Plans to expand a lakefront dump for polluted sediment would amount to “open dumping," given a landfill ban in Cook County, state environmental officials told a judge as activists sue to stop the ...

The move disrupted court proceedings Thursday afternoon and abruptly halted at least one jury trial, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

As political division and mistrust surfaced again this inauguration week for Americans, some suburbs and Illinois towns are ...

American Electric Power has become the second major central Ohio employer this month to announce that workers must return to ...

A map from the National Weather Service showed the snow in western counties, including parts of Lake and Cook, through 9 a.m.

The Leighton Criminal Courthouse closed early Thursday after officials reported receiving a “largely unintelligible” letter written by man claiming to be the “Governor of ...

JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo postpone payments for damaged or destroyed homes.

The ads will be displayed on more than 400 screens across the transit system and include a QR code that riders can scan with their cellphone directing them to the city’s Know Your Rights website.

In the first discouraging and chaotic hours of the Palisades Fire, an evacuating homeowner's kindness lifted the spirits of two heroic firefighters. They returned to the home later with a heartwarming ...

House G.O.P. Floats Medicaid Cuts and More to Finance Trump’s Huge Agenda President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay ...