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Could the smoky and hazy conditions making for dramatic images and sparking air quality alerts in the Northeast make their way into the Chicago area next?

Every day, automated license plate readers (ALPRs) scan the tags of cars on Illinois’ major roads and expressways. They are looking for stolen cars, missing people or vehicles used in other violent crimes.

The husband of a woman who was killed in a tragic parasailing crash that also injured her son and nephew in the Florida keys spoke publicly for the first time since he witnessed the accident that killed his wife nearly one year ago.

The holiday not only means savings up to 50% off entire stores this June 10 and 11, but also free gifts for shoppers in the Chicagoland area.

A missing woman found dead in a Logan Square apartment earlier this week had been repeatedly stabbed and her neck nearly severed, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday.

Check your fridge: The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced it was investigating a Salmonella outbreak linked to ground beef in Chicago, with cases reported in the city as well as across the area.

After months of searching, police say remains have been discovered in the search for missing Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury and her ex has been arrested in connection to her mysterious disappearance.

Swifties didn’t just take over Soldier Field this past weekend in Chicago.

On air quality maps, purple signifies the worst of it. In reality, it’s a thick, hazardous haze that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across Canada and the U.S. stretching as far west as Chicago, and as far south as North Carolina.

On air quality maps, purple signifies the worst of it. In reality, it’s a thick, hazardous haze that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across Canada and the U.S. stretching as far west as Chicago, and as far south as North Carolina.

Gurnee police issued a warning to residents Wednesday morning after officials were alerted to the potential sighting of a black bear.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state’s $50.4 billion budget for the next fiscal year into law Wednesday, hailing it for being balanced and what he called its “transformative investments” in early childhood, K-12 and higher education.