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A family is grieving after a toddler died and his parents were injured following a house fire Monday in Northwest Indiana.

Scattered showers and periods of rain were expected across the Chicago area Tuesday, with some heavy downpours and gusty storms possible at times.

A toddler has died and his parents were hospitalized after a fire in northwest Indiana on Monday.

A suspect is intentionally setting fires in trash receptacles on Chicago’s South Side, with some of those blazes spreading to nearby structures.

Chicago police have released surveillance footage and still images of a suspect wanted in connection to the shooting death of Officer Luis Huesca.

Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca’s death Sunday marked at least the eighth time a police officer in Illinois has died by gunfire since 2020, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a national non-profit that keeps data on law enforcement deaths.

A jury in Chicago has decided fate of a woman accused of killing and dismembering her landlord in an Oct. 2022 attack in Chicago.

Extreme heat is the No. 1 weather-related cause of death, and above-normal hot summers are likely to continue.

A suburban Indianapolis school has become the first in the state of Indiana to announce plans to move to a four-day school week.

In an effort to secure federal approval for a proposed merger, Kroger and Albertsons announced that they would sell additional stores as part of a divestiture agreement, including dozens in Illinois.

The Illinois State Capitol building has been evacuated following a threatening call, according to Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.

Cicadas have already started making their way to surface ahead of their highly anticipated emergence in the Chicago area this spring — but what does that mean and how soon could peak cicada season begin?

Breezy with gusts 30-35