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The Chicago City Council has given landmark status to an industrial building in the city’s West Loop that once housed the Warehouse nightclub and is credited as the birthplace of ‘House’ music.

Firefighters in suburban Orland Park have rescued a worker after they fell approximately 20-to-30 feet into a well on Wednesday afternoon.

A recent ruling from the Illinois Commerce Commission states that Nicor Gas improperly charged customers for $31 million in infrastructure spending in 2019, according to a report from Crain’s Chicago Business.

A 19-year-old has died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan on Monday evening, authorities in Indiana say.

Illinois officials say that the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 are blocked near Tuscola after a semi-truck crashed and caught fire on Wednesday afternoon.

As summer officially gets underway in the Chicago area, an air quality alert has been issued for the remainder of the day.

Temperatures rise the rest of the week for the first few days of summer

Some of the world’s best drivers will come to Chicago next weekend for the first-ever NASCAR street race, but the main event Sunday is just one of two races that will be contested in the downtown area.

Tickets for the event range from General Admission at $269 per ticket, to VIP club suites at more than $3,000. But there are some free NASCAR events that weekend too.

Country music star Morgan Wallen is bringing his “One Night at a Time” tour to Chicago’s Wrigley Field this week, and ticket prices remain high as fans scramble to get seats to the sold-out shows.

This year’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon is expected to see some legendary female matchups, a world record at risk and a star newcomer making an America debut that could rival some of the race’s biggest names.

The 2023 summer solstice will take place Wednesday morning, but will also mean more than just the start of the season.