Four years after the city implemented a licensing system for tow truck operators, Ald. Gilbert Villegas wants to allow police ...

With egg prices so high and Chicago and many suburbs allowing people to raise hens, some are thinking about backyard chickens ...

Researchers at the Shedd Aquarium are putting tiny trackers inside fish living in the Chicago River to study them and the ...

For the last ten years, pest control company Orkin has crowned Chicago the “rattiest” city in America, with plenty of “infrastructure and environment” like alleys that offer rats plenty of hiding ...

Duly Health & Care is pinning much of its growth strategy on filling gaps for outpatient medical care in and around the city, starting with a new 100,000-square-foot multispecialty facility in ...

A line of severe storms triggered tornado warnings for parts of the area late Wednesday, and brought dangerous wind, hail and blinding downpours to the entire Chicago area. The severe storms had ...

Officials issued the tornado warning through 6 p.m. for Calumet City, Chicago Heights and some of Northwest Indiana Wednesday, with hail spotted in parts of the area and on Chicago’s southwest side.

A dust advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for multiple Chicago-area counties as winds of up to 50 miles per hour have caused blowing dust in rural areas. In the Chicago area ...

Pedestrians walking near South Dearborn Street and West Adams Street in the Loop try to keep dry as rain falls across the Chicago area on Wednesday. Thursday morning’s commute will be chilly ...

The ambiance of the 2,100-square-foot space has seating for up to 60 visitors, plus a patio area during the warmer months, and draws inspiration from the Chicago skate shops Williams grew up ...

The center of a massive storm is forecast to track nearly right over the Chicago area--putting the region on the storm's warm side at first then the cold side later. In a matter of six hours or so ...

There is a threat of strong to severe thunderstorms Wednesday in the Chicago area. The weather will be cloudy Tuesday into Wednesday, with temperatures dropping into the 40s and 50s and a possible ...