Sammie Clark, beaver researcher with Urban Rivers joined WGN’s Evening News at 6 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the contest.

Interstate 80 was closed in Green River after the crash and will likely remain so until at least Wednesday, officials said.

Flooding has inundated a swath of Southern states over the past 48 hours after more than 6 inches of rain fell in some areas.

If you’re planning a road trip through Illinois, you won’t want to miss some of the state’s most unique and quirky ...

All major pieces of the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided last week in Washington, DC, have been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Saturday.

CHICAGO (WKRC) — One man was hospitalized after the wing of an aircraft crashed into a tug truck at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Saturday, according to the Chicago Police Department ...

Illinois state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, discusses a dot chart prepared by University of Michigan research Jowei Chen showing diluted Republican voting power because of gerrymandering in the ...

these maps are designed to entrench Illinois Democrats in control while silencing the voices of voters who support the minority party,” McCombie, a Republican from the Mississippi River city of ...

A person was killed when a Metra train struck a vehicle Jan. 28, 2025 near west suburban River Grove. Sun-Times file Share A motorist has died after a Metra train struck a vehicle Tuesday morning ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- One person was killed after a Metra train hit a car Tuesday morning near west suburban River Grove, causing extensive delays on two commuter lines. Metra said inbound and outbound ...

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump’s influx of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations is causing panic and hurting people in Chicago, said Byron Sigcho Lopez, the Democratic alderman ...