acadia sideswiped a school bus and a Ford Focus, before hitting two other cars in oncoming traffic.

A 16-year-old boy from North Carolina has been jailed in connection with last month’s Little River party-boat mass shooting ...

The “party boat shooting” in Little River illustrates the inherent challenges in reporting news events as well as the human ...

Four people were killed early Sunday in Shelby County after a train hit their vehicle. Illinois State Police report the ...

Illinois and Wisconsin will begin to see -- and smell -- the wildfire smoke coming from the north as early as Friday ...