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Head’s up: If you commute from the north or northwest suburbs into or out of Chicago using the Kennedy Expressway, you’re about to experience even more traffic and backups.

An alleged drunk driver was taken into custody and multiple people were injured following a multi-vehicle collision that sent four vehicles into a creek Sunday afternoon, Yorkville police said.

Firefighters spent hours battling a massive fire at an apartment complex Sunday evening in suburban Palatine, according to authorities.

Some Chicagoans will head back to the polls Monday as early voting opens for the April 4 runoff election.

The spectacular bi-annual phenomenon known as “Chicagohenge” will be at its most visible Monday as the spring season officially kicks off.

Rain follows late Tuesday

With a years-long construction project on the Kennedy Expressway slated to begin Monday, likely causing major delays and increased travel times, Metra is taking action in hope of alleviating headaches for drivers.

A Chicago man is facing a slew of charges in connection with a sprawling series of events in which he allegedly evaded law enforcement, struck a police officer and tried to escape from a police station by climbing through the ceiling, according to authorities.

After a frigid Saturday and a sunnier, milder finish to the weekend, the seasons will officially change in Chicago by Monday afternoon, as the vernal equinox occurs.

An interstate highway stretch in central Michigan has reopened following a massive pileup involving 150 vehicles in whiteout conditions that left 16 people hospitalized.

A man is facing an attempted murder charge after running over a Chicago police officer in the Loop over the weekend.

A construction project on a highly-trafficked 7.5-mile stretch of the Kennedy Expressway will begin tomorrow evening, with the change expected to cause extensive delays and increased travel times for the foreseeable future.

Two people were killed in a fire at a Vernon Hills apartment building early Sunday morning, officials said.