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After a pleasant finish to the work week that saw temperatures in the high 70s alongside sunny skies, those in the Chicago area will get a taste of slightly cooler temperatures to start the weekend alongside the possibility of rain.

Cicadas can be seen – and especially heard – in communities all across the Chicago area. While some people might be longing to bid them farewell, the noisy but harmless bugs aren’t going anywhere just yet. On Friday night, “the cicada song” was as loud as a chainsaw at the Grove nature preserve in north suburban Glenvi...

Officials said the cause of a deadly home explosion in a northwest Chicago suburb remains under investigation.

Nestled on the 95th floor of the former John Hancock Tower, the Signature Room served as one of Chicago’s top fine dining destinations for three decades. After the establishment’s abrupt closure in September, what would become of the prime space remained uncertain for months. That changed on Friday, however, when the company behind the ...

Metra is offering those heading downtown and around the region free rides this weekend in celebration of a special occasion.

Glencoe resident Marissa Girard had just returned from a spring break trip in April when she discovered an Apple AirTag on her vehicle. Girard became aware when an alert popped up on her iPhone, telling her she could play a sound. “Stopped my car, I can hear it…” she explained. “And I go back to the undercarriage of my car,…...

Over and over again, the calls to the Lake County emergency dispatch center come in. 

360 CHICAGO, the company that operates the observation deck toward the top of the former John Hancock Center, has purchased the building’s 95th and 96th floors, including the former Signature Room space, according to a Friday announcement. Nichole Benolken, managing director of 360 CHICAGO, in a news release detailing the purchase, said plans...

The younger brother of two men who were found shot to death at the scene of a Highland Park house fire has been charged with two counts of murder in connection to their killings, authorities said.

“It was really, really shocking and really just awful the way that everything happened,” Michael LaVitola said, “just absolutely, absolutely awful.”

Authorities in Momence were investigating a possible fuel leak at a gas station on Friday afternoon after a semi-truck slammed into the building, according to the Kankakee County Sheriff. The crash happened prior to 4:50 p.m. at the BP gas station, 807 N. Dixie Hwy. Law enforcement and emergency personnel were on scene following the incident, the K...

Undocumented immigrants want the ability to work legally in Illinois, and they say work permits would give their families stability they don’t currently have. Supporters hope an effort at the state level calling for “work permits for all” might be the push the Biden administration needs to make that happen.

A fatal crash was reported on southbound I-294 Friday afternoon during the evening rush hour commute, officials confirmed.